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Ethiopian Airlines and Brussels Airlines have entered into a code share agreement covering Ethiopian’s daily service between Addis Ababa and Brussels. The agreement takes effect on June 17.

Ethiopian Airlines has leased a B763 from Dublin-based AWAS. This aircraft is the third example leased by ET from this aircraft leasing organization.

Here are highlights from Ethiopian’s posted upcoming summer schedule, with changes beginning in June:
- Cairo: daily, up from current 6x per week, with no daytime flights
- Khartoum: daily, with all flights to Cairo making a stop at KRT
- Lilongwe: daily, up from the current 4x per week. Flights will operate as part of a triangle route via Lusaka
- Harare: no change in frequency, but no stopover in Lusaka. Nonstop each way
- Douala: 5x per week, up from the current 4x per week
- Libreville: 5x per week, up from the current 4x per week
- Dubai: 19x per week, up from current 17 weekly
- Guangzhou: daily, up from the current 5x per week
- Hong Kong: 4x per week, up from the current 3x per week
- Bangkok: 11x per week, up from the current 9x per week
- Stockholm: 4x per week, up from the current 3x per week

According to posted schedules, Ethiopian Airlines will resume service to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait City. Flights will operate on Mondays and Thursdays using B73W aircraft beginning the second week of June. Ethiopian last served both cities in the 1990s.

ET640 ADD - RUH: 2200 - 105
ET640/641 RUH - KWI: 150 - 315
ET641 KWI - ADD: 400 - 750

Ethiopian Airlines and Lufthansa will implement an agreement signed in 2007 to codeshare on the Addis Ababa - Frankfurt route. With this agreement, the airlines will offer a combined daily service between their respective hubs effective March 30.

According to posted schedules, Ethiopian Airlines and Air One of Italy will begin codesharing on the Addis Ababa - Rome-Fiumicino route operated by Ethiopian effective March 29. Ethiopian Airlines will also place its code on domestic Italian routes operated by Air One.

Ethiopian Airlines has reportedly sold its only B732 to Star Equatorial Airlines.

Ethiopian Cargo has leased two B742Fs from Southern Air Inc on an wet lease basis. The first aircraft will join ET on November 17 on a 14-month lease, while the second one will arrive on December 31, on a 19-month lease. Both aircraft will ply the Addis Ababa-Brussels route.

The airline will also start weekly cargo service to Hong Kong effective January 4.

Effective October 28, members of Ethiopian Airlines’ ShebaMiles and Lufthansa’s Miles & More will be able to earn miles and redeem reward tickets on flights operated by the other airline.

Here are the highlights of Ethiopian Airlines‘ upcoming winter schedules, which take effect at the end of October:
- Bangkok will be served 9x per week, continuing on to Hong Konk 3x per week and Guangzhou 6x per week
- Guangzhou will be served 6x per week via Bangkok, up from the current 4x per week
- Delhi will be served 5x per week, up from the current 4x per week
- Beijing will be served 5x per week via Delhi, up from the current 4x per week
- Juba will be served 3x per week, up from the current 2x per week
- Cairo will be served 4x per week via Khartoum, down from the current 5x per week (night flights eliminated, one daytime flight added)
- Khartoum will be served 7x per week (4 daytime, 3 night time)
- Dubai will be served 13x per week, down from the current 2x daily (no daytime flight on Saturday)
- Jeddah will be served 4x per week, up from the current 3x per week
- Bahrain/Abu Dhabi will be served 3x per week, down from the current 4x per week
- Lagos will be served 10x per week, down from the current 11x per week (reduction in one weekly night time flight)
- Accra will be served 7x per week, down from the current 8x per week (reduction in one weekly night time flight)
- Abidjan will be served 6x per week, with three daytime and three night time flights (the night time flight is a continuation of the Addis-Lagos-Accra service)
- Luanda will be served 4x per week, up from the current 3x per week
- Bamako will be served nonstop, with continuing service to Dakar
- Washington DC will be served 5x per week, down from the current 6x per week (no flights on Mondays and Wednesdays)

Ethiopian Airlines has leased and taken delivery of a B752 from GECAS. The aircraft, which is on a 6-year dry lease, last served with Harmony Airways and seats 16 in Business, 159 in Economy.

According to posted schedules, Ethiopian Airlines will drop Amsterdam, Netherlands in favour of increasing service to Brussels, Belgium from the current 3x per week to 6x per week effective the end of October. Half of the flights to BRU will be routed via Frankfurt, while the rest will go via Paris.

