Ethiopian Airlines has said it will be resuming its flight to Enugu State, the Eastern Heartland of Nigeria from the first of October.
Shimeles Arage, the General Manager, Ethiopian Airlines, Nigeria, in a statement disclosed that the three times a week flight will be operated with B787 Dreamliner. Initially the flight will operate on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturdays of every Week for now, the statement added.
“October 1 is the Nigerian Independence Day and the flight to Enugu on that day will reinforce Ethiopian Airlines good relationship with Nigeria since the first flight to Nigeria in 1960,” he said. Ethiopian Airlines stopped flights to Enugu in 2019 when the Nigerian Aviation Authorities closed the Airport to refurbish the Airport Runway.
Before the closure of the Airport for the repairs of the runway, Ethiopian was the only International Airline operating into Enugu. The Airport was Officially Opened to Domestic Flights in 2020 and to international flights in August 2021. Ethiopian Airlines Operates to four Airports in Nigeria including Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Enugu.
