ETHIOPIAN SET TO LAUNCH FLIGHTS TO #MARSEILLES IN JULY
(Posted 23rd April 2019)
Ethiopian Airlines earlier today announced that it has finalized all preparations to launch a thrice weekly flight to Marseille, France as of July 02nd this year. The aircraft deployed on the route will be a Boeing B787 in Ethiopian’s regular two class cabin configuration.
Marseille is the second-largest city of France and main city of the historical province.
The flight to Marseille will be dispatched as per the schedule below:
| Flight Number | Frequency | Departure
Airport |
Departure time | Arrival Airport | Arrival
Time |
Sub fleet |
| ET 0734 | TUE, THU, FRI | ADD | 23:45 | MRS | 05:45 | ET 787 |
| ET 0735 | WED,FRI,SAT | MRS | 23:05 | ADD | 06:35 | ET 787 |
Regarding the upcoming services, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, remarked:
“It gives us great pleasure to launch flights to Marseille, connecting France’s second largest city to the over 60 African destinations we serve, through our hub Addis Ababa. We’ve been flying to Paris since 1971, more than 48 years, so we are not new to the market in France. But we are very happy to expand our services closer to the customer in Marseille now. The connectivity we are establishing between Europe and Africa is facilitating trade investment, tourism and people-to-people ties. As we forge ahead on the path of growth and success as envisioned in Vision 2025, we will keep on opening new routes to all corners of the world bringing Africa ever closer to the rest of the world.”
Marseille marks Ethiopian’s 20th destination in Europe, more than any other African airline and more than many airlines from more developed aviation markets. Ethiopian is currently serving 120 international destinations across five continents with young aircraft with average fleet age of five years. It will also bring the number of passenger flights the airline operates to European cities to 60 per week while at the same time also serving 60 destinations in Africa.
Ethiopian Airlines flies six times a day between Addis Ababa and Entebbe / Uganda with one flight routing via Juba and another via Goma in Eastern Congo.
