Ethiopian Airlines Goes Double Daily to Lagos

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest carrier, has announced that from the 1st of July, Nigerian passengers will have more travel options to and out of Lagos with an extra daily flight.

The extra flights will offer immediate connection to many African and Asian destinations. With these extra flights, there will be instant connection that reduces the total hours of flight time for passengers.

There will be four evening flights at 10 pm and another three flights at 5.40 am. The existing daily midday flight will not change. Only the additional flights will have different departure and arrival times.

Flight ET 902 will depart Lagos at 10 pm and arrive Addis Ababa at 5:20 am the following day, allowing passengers to connect to many African destinations and key international destinations like Dubai, São Paulo, Tel Aviv and some others.

Flight ET904 will depart Lagos at 5:40 am and arrive Addis Ababa at 1pm, allowing passengers to connect to a number of african countries like Zanzibar, Tanzania Dar er Salaam, and Tanzania as well as international destinations like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Istanbul, Rome, Athens, and others.

Regarding the new additional services, the Area Manager of Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria, Mrs Firiehiwot Mekonnen said "we are happy to offer more flights and options out of Lagos. These extra flights help us improve service delivery and reduce costs for travellers. Most of our passengers  will now arrive their destinations faster."

Ethiopian Airlines has been flying to Nigeria since 1960 and has served the market with the latest ultra-modern aircraft in the world, including the Airbus A350 and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It connects Lagos to over 140 global destinations