Ethiopian Airlines is planning to begin flights to the South Eastern Nigeria city of Enugu. The airline will begin offering flights to this destination as part of its plans to increase its destinations to Africa’s most populous country.

The airline has plans to fly to a range of destinations in Nigeria including to the Southern Central Port City Port Harcourt, Kano the largest city in Northern Nigeria as well as increasing the number of flights to the capital, Abuja according to Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive of Ethiopian.

The airline wants to increase the number of flights to Abuja because the Abuja-Addis-Asia route and the Abuja-Addis-Dubai-Bangkok-China route are currently the best flight options for passengers flying to Nigeria he said.

Ethiopian Airlines is currently servicing more than 70 international destinations 40 of which are in Africa in addition to the 17 domestic routes it services. The airline has been running flights to Nigeria for more than 40 years.

It is to be remembered that Ethiopian has recently launched new flights to Toronto in Canada, Seychelles and Port Novo in Benin.

The airline is planning to begin flights to the Malaysian capital city of Kula Lampur and Sao Paulo in Brazil before the end of 2012.

Source: Capital