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Ethiopian considers double daily to Durban

Source: Tourism Update, 24/11/2015

Ethiopian Airlines will be looking at daily and even double-daily
services in the near future, Mengistu Adelahu, Ethiopian Airlines`
Manager for Traffic and Sales for Durban, announced at the launch of
the new route in Durban this week.

Adelahu said currently Ethiopian Airlines was operating a low-capacity
B738 but was planning to introduce a Dreamliner on the route in the
near future. "Everybody has a dream to fly the Dreamliner," he
said.

Ethiopian Airlines` network connects to the Gulf, the Far East and
India, from where the airline offers more than 21 weekly flights, as
well as the US and Europe.

Durban has a lot to offer international visitors, according to
Adelahu, who explained that currently most of the visitors to KwaZulu
Natal are local and regional visitors. "We want the number of
international visitors to grow," he said, adding that Ethiopian
Tourism would liaise with Durban Tourism to make this happen.
`Ethiopian Holidays` department of the airline has started actively
packaging Durban for Ethiopian travellers already.

Although connections to most parts of the world are excellent with
very short connecting times, according to Adelahu, he says if a
traveller has long layover times, the airline will automatically
provide stopover packages as well as visas.

Perry Moodley, Project Manager for Durban Tourism, says Durban has
been working closely with a few international airlines to put Durban
on the map. Besides Ethiopian Airlines, Moodley revealed that Fastjet
would launch a Durban-Harare flight and Norwegian Airlines would
launch Durban-Gatwick. "More airlines are still to be announced, but
we can`t speak about that yet," he said.

According to Adelahu, Ethiopian Airlines will also expand its
operations in the rest of South Africa and will launch a direct Cape
Town route operating a Boeing 787, without making a stop in Johannesburg.

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