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Tuesday, Jan 31, 2006
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Airlines Emirates launches services to Addis Ababa Vimala Vasan
Abu Dhabi , Jan. 30 EMIRATES has re-affirmed its commitment to East Africa by announcing the launch of services to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Effective March 27, Emirates will operate three flights a week to Addis Ababa. Subsequently, Emirates' Dubai-Addis Ababa service will be enhanced to daily operations from December 1, 2006, according to a statement from the airline. Emirates currently serves East Africa with double-daily flights to Nairobi and daily flights to Entebbe and Dar-es-Salaam. With the addition of Addis Ababa, Emirates' East Africa network will be boosted to four destinations served by 31 flights per week. Emirates will operate to Addis Ababa its Airbus A330-200 aircraft equipped with 12, 42 and 183 seats in first, business and economy classes, and a belly-hold cargo capacity of 17 tonnes. The airline's 78-strong destination network will see the addition of several gateways in 2006 including Abidjan and Addis Ababa in Africa, Thiruvananthapuram and Kolkota in the Indian sub-continent, Hamburg in Europe, and Nagoya and Beijing in the Far East.
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