Ethiopian Sets Debut Flight to Barcelona

Addis Ababa June 15/2018  Ethiopian Airlines has finalized preparations to launch new flight services to Barcelona, Spain as of July 01, 2018, deploying the ultra-modern B787-800 Dream liner, according to the press release it sent to ENA. Barcelona, largest city and the second most populous municipality of Spain, is also the second largest trade fair and exhibition Centre in Europe, it has indicated. Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam, said, "We are very happy to spread our wings to Barcelona, which will be our second destination in Spain, after Madrid, and the 13th city in our European network." Noting that the starting of this new flight to Barcelona is part of the airlines global route network expansion plan in line with its strategic roadmap. Group CEO said “The new flight to Barcelona will provide seamless connectivity options for business people as well as tourists from Barcelona to our extensive African network of 58 destinations via our main hub in Addis Ababa.” It is recalled that Ethiopian Airlines has started flying to Chicago as of June 10, 2018. Ethiopian, which has been investing heavily in fleet modernization and expansion, was the first African Airline and second only to Japan to operate the B787 Dreamliner in 2012 and the first carrier in Africa to usher with  the Airbus A350 XWB in 2016.