Ethiopian Airlines and Air Côte d'Ivoire, the national flag carrier of Côte d'Ivoire, have entered into a codeshare agreement effective May, 2018.

Under the new codeshare partnership, passengers originating from West African countries, especially Lagos, Bamako, Cotonou, Accra and Lomé will board Air Côte d'Ivoire flights and enjoy fast and seamless connection to Newark on-board Ethiopian direct service to Newark via Abidjan.

Ethiopian new Abidjan flights to Newark will be operated in complementarity to the airline’s existing Newark service via Lomé, which is being availed together with its strategic partner, ASKY Airlines.

Air Côte d’Ivoire will be able to sell tickets offer passengers on its network, flights to the USA via Abidjan with a single Air Côte d'Ivoire ticket.

Ethiopian Airlines currently flies to 58 cities in Africa and more than 112 destinations globally.