Ethiopian Airlines (ET) , the flag carrier of Ethiopia will commence daily flights to Shanghai from Addis Ababa to capitalize increased passenger and cargo traffic from Africa to China and vice versa. ET was a pioneer in flying to China that offers flights to Beijing before progressively adding other destinations like Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Hangzhou.
Effective from 29th March, B787 Dreamliner will leave Add at 2330 hours local time, arriving in PVG at 1515 hours the next day before returning back to ADD the following morning at 0635 hours. This will bring Ethiopian’s total China destinations to 5, making it one of the world’s airlines with the most destinations and flights to China and certainly Africa’s leading carrier to the Far and South East, where it also offers services to Seoul via HongKong, and Kuala Lumpur and Singapore via Bangkok.
As one of Africa’s three member of global industry leader Star Alliance, the other two being Egypt Air and South African Airways, Ethiopian is the airline of choice for most of the connecting alliance traffic to Africa via Addis Ababa for the convenience of offering the most destinations on the continent , especially in Eastern Africa , which is served twice a day.
Effective from 29th March, B787 Dreamliner will leave Add at 2330 hours local time, arriving in PVG at 1515 hours the next day before returning back to ADD the following morning at 0635 hours. This will bring Ethiopian’s total China destinations to 5, making it one of the world’s airlines with the most destinations and flights to China and certainly Africa’s leading carrier to the Far and South East, where it also offers services to Seoul via HongKong, and Kuala Lumpur and Singapore via Bangkok.
As one of Africa’s three member of global industry leader Star Alliance, the other two being Egypt Air and South African Airways, Ethiopian is the airline of choice for most of the connecting alliance traffic to Africa via Addis Ababa for the convenience of offering the most destinations on the continent , especially in Eastern Africa , which is served twice a day.
