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By David Casey
Our top five stories on Routes Weekly: WOW's Indian expansion; China to relax international regulations; strong half for easyJet; UAE and US deal; Ethiopian adds Manchester and more.
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By Nigel Mayes
This week: Air China to start Chengdu-London route, Wizz Air continues its Debrecen expansion and Ethiopian adds a second UK destination.
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By Nigel Mayes
This week: Emirates adds fourth South American destination and Ethiopian to operate Chicago O’Hare.
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By David Casey
Routesonline analyses the African aviation industry, taking a monthly look at the top routes served and revealing the airlines that are dominating the market. We also rank the top ten airports by available seat capacity and examine the most common aircraft used.
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By Richard Maslen
Ethiopian Airlines' new five times weekly link to Oslo from its Addis Ababa hub will operate via Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport from March 26, 2017 using a two-class, 270-seat Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner equipment.
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By Richard Maslen
According to industry sources, it is understood that Ethiopian Airlines will introduce a new link to Victoria Falls from Addis Ababa in the first half of next year, bringing new connectivity options into the Zimbabwe market.
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By Richard Maslen
A mix of existing and new airline partners officially signed-up to serve the fast-expanding Chinese gateway during a behind closed doors meeting on the opening day of business at World Routes and it is our understanding that there is more news to follow, with at least one other airline set to announce its expansion into Chengdu in the coming days.
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By Routes News
Ethiopian Airlines has come a long way during its first 70 years – and it has plenty of groundbreaking plans for the decades to come. Gary Noakes reports for Routes News.
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By Richard Maslen
The switch of US airports from John F Kennedy International to Newark Liberty International for the long-haul connection from Addis Ababa via Lomé in Togo, is a logical move and will allow the carrier to take advantage of the significant hub operation of Star Alliance partner, United Airlines at Newark.
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By Richard Maslen
An estimated 250,000 passengers a year are flying between India and Ethiopia with almost 90 per cent of the demand in the first half of 2015 taking advantage of Ethiopian Airlines’ pan-African network to connect via Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport.
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By Richard Maslen
The return of Africa’s largest carrier to the southern city, its third destination in South Africa, can be directly linked to recent World Routes forums, and of course, the hosting of this year’s event in Durban.
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By Hannah Brewer
The Star Alliance member has been serving the Cameroon market since the early 1970s after first introducing flights to Douala in 1971 and has been offering uninterrupted service since 2003.
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By Poppy Marello
Ethiopian Airlines has today (09JUL15) launched the much anticipated new service to Manila in the Philippines, from Addis Ababa
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By Poppy Marello
The largest airline in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has finalised preparations to start flights to Cape Town – its second destination in South Africa, and Gaborone in Botswana.
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By Poppy Marello
Low-cost airline, flydubai has announced its plans to increase the frequency of flights on some of its African routes for the summer 2015 schedule.
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By Richard Maslen
The new link will provide the first regular link between East Africa and Dublin and will mark the return of flights between the Irish capital and Los Angeles, a market last served by Aer Lingus in November 2008. This will strengthen Ireland’s connectivity to the west coast of the United States, with California a major market for Irish tourism.
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By Richard Maslen
The airline has placed an order for 20 737 MAX 8s with options and purchase rights for a further 15 aircraft. It is the largest single Boeing order by number of aircraft from an African carrier and was previously unidentified in the Boeing order backlog as being placed by an unidentified customer.
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By Richard Maslen
The Spanish capital city will be linked to its Addis Ababa Bole International Airport hub through Rome using a Boeing 767-300ER and will increase Ethiopian’s international network to 83 destinations covering five continents.
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By Richard Maslen
Ethiopian Airlines will this weekend introduce domestic flights from its Bole International Airport hub in Addis Ababa and the city of Semera, the
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By Richard Maslen
This article has been updated for January 2014 Read Here With an increasing number of airlines now operating the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, every month
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By Richard Maslen
Fast-expanding Gulf carrier Qatar Airways has opened reservations for its previously announced new route to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, from
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By Richard Maslen
East African carrier Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated flights between its hub at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa and the Brazilian cities of
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By Richard Maslen
East African carrier Ethiopian Airlines has finalised the last of its preparation work for its first growth into South America and is now on-track to
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By Richard Maslen
Fast expanding Gulf carrier Qatar Airways has confirmed that Philadelphia will become its fifth US gateway when it inaugurates daily flights from the
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By Richard Maslen
African carrier Kenya Airways has this week taking delivery of its latest Embraer 190 and has highlighted the important role the Brazilian
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