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Manchester to gain flights to Ethiopia from December


Ian Taylor ian.taylor@travelweekly.co.uk


Ethiopian Airlines plans to operate daily direct flights from Manchester to Addis Ababa from mid-2019, offering connections to sub-Saharan Africa.


The carrier will launch flights


from Manchester on December 1, but with services initially operating via Brussels and only four days a week. However, Ethiopian Airlines chief


executive Tewolde GebreMariam told Travel Weekly: “My expectation is we’ll go daily within six months. “We offer the only connectivity


between Manchester and [sub‑Saharan] Africa. “The Brussels stopover won’t


happen as the flight continues. It will be direct as soon as possible. It has to be a one‑stop product [through Addis to onward destinations].”


GebreMariam expects the


service to attract visiting friends and relatives (VFR), tourism and corporate travel passengers. The airline already operates 10


flights a week from Heathrow and wants to operate a double‑daily service but can’t obtain slots. About 70% of passengers from


the UK fly on to destinations such as Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa, and to tourism destinations including Victoria Falls, Zanzibar, Mombasa, the


Seychelles and the Comoros. “We have a vast expanding


network,” GebreMariam said. “Flights into Heathrow are limited. “We’ve had requests


from people in Glasgow and Birmingham, asking ‘When are you starting from the north?’” Ethiopian will operate a


Boeing 787 from Manchester and will fly into a new terminal at AddisAbaba. Most of the airline’s flights from


the UK are sold through GDSs. ethiopianairlines.com


ETHIOPIAN: The airline will start flying to Addis Ababa from Manchester via Brussels on December 1


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