Ethiopian Airlines expanded its codeshare agreement ambit with India’s national carrier, Air India, in order to include service that enables customers traveling from and to India and Africa to enjoy seamless and unparalleled connectivity options between domestic Indian points and African destinations.

The two airlines already had a codeshare agreement for the Mumbai and New Delhi routes. The new codeshare agreement enables them to include African points on Ethiopian operated network through its main hub in Addis Ababa, such as Kigali, Entebbe, Dar es Salaam, Harare and Nairobi, and on Air India’s domestic routes beyond Mumbai and New Delhi with the inclusion of Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

Commenting on the development Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, said: "We are very pleased to further expand the successful codeshare partnership we already have with our Star Alliance partner Air India. Availing more routes and seamless connectivity options will greatly benefit the significant number of Indian community in Africa as well as Africans traveling to India for business or leisure, thereby improving the investment, trade, tourism and people-to-people ties between India and Africa.

With a single ticket, passengers from Air India and Ethiopia will be able to fly to many African and Indian destinations, and with the recent joining of Air India into Star Alliance accrue and redeem their miles freely on both carriers."

According to the press release by Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopian operates daily flights to Mumbai as well as New Delhi. It furthered that the airline is intending to significantly scale up its footprint in the Indian market with the start of double-daily flights. It also plans to open new routes in Southern India in the current Gregorian Year.

Source: Ethiopian Airlines Press Release