ETHIOPIAN Airlines has made an about-turn in its previously announced expansion in Asia, ditching plans for Ho Chi Minh City and Manila services in favour of a Singapore one.
Ethiopian Airlines will inaugurate a thrice-weekly Addis Ababa-Singapore service via Bangkok on September 3, using Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
With no traffic rights between Bangkok and Singapore, the airline will not accept bookings from passengers wishing to only travel from Bangkok to Singapore and vice versa.
Ethiopian’s GSA in Singapore is Maple Aviation.
Ethiopian currently has a codesharing agreement with fellow Star Alliance member Singapore Airlines, an arrangement that dates back to November 2011. Both jointly operate a service linking Addis Ababa and Singapore via Dubai.
The carrier was to launch thrice-weekly flights to Manila on July 1 as a tag-on to its Addis Ababa-Hong Kong flights, and a similar thrice-weekly tag-on service from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City scheduled to begin in September, but both plans have since been shelved.
