Africa’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has resumed passenger flights from New Jersey, United States, to Lagos and Abuja.
Mr Million Legesse, Ethiopian Airlines’ Traffic and Sales Manger in New York told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the flights would operate from the Newark Liberty International Airport.
Legesse said all preparations had been made, including strict COVID-19 and other health measures, for passengers’ safety and comfort.
NAN reports that Ethiopian Airlines is one of the 13 that secured government’s approval to fly into the country following the resumption.
According to Legesse, the indirect flights will be operated by the airline’s new Boeing B787-800 aircrafts.
The total flight time to Nigeria is about 13 hours with short connection time at Togo which is 1 hr 30 mins,” he said.< “We have west African connections to other countries, Mali, Benin Senegal, Cameron, Liberia, Niger, with short connections,” he said. Ethiopian Airlines operated all nine evacuation flights from the U.S. that saw the repatriation of 2,322 stranded Nigerians. - NAN