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Etihad Airways to launch flights to Ethiopia
Abu Dhabi, May 09th, 2012 (WAM) -- Etihad Airways will add the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to its rapidly growing network in November 2012. The airline will also start flying to the Indian city of Ahmedabad in the same month.
The two new cities will expand the airline's reach to 86 passenger and cargo destinations around the world. The new routes will each be served by an Airbus A320 aircraft and support Etihad Airways ' aims to connect key strategic cities with its home base of Abu Dhabi, enhancing commercial and leisure travel with the UAE's capital city. Flights between Abu Dhabi and Addis Ababa, its ninth destination in Africa, will initially operate five times a week, increasing to daily in 2013. Flights will operate daily between Abu Dhabi and Ahmedabad, the airline's ninth destination in India. James Hogan, Etihad Airways ' President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We continue to build strength and depth to our global network and the addition of Addis Ababa, a major East African hub, and Ahmedabad, the fifth largest city in India, will make significant contributions to traffic flows to Abu Dhabi and beyond".
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