Sade Williams/Business a.m.
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest carrier, is offering passengers daily additional flights out of Lagos, Nigeria starting from 1st of July, the airline has disclosed.
The additional flights will offer immediate connection to many African and Asian destinations, the airline explained as it noted that with the additional flights, there will be instant connection that reduces the total hours of flight time for passengers.
The airline’s statement shows that there will be four evening flights at 10 pm and another three at 5:40 am but that the daily midday flight will not change, only the additional flights will have different times.
It added that the evening departure at 10 pm from Lagos, ET 902, and arrival in Addis at 5:20 am, will connect all African destinations, DXB, GRU, TLV, and some other destinations.
Morning departure at 5:40 am from Lagos, ET904, and arrival in Addis at 1pm, will connect perfectly to afternoon departure to African countries, Dubai-UAE; São Paulo-Brazil; Tel Aviv-Israel; Mumbai-India; Delhi-India; Hyderabad-India; Chennai-India; Istanbul-Turkey; Rome-Italy; Athens-Greece; Zanzibar-Tanzania; Dar er Salaam-Tanzania and others.
According to Firiehiwot Mekonnen, area manager for Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria, “we are happy to offer more flights and options out of Lagos. These extra flights help us improve service delivery and reduce costs for travellers. Most of our passengers will now arrive [at] their destinations faster.”
Ethiopian has been flying to Nigeria since 1960 and has served the market with the newest aircraft in the world, including the A350- 1000 and the B787 Dreamliner.
It connects Lagos to over 140 global destinations.
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