Ethiopian to resume flights to Eritrea’s capital Asmara after a 20 year hiatus

July 12, 2018: Addis-Ababa based airline Ethiopian Airlines has finalised preparations to resume daily flights to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea on July 18 with the most technologically advanced commercial aircraft, the Boeing 787. 

This follows agreements reached in Asmara between Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and President Isaias Afewerki of the State of Eritrea.  

Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines said: “We at Ethiopian feel an immense honor and joy to resume scheduled flights to Asmara after 20 years, following the visit to Eritrea by Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.”

The resumption of air links will play a critical role in boosting the overall political, economic, trade and people-to-people ties between the two sisterly countries.

Talking about the cargo flights between Asmara and Ethiopia, he informed, “Very quickly, we plan to operate multiple daily service and to start cargo flights in view of the huge market potential between the two sisterly countries.”

Asmara is the capital and the largest city of Eritrea and is situated in Eritrea's central Maekel Region. It is home to the Eritrean National Museum and is known for its early 20th-century buildings including the Art Deco Cinema Impero, one of the world's finest examples of Art Déco style building, Cubist Africa Pension, eclectic Orthodox Cathedral and former Opera House, the futurist Fiat Tagliero Building, the neo-Romanesque Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, neoclassical Governor's Palace and much more.