Ethiopian airlines to commence flights to New York-Newark

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, recently announced that it will commence scheduled thrice weekly flights to New York-Newark from Addis Ababa on July 3, 2016, via Lome, Togo.

Ethiopian will be deploying the modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner on this route, which not only offers unparalleled onboard comfort to passengers but is also the world’s most environmentally friendly aircraft with its lower carbon and noise emissions. Ethiopian’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner is configured with 24 business class and 246 economy seats, all of which are equipped with Ethiopian’s renowned audio-visual in-flight entertainment consoles.

Passengers will be able to connect between New York-Newark and many cities throughout Africa. At Lome, passengers will enjoy seamless connections to and from points in West Africa with ASKY, Ethiopian partner airline based in Lome.

New York-Newark becomes Ethiopian’s 93rd international gateway and 4th gateway in North America. Ethiopian currently operates daily non-stop flights from Washington DC to Addis Ababa, as well as three weekly nonstop flights from Toronto to Addis Ababa and three weekly flights from Los Angeles to Addis Ababa via Dublin. Ethiopian is expanding its network rapidly. In the past year has introduced services to Tokyo, Manila, Dublin, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Durban, Gaborone, Yaounde and Goma.