Ethiopian Airlines announced that it will start four direct flights in a week to Bengaluru, the “Silicon Valley of India”, beginning 27th October 2019.
The new four weekly flights will connect the important ICT hub city of Bengaluru to the ever-expanding Ethiopian network, in addition to the twice daily flights each to the commercial city of Mumbai and the Capital New Delhi, a press of Ethiopian said.
Ethiopia Group CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam stated that “the increasing flight frequencies and number of gateways in India will facilitate trade, investment and tourism to/from the Indian sub-continent.”
The flights will also complement the existing dedicated freighter flights to/from Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, he added.
Currently, Ethiopian operates passenger flights to Bombay and Delhi as well as cargo services to Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi./ENA news