ADDIS ABABA– Ethiopian has stretched wings to France’s second largest city; Marseille, a second destination in France and 20th in Europe.
The maiden flight was inaugurated on July 3, 2019 at Bole International Airport in the presence of Addis based diplomatic community including French Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ethiopia Frédéric Bontems as well as the airline’s Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam and other senior government officials.
The flight is thrice a week, the statement indicating, adding with the new flight, Ethiopian now operates over 60 passenger flights to European cities every week.
“Ethiopian Airlines has been flying to Paris since 1971 connecting Africa to the French capital for nearly five decades thereby facilitating trade investment, tourism and people-to-people ties.”
Currently, Ethiopian flies to more than 120 international destinations across five continents with young fleet.
The Ethiopian Herald July 5/2019