Ethiopian Airlines to open second Spanish route

Ethiopian Airlines has finalised preparations to launch 4X-weekly Addis Ababa-Barcelona El Prat (Spain) services beginning Aug. 1. Ethiopian will use a Boeing 787 on this route. Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said: “Barcelona, which will be our second destination in Spain, after Madrid, [will become] the 13th city in our European network.” Separately, the Star Alliance member will launch 3X-weekly Jakarta (Indonesia) services on Aug 17. The new destination will be routed via its existing Addis Ababa-Bangkok services.<br/>