Ethiopia to launch direct flights to Pakistan

 

 Ethiopia to launch direct flights to Pakistan

Pakistan and Ethiopia are working to launch direct flights, establish formal banking channels and boost trade to at least $300 million.

“Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline of Africa, is set to operate direct flights between Addis Ababa and Karachi,” announced Ethiopian Ambassador Jemal Beker Abdula while addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday.

Background information suggests the airline will start flying directly between the two cities for two days in a week from late December 2022 or early January 2023.

Earlier this year, Ethiopia opened its full-fledged embassy in Islamabad, though the two countries had established diplomatic relations 64 years ago in 1958.

At present, the bilateral trade value is nominal at $7 million to $8 million a year. “We have set a very ambitious target to increase trade to $300 million in the first year,” Abdula said.

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