Ethiopian Airlines to boost India flights, eyes higher traffic from BRICS

Ethiopian Airlines is keen to add 3-5 destinations in India as it eyes higher traffic from BRICS countries. BRICS refers to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest carrier in Africa, is allowed to operate 35 flights per week to Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai.

The airline is starting thrice weekly flights to Chennai from July 2 and will deploy Boeing 787 aircraft on its four weekly Addis Ababa-Bengaluru flights. Similarly, Mumbai and Delhi will have two daily flights from mid-June, up from the current single daily operation.

Ethiopian Airlines would like to add 3-5 destinations