Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing African airline, has added a fourth weekly flight to New York-Newark, billed to start operations August 5, 2016.
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Airlines, Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, said, “We are very pleased to augment a fourth flight frequency to New York-Newark in a short span of time since we launched the route.
“This is in furtherance to offer our customers the best connectivity options and currently, we fly to 93 international destinations in five continents, connecting Africa to the world’s most economically powerful cities like New York-Newark.
“Surely, availability of frequent scheduled services will play a pivotal role in the expansion of trade, tourism and investment ties between the fast growing continent of Africa and the United States.”
New York-Newark is Ethiopian Airlines’ fourth gateway in the America’s, which is currently operating daily-nonstop flights from Washington DC to Addis Ababa, three weekly nonstop flights from Toronto to Addis Ababa.