Ethiopian Airlines has decided to commence flights between Addis Ababa and Dhaka from 8 March 2024 as Bangladesh and Ethiopia signed an air service agreement (ASA) last week to establish direct air link. "The Airline has chosen 8 March, the International Women Day, to commence the Addis Ababa-Dhaka-Addis Ababa direct flight. He said the Ethiopian transport minister and Ethiopian Airlines group CEO will visit Bangladesh on boarding the inaugural flight of the African airline giant. Ethiopia's flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines has been operating freight flights through third country for 31 years from Bangladesh. Ethiopian Airlines, with 147 aircraft, is Africa's largest airline in terms of carrying passengers, destinations, fleet size, and revenue while it is ranked as world's fourth-largest airline by the number of countries served.

Source: Ethiopian News December 12, 2023 10:51 UTC