Ethiopian Airlines’ cargo division is looking forward to the possibility of freighter flights to the UK. That is why the company will add a third UK airport to its network next month. Ethiopian Airlines area manager for the UK and Ireland, Henock Woubishet, said that on November 21, the carrier will add three flights a week to Gatwick from its home hub, Addis Ababa.
The Airbus A350-900 flights will arrive in the UK early on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday morning and depart later that morning back to Ethiopia. Woubishet said that each flight will offer around 12 tons of capacity on Airbus aircraft that are only a few months old.
“It is kind of a different rotation to what we have at Heathrow as it will be a quick turn,” he said. “The flight [departure time] from Addis will be similar to that of Heathrow, but the return flight will feed into the evening bank in Addis.”
Woubishet added: “Incoming cargo is perishables, vegetables, and fresh produce from Africa and also general cargo.”
Source: aircargonews.net