Ethiopian begins flight service to Marseille, its 20th in Europe

Ethiopian Airlines is not bogged down by the travails of B737 MAX crash. The airline has, since, moved on to consolidate its flight integrity with an unmatched resilience as it launches flight to Marseille July 2^nd.

The airline, which is a KYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, announced recently that it has finalized all preparations to launch a thrice weekly flight to the second-largest French city, Marseille, in line with its expansion plan.

In the build-up to launching a debut to the historical city, the Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, said the airline was excited at the opportunity as it looks forward to rekindling the confidence of its regular and new passengers, especially those flying the route.

His remark: “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. Ethiopian is currently serving 120 international destinations across five continents with modern aircraft with an average fleet age of five years.

When commenced, it will also bring the number of passenger flights the airline operates to European cities to 61 per week.