Ethiopian adds frequency to New York-Newark

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable African airline, is pleased to announce that it will add a fourth weekly flight to New York-Newark as of August 5, 2016.
Flight Frequency Departure Airport Departure Time Arrival Airport Arrival Time
ET0508 Tue, Thu, Fri, Sun ADD 9:30 LFW 12:00
Tue, Thu, Fri, Sun LFW 13:00 EWR 19:15
ET0509 Tue, Thu, Fri, Sun EWR 21:15 LFW 11:30
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat LFW 12:30 ADD 21:15
Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, said, “We are very pleased to augment a fourth flight frequency to New York-Newark in a short span of time since we launched the route. In a continuous effort to offer our customers the best connectivity options currently we fly to 93 international destinations in five continents; connecting Africa to the world’s most economically powerful cities like New York-Newark. Surely, availability of frequent scheduled services will play a pivotal role in the expansion of trade, tourism and investment ties between the fast-growing continent of Africa and the United States.”
New York-Newark is Ethiopian’s 4th gateway in the America’s ; currently operating daily nonstop flights from Washington DC to Addis Ababa, three weekly nonstop flights from Toronto to Addis Ababa as well as three weekly flights from Los Angeles to Addis Ababa via Dublin.
Source: Ethiopian Airlines Press release
That is great news.