Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, is set to launch flights to Sao Paulo Brazil as of the coming December. The flight will 
be the first regular flight to South America for airline.
The Airline will commence flights three times a week to Sao Paulo using the Dreamliner aircraft that Ethiopian anticipates receiving in August and September from manufacturer Boeing.
The Sao Paulo flight will be operated through Lome, Togo where the Ethiopian affiliate ASKY airline is based according to Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive of the airline.
It is expected that Lome will serve as the West African hub for Ethiopian airlines and ASKY will serve as a feeder to Ethiopian on the Sao Paulo flights he noted.Ethiopian Airlines in planning a more significant emphasis on flight to Brazil, India and China as part of its growth drive under the vision 2025 strategy adopted by the airline explained Tewolde.
The Airline also anticipates widening its reach in Africa with hubs in various parts of Africa, including Lome in West Africa, Zambia or Tanzania in the Southern part of the continent and a central hub in one of the Congo’s to serve as a complement to the main base in Addis Ababa added the CEO.
It is to be remembered that Ethiopian will commence new flights to Toronto, Canada as of this July and to Windhoek, capital city of Namibia in the coming October-November.
Source: The Reporter
