At a colorful ceremony graced by the presence of H.E. Mrs Susanna Moorehead, Ambassador of the UK to Ethiopia, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, dignitaries and invited guests, the carrier inaugurated flights to Manchester, its second destination in the UK next to London. The four weekly flight to Manchester will be operated by the ultra-modern B787 Dreamliner.

Govoreći na inauguracijskom događaju, Nj.E. gđa Susanna Moorehead, ambasadorica Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva u Etiopiji, primijetila je: „Ja bih Ethiopian Airlines smatrala simbolom Etiopije. To je globalno; raste; spajati ljude; vrhunski je profesionalan, moderan; okrenut je naprijed, mlad je i dinamičan. Ja sam dovoljno sretan što sam britanski ambasador u Etiopiji. Inauguracijski let za Manchester snažan je simbol dubine i širine odnosa između Etiopije i Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva.”

Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam on his part said, “It’s a pleasure to be here this evening with you to celebrate an important milestone in our history, the opening of a second city in the UK, Manchester. We’ve been flying to London since 1973, more than 46 years, so we are not new to the UK market. But we are very happy to expand our services closer to the customer in Manchester now. Today we can travel the customer conveniently to 60 destinations in Africa with an immediate connection in our hub here in Addis… The connectivity we are establishing between Europe and Africa is facilitating trade investment, tourism and people-to-people ties.”

Tokom godina, Ethiopian je otvarao nove rute, uključujući i Evropu, koju trenutno opslužuje sa 51 letom sedmično. Aviokompanija privodi kraju pripreme za početak usluga ka drugim evropskim zemljama, uključujući Moskvu.