Qatar Airways prepares for Ethiopia
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Qatar Airways is set to launch three-flights-a-week to Addis Ababa. The new flights will commence from 18 September 2013. The route will be serviced with an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration of 132 seats in Economy and 12 in Business Class.
“Ethiopia is fast emerging as a growing economic centre, forming strong trade links with Europe, USA and Asia Pacific. There is clearly demand and huge potential to and from Ethiopia, one of the many under served markets across Africa.,” said Qatar Airways chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker.
In the last 24 months the airline has added the following African destinations to its global route network: Benghazi (Libya); Entebbe (Uganda); Kigali (Rwanda); Tripoli (Libya) – re-launched; (Kilimanjaro (Tanzania); and Maputo (Mozambique).
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