September 19, (THEWILL) – After two years of waiting, Africa’s leading carrier, Ethiopian Airlines will be resuming its Flight to Enugu the Enugu State Capital in the eastern heartland of Nigeria on October 1, 2021.
The flight service will be operated three times a week with B787 Dreamliner aircraft.
Initially, the Flight will operate on Wednesday, Friday and Saturdays of every Week for now.
In a statement issued at the weekend to announce the resumption of flights to Enugu airport, the Ethiopian Airlines General Manager, Nigeria, Shimeles Arage said “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”.
Ethiopian Airlines stopped flights to Enugu in 2019 when the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authorities (NCAA) closed the airport to refurbish the airport runway.
Before the closure of the airport for runway repairs, Ethiopian Airline 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 into four airports in Nigeria, including: Abuja,Lagos,Kano and Enugu.
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Anthony Awunor, is a business correspondent who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics (UNILAG). He is also an alumnus of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria Kaduna State. He lives in Lagos.
