Ethiopian Airlines commences new flight route to Marseille

ADDIS ABABA: July 3 (Ethiopian Informer) – Ethiopia’s flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, on Wednesday announced that it has commenced a thrice-weekly flights to Marseille, France.

The Ethiopian Airlines, which is widely considered as the largest Aviation Group in Africa and a SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, in a statement issued on Wednesday revealed that the new flight route to Marseille commenced on July 2.

The new service was inaugurated at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, as the inaugural flight was attended, among others, by Tewolde GebreMariam, Ethiopian Group CEO, and Frédéric Bontems, French Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ethiopia, it was noted.

Ethiopian Airlines first flight to the city of Marseille has just arrived and received a warm welcome! pic.twitter.com/UJvv4W7AR0

— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) July 3, 2019

Marseille, France’s second largest city, is the second destination in France and 20th destination in Europe for Ethiopia’s national carrier.

According to the airlines, with the addition of the new flight route to Marseille, Ethiopian now operates over 60 passenger flights to European cities every week.

Ethiopian Airlines has been flying to Paris since 1971 connecting Africa to the French capital for nearly five decades, which it says “facilitated trade investment, tourism and people-to-people ties” among Africa and France.

Currently, Ethiopian flies to more than 120 international destinations across five continents with young fleet.