From October 31, Ethiopian Airlines will start direct flights between Addis Ababa (ADD) and Zurich (ZRH) with three weekly flights with stopover in Milan Malpensa (MXP), for the winter season 2022/2022 the Ethiopian airline will offer 16 destinations in Europe through the main capitals and the most popular cities.
With this new service the company will offer two routes in Switzerland, currently the African air operator has a non-stop connection to Geneva (GVA): data obtained by Aviacionline through Cointrin Airport statistics indicate that in 2019 Ethiopian Airlines mobilized 25,033 passengers in GVA, it was the sixth most African route from Geneva.
Flight Itinerary.
- Addis Ababa – Milan Malpensa Flight ET 736 ADD 00:15 – MXP 04:50
- Milan Malpensa – Zurich Flight ET 736 MXP 05:50 – ZRH 07:00
- Zurich – Milan Malpensa Flight ET 737 ZRH 20:30 – MXP 21:40
- Milan Malpensa – Addis Ababa Flight ET 737 MXP 22:30 – ADD 07:05+1
Flights will depart on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and will be operated on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with a capacity of 315 seats in two classes (30 Business Class/285 Economy), and promotional fares are available from USD 388.5 each way.
Ethiopian Airlines first landed in Switzerland on June 3, 2018 with a direct service from Geneva (GVA) via Milan Malpensa (MXP) operated on Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, in that year the company mobilized 12,740 passengers between Addis Ababa (ADD) and Cointrin Airport (GVA), Africa’s largest airline continues to expand its network of destinations in Europe through the main hubs of its Star Alliance partners.
Ethiopian Airlines’ European schedule for the 2022/2023 winter season.
According to data compiled by Aviacionline through Cirium, the Ethiopian carrier will have an offer of 43,646 seats per week on 146 air operations between Addis Ababa (ADD) and Europe, it will be the third largest capacity carrier between Africa and the Old Continent, the schedule is as follows:
- Brussels (BRU) three times a week on Boeing 787-9 and Airbus A350-900.
- Geneva (GVA) – Manchester (MAN) four times a week on Boeing 787-9.
- Milan Malpensa (MXP) four times weekly on Boeing 777-200LR.
- Milan Malpensa (MXP) – Zurich (ZRH) three times weekly on Boeing 787-9.
- Rome (FCO) four times weekly on Boeing 777-200LR.
- Rome (FCO) – Marseille (MRS) three times weekly on Boeing 777-200LR.
- Athens (ATH) three times weekly on Boeing 737-8.
- Frankfurt (FRA) daily flights on Airbus A350-900.
- Istanbul (IST) daily flights on Boeing 737-8.
- London Heathrow (LHR) daily flights on Airbus A350-900.
- Moscow (SVO) three times a week on Boeing 787-8.
- Paris (CDG) daily flights on Airbus A350-900.
- Stockholm (ARN) – Oslo (OSL) daily flights on Boeing 787-9.
- Vienna (VIE) – Brussels (BRU) four times a week on Boeing 777-200LR and 787-9.
Passenger services to Madrid (MAD) and Dublin (DUB) are suspended.
