Ethiopian airlines launches flight to Sierra Leone

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it has launched new thrice weekly passenger flights to Freetown, Sierra Leone, via Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

In his opening remarks , CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mesfin Tasew, the launch of the Addis Ababa – Freetown flight service shows how the efforts to integrate the African continent through air transportation is strengthening from time to time.

The CEO added that the launch of the flight would further strengthen multifaceted relations between Ethiopia and Sierra Leone.

Harold Bundu Safa, Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Ethiopia, praised Ethiopian Airlines’ efforts to unite Africans by expanding its destinations to countries of the continent.

The route will be served by Ethiopian state-of-the-art Boeing B787 Dreamliner aircraft, it was learned.

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