Operational changes at Ethiopian Airlines including frequency increases
Ethiopian Airlines’ new winter schedule that takes effect at the end of October sees major operational changes, with a wide mix of daytime and night time departures out of Addis Ababa, as opposed to the current departures that are predominantly at night. In addition to this, a number of increases in frequency to existing destinations are noted:
- Lagos gets a dedicated daily 763, leaving ADD in the morning, arriving at base at night. The aircraft does not continue on to another city.
- Accra goes nonstop, 4x per week on a 763 continuing on to Abidjan, leaving ADD in the morning and arriving at base at night.
- Lome, Togo retains 3x per week, this time via Douala, Cameroon (the latter is upped from the current 2x) on a 752, leaving ADD in the morning and arriving at base at night.
- Dubai goes 2x per day on a 752 and 763. Both leave ADD overnight, returning in the morning.
- Jeddah retains 3x per week with a mix of 763s and 73W, leaving ADD overnight, returning in the morning.
- Frankfurt and Paris get 3x per week, leaving ADD overnight, returning the next day overnight: aircraft will be parked all day at CDG.
- Amsterdam retains 2x per week, both via Rome, leaving ADD overnight, returning the next day overnight: aircraft will be parked all day at AMS.
- Stockholm retains 2x per week, both via Rome, leaving ADD overnight, returning the next day overnight: aircraft will be parked all day at ARN.
- Heathrow is cut back to 3x per week, retaining the existing schedules and routing via Rome only on the outbound flights.
- Gatwick goes up to 3x per week, all leaving ADD overnight, returning overnight out of LGW. Two of these return via Rome, the other nonstop, all on 752s.
- Rome as a result of the above, gets a total of 7x per week all on 752s.
- Cairo retains 3x per week, via Khartoum on 73Ws. Outbound and inbound will be during the day, leaving ADD in the morning, returning the same night.
- Khartoum gets 4x per week, with 3 going on to Cairo as above, and one 73W flying each way from ADD overnight.
- Tel Aviv gets 5x per week on 73Ws, with a mix of daytime and night time flights.
- Nairobi goes 2x per day solid, on 73Ws. First flight in the morning (for connections from Europe), second flight leaving in mid afternoon and in the evening for midnight connections to Europe.
- Entebbe goes daily, 6x on 73Ws and 1x on 752. Leaving ADD in the morning, in the evening. All flights nonstop, meaning no more NBO-EBB-NBO
- Kilimanjaro goes daily, with a mix of 73Ws and 752s. Leaving ADD in the morning, in the evening. All flights nonstop.
- Dar Es Salaam goes daily as well, with a mix of 73Ws and 752s. Leaving ADD in the morning, in the evening. All flights make a stop at Kilimanjaro.
- Lilongwe goes daily as well, with a mix of 73Ws and 752s. Leaving ADD in the morning, returning in the evening. All flights are operated via Entebbe.
- Harare goes 3x per week, with a mix of 73Ws and 752s. Mostly leaving ADD in the morning, returning in the evening.
- Lusaka goes 3x per week with 73Ws as part of a triangle route with Harare. All leave ADD in the morning, returning in the evening.
- Johannesburg remains at 4x per week, with an upgrade to 763s from 73Ws. Flights will now leave in the morning, returning in the evening.
- Luanda goes 2x per week, on 763s. Flights will now leave in the morning, returning in the evening.
- Kinshasa goes 4x per week nonstop, on 763s. Flights will now leave in the morning, returning in the evening.
- Brazaville goes 4x per week, on 763s. Flights will now leave in the morning, returning in the evening. This is an extension to the Kinshasa flights.
- Kigali goes 5x per week nonstop, with a mix of 763s and 73Ws. Flights will now leave in the morning, returning in the evening.
- Bujumbura goes 5x per weekFlights will now leave in the morning, returning in the evening. This is an extension to the Kigali flights, and operates a triangle route.
- Bangkok maintains daily flights. However, flights will now leave ADD at 1:20AM, and arrive back to ADD at 6:30AM for morning connections to African cities. 763s will of course grace this route. Four of these flights continue on to Hong Kong, the rest to Guangzhou.
- Delhi retains 3x per week, but now leaves close to 1AM and returns to ADD early in the morning, around 7AM, for morning connections. Flights operated by 763s.
- Beijing retains 3x per week, and remains as the extension to Delhi.
- Bombay remains at 4x per week with a mix of 763s and 752s (from current 752s only). Leaves around same time as Beijing and Bangkok, and returns early in the morning for connections.
