Ethiopian to launch flights to Moroni, Comoros

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the largest African airline, is pleased to announce that it has finalized preparations to launch flights to Moroni, Comoros with the latest B737-800 New Generation with Sky Interior, as of the 30th of October 2016. Moroni is the largest city, the federal capital and seat of the government of the Union of the Comoros, a sovereign archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean.

The flights to Moroni will be operated thrice weekly via Dar es Salaam as per the following schedule:

 

Flight
Frequency Departure Airport Departure Time Arrival Airport Arrival Time
Sub fleet
ET825
TUE,THU,SAT
ADD
0910
DAR
1200
ET 738
ET825
TUE,THU,SAT
DAR
1300
HAH
1420
ET 738
ET824
TUE,THU,SAT
HAH
1520
DAR
1640
ET 738
ET824
TUE,THU,SAT
DAR
1740
ADD
2020
ET 738

Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebre Mariam, said, “We are thrilled to spread our wings farther to the Comoros islands. We believe our flights to Moroni and elsewhere in our beloved continent, Africa, contribute positively to the overall development of the continent and serve as a critically essential vehicle for the flow of investment, trade and tourism. Hence, with the new service, passengers to and from Moroni will find convenient and hassle free connection to destinations in Ethiopian wide route network to 95 cities in five continents with a minimum layover at our main hub, Addis Ababa.”

In the just ended physical year, African cities like Cape Town, Gaborone, Goma, Yaoundé and Durban have joined Ethiopian vast intra-African network. Moroni will be Ethiopian’s 54th African destination.

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