ASKY AIRLINES is planning to launch its first dedicated extra-African flights to Beirut ,
Lebanon, CEO Yissehak Zewoldi told Ethiopia's Reporter news service.
Speaking on the sidelines of the just-ended 45th African Airlines
Association (AFRAA) annual general assembly in Kenya, Mr Zewoldi said
his airline is looking to tap into the growing Middle East - South
American market. “We want to establish a natural route. If you look at a
map it will be a straight flight from Beirut to Sao Paulo Guarulhos via Lome . We will feed passengers to Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Abada ).
This route will be the shortest from the Middle East to South America,”
Zewoldi said. As an Ethiopian Airlines subsidiary, ASKY offers flights
to Brazil albeit as a codeshare with Ethiopian. In likely preparation
for the launch of the new flights, likely to also coincide with the
launch of its first Southern African flights to Johannesburg Tambo, the Togolese carrier is due to take delivery of its first B737-800 , ET-AOA (msn 37936).
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