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The Ethiopian Airlines, last Saturday, announced that it will start four new international flights.
Ethiopian CEO, Girma Wake, said that the airline will start new flights to Brussels, Dakar, Juba (South Sudan) and Libreville. Girma said the flights to Dakar, Juba and Libreville will commence in March and the flight to Brussels in June this year. Girma said that the flourishing oil exploration activities in southern Sudan prompted Ethiopian to fly to Juba. "There is no international airline that flys to Juba," Girma said. "We will link the city with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda," he added.
According to Girma, Air Gabon and Cameroon, which served Libreville, were becoming weak adding Ethiopian could have a market share in the new destination. The CEO said that his company will increase its flight frequency to African countries. "We have a plan to bring aircrafts which have higher capacity," he disclosed.
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In a related news, Ethiopian leased two Boeing 757 aircrafts. In the past three years, the airline bought eleven new aircrafts (six B767 and five B737) from Boeing. The company owns 27 aircraft. Girma said since the number of fleet was not adequate the airline recently brought two B757 aircrafts. The leased aircraft started to operate last week. Girma said that the airline will lease additional jetliners. "Increasing the number of fleet will enable us to avoid delays and flight cancellation," he added.
The national flay carrier flies to over 50 destinations all over the world.
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