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Ethiopian Airlines to launch Chongqing route?
January 5th 2018
Ethiopian Airlines, a Star Alliance member, could be launching flights from its Addis Ababa hub to Chongqing, a municipality in South-Western China with a population of more than 30 million, Xinhua has reported. Read More »
Chongqing would be Ethiopian’s fifth destination on the Mainland. It already flies to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu and the airline will launch a new route to Shenzhen in June. It also serves Hong Kong daily.
According to Yared Berta, Ethiopian’s regional director for China, Mongolia and North Korea, the flag carrier wants to tap the growing passenger and cargo demand between China and Africa, in addition to establishing Ethiopia as a tourism destination for Chinese travellers.
State-controlled Ethiopian Airlines is the African carrier with the largest network to Asia. South African Airways and EGYPTAIR operate but a fraction of the routes served by Ethiopian, even when combined.
