Ethiopian Airlines has finalized preparations to launch a three weekly flight to John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport New York via Abidjan with effect from 17 June, 2019.

With the addition of the new thrice weekly service to JFK Airport to the already operating 4 weekly service to Newark via Lome, Ethiopian will operate to New York daily.

New York JFK is the sixth busiest airport in the United States and an international gateway into North America. The new service will offers better connectivity for African and US passengers.

The service will also catalyze economic and diplomatic relations between Africa and the United States. With new JFK flight services, Ethiopian will be serving 24 weekly flights between African and North America.