Starting May 22, 2023, Ethiopian Airlines will launch five weekly flights between Addis Ababa and Copenhagen, with flights operating every day except Tuesdays and Sundays. The route will be operated with a 315-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
On Tuesday (January 24, 2023), Ethiopian Airlines announced the launch of new passenger service between Addis Ababa and Copenhagen in Denmark. The route will also create new opportunities for Danish businesses, especially the pharma industry, which can benefit from Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services’ state-of-the-art facilities. Ethiopian Airlines will operate the route five times weekly (all days except Tuesdays and Sundays) with a 315-seat Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The carrier first served Copenhagen in 1999, but the route was suspended around four years later.
In Tuesday’s route announcement, Ethiopian Airlines Group’s CEO, Mr. Mesfin Tasew, said,
“We are glad to open a new route to Copenhagen, Denmark which will be our 21st destination in Europe. With the launch of the flight, Copenhagen will become a crucial gateway for Ethiopian Airlines in northern Europe and southern Scandinavia. Thanks to the wide network of Ethiopian Airlines across Africa, the new flight will enhance the air connectivity between Europe and Africa thereby facilitating trade, tourism and diplomatic relations of the two regions.”
Also commenting on the new service, Copenhagen Airport’s Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Woldbye, added,
“It has for a long time been our desire to improve the connection between Copenhagen and Africa. Therefore, it is really good news, that Ethiopian Airlines, who for the last 5 years have been awarded as the best airline in Africa, now will start flying to Copenhagen. The airport in Addis Ababa have grown to become one of Africa’s most important HUB’s, with onward connections to more than 60 different cities in Africa, thus this new route will be an amazing gateway to the whole continent for Copenhagen.”
With over 76 years of operations, Ethiopian Airlines is the fastest growing airline in Africa. The carrier commands the largest share of Pan-African passenger and cargo service and operates one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the world. In addition to their main hub in Addis Ababa, the carrier is also pursuing a multi-hub strategy through a hub in Lomé, Togo with ASKY, in Lilongwe, Mali with Malawi Airlines, and in Lusaka, Zambia with Zambia Airways. Ethiopian serves over 145 destinations across five continents with a fleet of ultra-modern fuel efficient aircraft including Airbus A350s, Boeing 787-8/9 Dreamliners, Boeing 777-300ERs, Boeing 777-200LRs, Boeing 777-200 Freighters and De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s. The airline’s fleet has an average age of seven years and Ethiopian was the first African carrier to operate all of the previously mentioned aircraft types.
Source: Ethiopian Airlines