Ethiopian Airlines will run a service from Manchester to Addis Ababa five times a week when a new flight is added next week.
An Airbus A350 will begin weekly Monday flights from Terminal 2 via Geneva on Monday, June 5.
Connections are available to more than 60 destinations across Africa.
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Henock Woubishet, Ethiopian Airlines’ area manager for the UK and Ireland, said: “This is good news for our Manchester departures, as we have seen growth from northern UK to sub-Saharan Africa.”
The carrier, which describes itself as the fastest-growing in Africa, also offers daily non-stop flights between Heathrow’s Terminal 2 and Addis Ababa.
On the Manchester announcement, Woubishet added: “The new additional Monday flight will provide more weekly capacity during our 50th anniversary year of flying to the UK for our passengers.”
Timothy Bettney, the airline’s traffic and sales manager in Manchester, said: “We welcome the fifth additional weekly flight. The Manchester flights have become very popular for customers in the region.
“The full-service non-stop flights to Geneva are seeing demand from both the corporate and leisure markets.”
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