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Ethiopian will add evening flights to Dar es Salaam beginning on October 26. The new flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays bringing the total frequency to 11x per week. The new flights will operate via Nairobi.

ET803 ADD - NBO: 2130 - 2330
ET803 NBO - DAR: 1215 - 130
ET802 DAR - NBO: 400 - 515
ET802 NBO - ADD: 600 - 800

Ethiopian will add evening flights to Nairobi beginning on October 26. The new flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays bringing the total frequency to 11x per week.

ET803 ADD - NBO: 2130 - 2330
ET802 NBO - ADD: 600 - 800

Ethiopian Airlines will begin new daily service to Mombasa, Kenya on October 25. Flights will be coupled with existing service to Kilimanjaro using B73W aircraft.

ET813 ADD - JRO: 1000 - 1225 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays
ET813 JRO - MBA: 1305 - 1355
ET812 MBA - JRO: 1550 - 1635
ET812 JRO - ADD: 1720 - 1945

ET815 ADD - MBA: 1000 - 1225 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays
ET815 MBA - JRO: 1305 - 1355
ET814 JRO - MBA: 1550 - 1635
ET814 MBA - ADD: 1720 - 1945

Ethiopian Airlines placed an order with Airbus for twelve A359s. The first aircraft is scheduled for delivery in 2017.

Ethiopian Airlines placed an order for five 772LRs from Boeing with delivery set to begin in October 2010.

Saudi Arabian and Ethiopian Airlines will expand their code share agreement to include Ethiopian’s service to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The airlines already code share on flights between Addis and Jeddah.

Highlights of Ethiopian’s upcoming summer schedule are as follows:
- Abuja, Nigeria will be served daily as of June, up from the current 3x per week service
- Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire service will increase to 8x per week, up from the current 3x per week
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso service will increase to 4x per week up from the current 3x per week
- Lagos, Nigeria frequency will increase to 11x per week, up from 10x per week (with the addition of a weekly night time flight)
- Ndjamena, Chad frequency will increase to 7x per week, up from 5x per week (split between day time and night time flights)
- Harare, Zimbabwe and Lubumbashi, DRC frequency will increase to 5x per week, up from four
- Frankfurt, Germany will get a fourth weekly flight, up from 3x per week (new flight via Rome, Italy)
- Stockholm, Sweden will get a fourth weekly flight, up from 3x per week (also via Rome)
- Bahrain and Kuwait will see daily service, up from the current 3x service on the Addis - Bahrain - Kuwait - Addis triangle route
- Dubai will see a reduction in frequency to 18x per week, down from the current thrice daily service
- Hong Kong will see a fourth weekly flight via Bangkok, bringing service to the latter to 10x per week (Ghangzhou will be served 6x per week via Bangkok)

Ethiopian Airlines’ on again, off again service to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is now on again, with service scheduled to begin on June 2nd. Flights will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays using 73Ws.

ET412 ADD - RUH: 2310 - 210
ET413 RUH - ADD: 410 - 710

According to posted schedules, Ethiopian Airlines will begin new service between Addis Ababa and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on June 2nd. Flights will operate 4x per week via Douala, Cameroon.

ET913 ADD - SSG: 850 - 1135 Tuesdays
ET912 SSG - DLA: 1225 - 1310
ET912 DLA - ADD: 1400 - 2050

ET903 ADD - DLA: 850 - 1125 Thursdays, Sundays
ET902 DLA - SSG: 1215 - 1315
ET902 SSG - ADD: 1400 - 2050

With this new service and the airline’s existing 4x service to Libreville, Gabon via Douala, Douala will see daily service from the airline’s hub.

Ethiopian Airlines will reportedly reduce frequency to Washington DC to 4x per week while at the same time reducing service to China to 12x per week from fourteen. The airline cites lower passenger numbers recorded since November.

According to a report by Air Transport Intelligence, Ethiopian has signed an MoU with ALAFCO for the lease of two B738s which are set for delivery in March and June.

Furthermore, the airline’s year 2023 fleet vision comprises 23 Boeing 737-700 and -800s, 17 787-8s and 28 aircraft in the 300-plus seat range “as it studies new long-haul services to three points in Asia, one in Russia, two in Latin America and three in North America.” The airline is also looking at expanding to 22 new African destinations over the next 15 years.

Ethiopian received its first of two MD11 freighter aircraft from Boeing on Saturday. This example was purchased from the manufacturer, while the second aircraft, slated for delivery in August, will be leased.

Ethiopian Airlines and bmi will place each other’s code on services between Addis Ababa and London effective January 19. Ethiopian operates 6 flights per week, while bmi operates 5.

Further to Lufthansa placing its code on Ethiopian flights, Ethiopian is placing its code on select Lufthansa services from Frankfurt to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Geneva and Stockholm.

Ethiopian Airlines has ordered eight Bombardier Q400s to renew its domestic fleet, with an option for another four.

While no formal announcements were made, Lufthansa is placing its code on select Ethiopian Airlines services to Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, Kigali, and Entebbe.

Kuwait Airways will place its code on Ethiopian’s 3x per week flights between Addis Ababa and Kuwait City as of th begining of November.

According to posted schedules, Ethiopian will place its code (ET1500) on Saudi Arabian’s single weekly flight between Addis Ababa and Jeddah beginning January 4, increasing Ethiopian’s weekly service to five.

According to Xinhua, Ethiopian Airlines will begin 3x per week service to Abuja, Nigeria on November 15 following an accord signed on Sunday between Nigerian and Ethiopian officials. Flights will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

ET927 ADD - ABV: 0145 - 0415
ET916 ABV - ADD: 2320 - 0600

According to posted schedules, Ethiopian will serve Lubumbashi, DRC as of the end of October. Flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays as part of a triangle route that includes Harare, Zimbabwe.

ET871 ADD - HRE: 940 - 1255
ET871/870 HRE - FBM: 1340 - 1510
ET870 FBM - ADD: 1555 - 2050

Ethiopian Airlines will return to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with 3x per week service beginning October 26. Flights will be operated Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

ET907 ADD - OUA: 930 - 1420
ET946 OUA - ADD: 930 - 2015

Lufthansa has applied and received permission from the US Department of Transportation for Ethiopian Airlines to place its code (to code share) on LH flights between Europe and the United States. The approval, which is initially based on service between Frankfurt and the cities of San Fransisco and Los Angeles per the application, allows for Ethiopian to place its code effective August 1.

Ethiopian Airlines has leased and taken delivery of two B752s from Babcock & Brown on 5-year terms. Both aircraft were previously leased to now defunct ATA Airlines.

Ethiopian Airlines and newly formed West African airline “Asky” have reportedly signed an MoU to form a strategic partnership which will see Asky operating out of a new hub in Lome, Togo. Ethiopian will hold a stake of up to 20% in the new airline which is expected to take flight before the end of 2008, operating up to 8 leased aircraft on local, regional and long haul routes.

Ethiopian Cargo will reportedly move its freighter service from Brussels to Liège (also in Belgium) effective June 16.