Ethiopian Airlines the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline has announced that it will has finalized all preparations to launch a thrice weekly flight to Marseille, France as of July 02, 2019
Marseille is the second-largest city of France and main city of the historical province.
The flight to Marseille will be dispatched as per the schedule below:
| Flight Number | Frequency | Departure Airport | Departure time | Arrival Airport | Arrival Time | Sub fleet |
| ET 0734 | TUE, THU, FRI | ADD | 23:45 | MRS | 05:45 | ET 787 |
| ET 0735 | WED,FRI,SAT | MRS | 23:05 | ADD | 06:35 | ET 787 |
In March 2019, the carrier announced that it had finalized all preparations to launch a direct thrice weekly flight to Istanbul, Turkey as of April 1, 2019.Istanbul is the largest European city and Turkey’s historic, industrial and financial capital.
The flight to Istanbul will be dispatched as per the schedule below:
| Flight Number | Frequency | Departure Airport | Departure time | Arrival Airport | Arrival Time | Sub fleet |
| ET 0720 | MON, WED, FRI | ADD | 23:05 | IST | 4:35 | ET 738 |
| ET 0721 | WED,FRI,SUN | IST | 1:10 | ADD | 6:40 | ET 738 |
Regarding the upcoming services, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, remarked,
Regarding the upcoming services, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, remarked,
“It gives us great pleasure to launch flights to Marseille, connecting France’s second largest city to the over 60 African destinations we serve, through our hub Addis Ababa. We’ve been flying to Paris since 1971, more than 48 years, so we are not new to the market in France. But we are very happy to expand our services closer to the customer in Marseille now. The connectivity we are establishing between Europe and Africa is facilitating trade investment, tourism and people-to-people ties.”
