Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, has signed a codeshare agreement with Air Namibia, the national airline of Namibia, headquartered in Windhoek, Namibia.

The codeshare agreement which was signed on February 21st, 2017, covers Ethiopian Airlines' thrice weekly services to Windhoek and the services of both airlines beyond their respective hubs as the airlines will place their codes on each other’s flights.

Under the deal, Ethiopian Airlines will place its ET code on Air Namibia's flights from Windhoek to Gaborone, Luanda, Victoria Falls and Cape town, while Air Namibia will place its SW code on Ethiopian Airlines' flights between Addis Ababa and Windhoek, Beijing, Lagos, Los Angeles, and São Paulo.

With the youngest fleet on the continent with an average age of less than five years, Ethiopian Airlines operates to more than 90 global destinations across five continents with over 240 daily departures.

From its base in Windhoek, Air Namibia operates scheduled domestic, regional, and international passenger and cargo services to 16 destinations in seven different countries in Africa and Europe.