Addis Ababa, February 8, 2023 (FBC) – Ethiopian Airlines is increasing flights between its Addis Ababa hub and Jeddah to double daily, starting on February 15th.
Some 874 miles (1,406 km) from Addis Ababa, Jeddah is one of 12 airports in the Middle East served by Ethiopian. It now has up to 15 daily flights to the region.
It is stated that the new service is ET462/ET463, which will be operated by 160-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8s.
This second daily flight is timed rather differently to the airline’s growing third wave of flights, but is more or less part of it.
It will supplement the long-standing overnight service to and from Jeddah, which is timed to be fed by and to feed Ethiopian’s vast Africa network.
The existing service sees widebodies, and it varies depending on the day. The 777-200LR is the most used, then the A350-900, 777-300ER, 787-8, and 787-9.