Airlines Ethiopian Airlines announces codeshare agreement with Air Cote d’Ivoire

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Ethiopian Airlines has announced to enter a codeshare agreement with Air Cote d’Ivoire. Passengers will be able to connect to the USA via Abidjan.

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The agreement is effective from May 2018. Both carriers seek to enable seamless connections for its passengers on routes between West Africa and the USA. 

Customers, originating from West African cities like Lagos, Bamako, Cotonou, Accra and Lom are now able to board Air Cote d’Ivoire flights to Abidjan. From there, they may connect to New York on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.

Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, said: “We are very happy to partner with Air Cote d’Ivoire with a view to connect passengers from West Africa to our new flights to Newark via Abidjan. I wish to thank the Cote d’Ivoire Government and the Minister of Transport in particular as well as Air Cote d’Ivoire for making this partnership possible. Ethiopian new Abidjan flights to Newark will be operated in complementarity to our existing Newark service via Lomé, which is being availed together with our strategic partner, ASKY Airlines.  Such partnerships among sisterly African airlines are crucial for African countries to fill the connectivity vacuum in the continent and for African carriers to regain their market share in their home market.”

Both airlines will benefit from the codeshare agreement, since booking rates on both airlines´ flights are likely to rise. The passengers will enjoy a seamless connection through Abidjan.

René Decurey, CEO of Air Cote d’Ivoire added: "Few months ago, Abidjan airport was certified to carry out direct links with the USA. It is now time to launch theses direct flights and Air Cote d’Ivoire is very happy to carry out the operation in codeshare with Ethiopian Airlines. This agreement will allow Air Cote d’Ivoire to sell the flights as well. We will therefore be able to offer passengers on our network, flights to the USA via Abidjan with a single Air Cote d’Ivoire ticket. We are convinced that this partnership is the beginning of a long collaboration that will fully benefit our two Airlines and African passengers who used to pass through Europe to travel to the USA. "

Ethiopian Airlines is the flag carrier of Ethiopian and currently operates to 58 cities and 112 destinations worldwide. Its fleet consists of 90 aircraft, including eight Airbus A350s, 20 Boeing B737s Next Gen., two Boeing 757-200s, six Boeing 767-300s, 16 Boeing 777s and 21 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

Air Cote d’Ivoire is headquartered in Abidjan. The carrier operates with four Airbus A319s, two Airbus A320s and four Dash 8-400 aircraft. Air Cote d’Ivoire serves 17 countries on 34 routes.

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