Ethiopian Airlines announces its plan to start passenger flights to Bengaluru, India as of 27th October 2019.
“Ethiopian Airlines is a significant player in connecting India and Africa and beyond,” said Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines. “The new four weekly flights will connect the important ICT hub city of Bengaluru to the ever-expanding Ethiopian network in addition to our twice daily flights each to the commercial city of Mumbai and the Capital New Delhi. The flights will also complement our existing dedicated freighter flights to/from Bengaluru.”
Ethiopian Airlines will have four weekly direct flights to Bengaluru, according to the press statement from ET. The capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, Bengaluru is dubbed ‘Silicon Valley of India’ and serves as the center of technology and innovation.
Currently, Ethiopian operates passenger flights to Bombay and Delhi as well as cargo service to Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi. The CEO further noted that the addition of Bengaluru to our Indian network will give wider menu of choices to the fast-growing air travelers between India and Africa and beyond.
“The increasing flight frequencies and number of gateways in India will facilitate trade, investment and tourism to/from the Indian sub-continent. The schedule is carefully designed to connect passengers efficiently through our global hub in Addis Ababa with short connections and will provide the fastest and the shortest connections between Bengaluru in southern India and more than 60 destinations in Africa and South America,” Mr. Tewolde said.