Ethiopian Airlines resumes flights to Pakistan after 19 years.
Ethiopian Airlines’ restarted direct flights to Karachi and its first flight, with 110 passengers on board, landed at Jinnah International Airport this week.
Those arriving in the country include senior Ethiopian officials, diplomats and a trade delegation, who received a warm welcome upon arrival.
The flight, ET 694, departed from Addis Ababa, taking four hours and 25 minutes, using a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft to transport passengers who were overjoyed at the resumption of service.
The airline also announced the development on its Twitter account:
“Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that it has started direct flights four times a week to Karachi, Pakistan,” the tweet read.
Ethiopian Airlines operated direct flights to Karachi in the 1960s and 1990s, but discontinued its services for different reasons.
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