Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it will be launching flights between Addis Ababa and Moscow, Russia, starting December 1.

As of December, Ethiopian Airlines will connect Moscow with 59 cities in Africa, with thrice-weekly flights operated by the ultra-modern 787 Dreamliner. 

Flight schedule is as follows, effective December 5:

• ET 0760: Addis Ababa (ADD) 23h45 –  Arrive 04h55 Istanbul Atatürk Airport (IST), depart 05h55 – Arrive 08h35 Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME), every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
• ET 0761: Moscow 21h20 – Arrive 23h55 Istanbul, depart 01h05 – Arrive 06h25 Addis Ababa, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Ethiopian Airlines CEO, Tewolde GebreMariam commented: “The air connectivity Ethiopian provides to link Africa and Russia will go a long way towards facilitating and bolstering multifaceted relations between the two regions. Our direct flights will also promote Ethiopian and other African Tourist attractions to the Russian tourists. Russia will be the final BRICS country in our ever-growing global network.”