AF022 From France, joined Dec 2003, 2082 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1949 times:
This should be great for the Star Alliance. They have very little presence in East Africa, and they will be able link Africa with Asia. ET has a great network from West Africa to Asia.
KL808 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 1573 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1900 times:
AF022 From France, joined Dec 2003, 2082 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1884 times:
Quoting Jimyvr (Reply 3): Ethiopia is a bit close to Egypt. I wonder how will this be settled if Egypt Air is moving to Star as they claimed?
Granted, MS has a great network between Europe and CAI, but ET's network is much stronger in Africa. The last few years ET has greatly improved their amazing hub at Addis, and serves far more points in Africa than MS.
Beaucaire From Syria, joined Sep 2003, 5252 posts, RR: 26 Reply 6, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1866 times:
Great news if true - Ethiopian's reputation is quite excellent -good food service and they even serve wine and spirits ..
So if you count a more recent code-share agreement between LH and Tunisair,the African map for STAR is getting more and more interesting !
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 14 Reply 7, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1698 times:
hopefully this will lead to something bigger . SA are a great airline but while JNB may be the business centre of Africa it is not well positioned geographically as a hub - if ET eventually end up in Star it will certainly give Star fantastic coverage within Africa
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MD90fan From Bahamas, joined Jul 2005, 2931 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1685 times:
Quoting AF022 (Reply 5): Granted, MS has a great network between Europe and CAI, but ET's network is much stronger in Africa. The last few years ET has greatly improved their amazing hub at Addis, and serves far more points in Africa than MS.
ET flat out owns MS in Africa, here are their respective African networks:
Egypt Air Accra, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Asmera, Benghazi, Cairo, Casablanca, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Kano, Lagos, Nairobi, Tripoli and Tunis
Although MS recently upgauged Tripoli to x13weeklies, Khartoum to x2daily, Johannesburg to x7daily, Lagos to x5weekly and Kano to x4 weekly. Also, Lusaka is supposed to come online before 2010.
Bimmerkid19 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1682 times:
Yea, ET is what we could call an economic wonder in Ethiopia. A good part of the whole Economy is focused off the airline, its amazing that theres such a strong airline from that part of the world.
LAXspotter From India, joined Jan 2007, 3650 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1677 times:
Quoting Bimmerkid19 (Reply 9): such a strong airline from that part of the world.
amazing indeed, and ive heard theyre one of the better airlines in the world, leaps and bounds ahead that mainline US carriers, and they network is expansive as MD90fan pointed out, something great to see and be proud of in addition to their modern facilities at ADD.
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Bimmerkid19 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1660 times:
also on another note... who about 25 years ago when u told them.. there would be nonstops from Ethiopia to many places in the world... theyd think you were crazy... i also think the same goes for Dubai... since Emirates has only been around since 1985.. prior that .... mainly EU or Asian Airlines were serving to Dubai.. if any..... times change...
Absolutely, if you tell anyone who is not familiar with aviation news that Ethiopia has an airline which has better ratings that most American legacy carriers? Ethiopian is really a proud representation of Ethiopia, and i keep on telling my friend that even tho he has no interest in aviation, hehe. Dubai is something that wasnt as expected, and soon theyre about to become the largest long-haul carrier in the world, simply amazing.
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LTU932 From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 13864 posts, RR: 51 Reply 14, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1648 times:
Could this codeshare give LH the possibility of starting a partnership similar to what KL has with KQ, something that led to KQ becoming an asociate member in SkyTeam? If yes, then it wouldn't surprise me if ET does eventually make the jump into Star Alliance.
Bimmerkid19 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (5 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1638 times:
Quoting LAXspotter (Reply 12): Dubai is something that wasnt as expected, and soon theyre about to become the largest long-haul carrier in the world, simply amazing.
Im flying on that airline in August MUC - DXB 4 day stop.. then - dxb to ICN ... Im studying in Germany right now this semester,... next semester i study a semester in South Korea
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