Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive of Ethiopian Airlines, paid a flying visit to Dublin to brief the media on the airline’s new service that will link the three continents of Africa, Europe and North America.
![Tewolde Gebremariam,CEO](https://ittn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_1001-300x234.jpg)
The carrier will be the first airline to operate the Boeing 787 Dreamliner into Dublin when it commences its Addis Ababa-Dublin-Los Angeles service on 19th June 2015. The aircraft will be in a two-class configuration of 24-J and 246-Y.
Gebermariam said that he had got tremendous support from the daa for the route and that Vienna Airport had a made a similar proposal – but they favoured the daa proposal in the end. Ethiopian will be targeting Irish business travellers and NGOs for both sectors, with J class fares of €2,500 from Dublin to Addia Ababa and €3,000 from Dublin to Los Angeles. An Economy Class fare of €595 will be available for each sector.
![Michael Yohannais-regional Manager for Ireland.](https://ittn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_1007-300x240.jpg)
The airline plans to work with a number of Irish tour operators to package tours to Africa. There will also be a new route to Cape Town, South Africa, commencing next spring.
Ethiopian Airlines carried six million passengers last year, turned over $2.5 billion, and is a member of the Star Alliance.