Ethiopian Airlines Quietly Builds Strong International Network – Travel Weekly

Nigusu Worku, Ethiopian Airlines' U.S. Regional Director

According to Nigusu Worku, Ethiopian Airlines’ U.S. Regional Director, the carrier plans to introduce service to either Houston (George Bush Int’l Airport) or Chicago (O’Hare Int’l Airport) next summer

By Robert Silk (Travel Weekly)

Ethiopian Airlines might not be familiar to the average U.S. flyer or travel agent. But the carrier, which flies to 54 African cities from hubs in Addis Ababa (Bole International Airport) and the West African nation of Togo, is working to change that.

“We have one of the youngest fleets in the industry and a great network,” said Nigusu Worku, the carrier’s U.S. director of sales and services. “It can be a serious option for travel to Africa.”

In the past two years, Ethiopian has added service to Newark and Los Angeles to its longer-standing daily Washington Dulles flight.

Next summer, Nigusu said, the carrier plans to introduce service to either Houston (George Bush International Airport) or Chicago (O’Hare Bush International Airport), both of which are hubs for its codeshare and Star Alliance partner United Airlines, as are Dulles, Los Angeles and Newark. A recent report in Ethiopian newspaper The Reporter said Chicago would get the nod, but the carrier would only tell Travel Weekly that O’Hare is being “seriously considered.”

The Los Angeles and Newark flights, which currently operate four times a week, might also be expanded to daily.

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