The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport got connected to Ethiopia with touchdown of the maiden cargo flight of Ethiopian Airlines here on Sunday. Ethiopian flight ET 3612 from Addis Ababa landed in Hyderabad at 8.16 p.m. and was scheduled to depart at around 11.30 p.m. This new direct connection throws open new opportunities to reach out to the markets in Africa and beyond leveraging the robust cargo network of the Ethiopian Airlines, said an official spokesperson. Expected to be operating once per week, Ethiopian Airlines will be operating Boeing 777-300 aircraft with a capacity of 50 MT per flight. Among the key scheduled freighters operating from Hyderabad airport include Cathay Cargo, Turkish Cargo, Qatar Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, SpiceXpress Cargo (domestic and international) and BlueDart Cargo.

Source: Ethiopian News April 26, 2020 17:40 UTC