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Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, has announced the commencement of new services to Enugu Airport, as of August 24, 2013, becoming the first international carrier to fly to the city. Ethiopian will also increase its five weekly flights to Abuja to daily service. Ethiopian will operate four times a week to Enugu, its 76th destination. Ethiopian, an indigenous and truly Pan African airline, is one of the oldest carriers flying to Nigeria and has been serving the country since 1960 strengthening trade, cultural and tourism ties between Nigeria and the rest of the world. Now, passengers from Enugu will have direct flight connections to many destinations in Africa, Middle East, Asia, South America and Europe with the youngest and modern fleet in the continent and enjoy the usual Ethiopian hospitality. “Our flight to Enugu is another exciting step towards enhancing our commitment to the needs of our travelling public. Nigeria has always been and continues to be one of our important destinations in West Africa. We are continually improving our products and services to meet our customers’ expectations. We thank the people and the government of Nigeria for their continued support in making this new service to Enugu possible,” said Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian. Also speaking on the development, Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu representing Enugu West, said, “For many decades, the people of the southeast and the local and international business community have waited endlessly for the commencement of international flight operations to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (Enugu Airport). Now, the people of southeast will remain forever grateful to President Jonathan for the breakthrough.” Passengers from Ethiopian Airlines three gateways in Nigeria – Lagos, Abuja and Enugu – now have the opportunity to fly to destinations throughout the Ethiopian network, including Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, London, Toronto, Beijing, Beirut, Dubai, Mumbai, and Nairobi.