KLM will remain the only airline serving the Amsterdam - Addis Ababa route.

According to ATWOnline, Ethiopian Airlines has applied to serve Toronto, Canada from its hub in Addis Ababa, and “hopes to fly to New York JFK, Chicago O’Hare and Atlanta” in the United States. The airline’s CEO also states that the airline is considering the opening of new routes to India and China.

The airline also intends to set up a hub in Lome, Togo, with plans to provide services to five destinations.

According to Ethiopian Reporter, Ethiopian Airlines has signed an agreement with the Boeing Co. for the purchase of an MD-11. The aircraft, which is currently in passenger configuration, will be converted to a freighter with the capacity of 88 Tons and delivered in December 2008.

Ethiopian Airlines has leased and taken delivery of another B763. The aircraft, which was delivered and registered ET-AMG on July 7, is leased from Deutsche Structured Financing and joins sister ship ET-AMF, which was in turn delivered in May 2007. Both aircraft are dry-leased for six years.

According to posted schedules, Ethiopian Airlines will return to Zanzibar on October 28 with daily service via Dar Es Salaam. With this new service in place, Kilimanjaro, which is currently a stop en route to Dar Es Salaam, will be served via Entebbe.

ET805 ADD - DAR: 1015 - 1255
ET805 DAR - ZNZ: 1340 - 1410
ET806 ZNZ - DAR: 1635 - 1705
ET806 DAR - ADD: 1755 - 2035

Gulf Air and Ethiopian Airlines have started code sharing on the Addis Ababa - Bahrain - Abu Dhabi - Addis Ababa service operated by Ethiopian Airlines.

Ethiopian Airlines resumed services to Abu Dhabi after a suspension dating back to the 1990’s. Abu Dhabi is now served as part of a triangle route that includes Bahrain.

Bloomberg reports that Lufthansa and Ethiopian signed a code-sharing agreement last week. The details of the agreement, which is reportedly to take effect mid-year, have not been released.

Ex-Hainan Airlines B767-3BG(ER) was spotted in Beijing on May 9 wearing Ethiopian Airlines’ full livery, albeit with Chinese registration. The aircraft previously served Sobelair, and would join -3BGs ET-ALH and ET-ALL.

Ethiopian will resume services to Bahrain with nonstop service from Addis on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays effective the end of March. Flights will be operated using B73Ws.

ET620 ADD - BAH: 2245 - 0230
ET621 BAH - ADD: 0330 - 0715

According to posted schedules, the following enhancements are set to be made to the airline’s upcoming summer schedule (changes are implemented starting from the end of March through to the summer months):
- Frankfurt will get a fourth weekly flight which will operate via Rome, also increasing frequency to the latter to 8x per week
- Washington Dulles will be served 6x per week, up from the current four weekly flights
- Abidjan will be served 6x per week with the introduction of night flights on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Lagos will be served twice per day with the introduction of additional night flights on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (which continue on to Abidjan)
- Kigali will be served daily via Nairobi, up from the current 6x per week
- London Heathrow will be served 6x per week with the addition of a flight on Thursdays
- All flights to Bamako will become nonstop, continuing on to Dakar. As a result, N’Djamena will be served with a dedicated aircraft, maintaining the 5x per week frequency (3 daytime using B752s, 2 night time using B73Ws)
- Mumbai will be served daily, up from the current 5x per week, with a new schedule that allows for an overnight return, eliminating the all-day aicraft layover
- Brazzaville and Kinshasa will see an increase in frequency from the current 5x per week to 6x per week, with no flights on Saturdays
- Jeddah will see an increase of flights to 4x per week, from the current three. The new flight will be operated on Mondays.

It has also been reported that Ethiopian will lease two additional B767s to meet its growing demands.

Ethiopian Airlines, according to posted schedules, will return to Sanaa, Yemen with four weekly flights effective the end of March. Flights will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays via Djibouti using B73Ws.

ET306 ADD - JIB: 1015 - 1115
ET306 JIB - SAH: 1215 - 1315
ET307 SAH - JIB: 1645 - 1745
ET307 JIB - ADD: 1845 - 1945

Ethiopian Airlines and World Airways signed an agreement for the lease of two DC-10Fs to be operated on behalf of Ethiopian Cargo between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Brussels, Belgium beginning January 2007. One aircraft will be leased for six months, and the other for three.

Ethiopian Airlines has signed 5-year a lease agreement with International Lease Financing Corporation (ILFC) for a B763. The aircraft, which was delivered today, is configured with 30 Business and 190 Economy class seats.