Ethiopian Airlines Flights to China to Return to pre-Covid Levels

Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian), the leading carrier in Africa, has announced that the frequency of its flights to Chinese cities will increase as of February 6, ultimately returning to the pre-Covid-19 levels on March 1 following the lifting of restrictions by the government of China.

As of February 6, Ethiopian will operate daily flights to Guangzhou while increasing its weekly flights to Beijing and Shanghai to four each and maintains the trice weekly operation to Chengdu.

“China is one of the largest markets for Ethiopian Airlines outside Africa, and the increase in flight frequencies will help revive the trade, investment, cultural and bilateral cooperation between Africa and China in the post-Covid era,” Ethiopian Group CEO Mesfin Tasew said.

Starting from March 1, the flights will surge back to the pre-Covid levels with daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai as well as ten and four weekly flights to Guangzhou and Chengdu respectively. Accordingly, Ethiopian will operate a total of 28 weekly passenger flights to China when the services are fully restored.

“Thanks to our large network across Africa, the increase in the number of flights to Chinese cities will bring Africa and China closer. We are keen to further expand our service to China going forward,” Tasew added.

In addition to its passenger flights to Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu, Ethiopian is also operating freighter flights to Guangzhou, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Changsha and Wuhan.

Gold Star Aviation is the General Sales Agent (GSA) of Ethiopian Airlines in Greece.