Ethiopian Airlines opens new Scandinavian route to Malawi

Ethiopian Airlines, the Largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it will start passenger flights from Copenhagen so passengers can fly to Malawi via Addis Ababa, as of Wednesday 24th May 2023. Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading airline, serves Malawi with daily flights to Lilongwe and Blantyre.

The new flight will operate five times a week, daily excepting for Tuesdays and Sundays, using a 315-seat Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The flight will land in Vienna for 1 hour for additional passengers to board, before making its way to the Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Airlines international hub. From there, direct flights to Malawi are readily available. A breakdown of the schedule is below:

Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Mesfin Tasew said Copenhagen would be the airline’s 21^st destination in Europe.

“Copenhagen will become a crucial gateway for Ethiopian Airlines in northern Europe and southern Scandinavia,” Tasew added.

Thomas Woldbye, CEO of Copenhagen Airport, said: “The airport in Addis Ababa has become one of Africa’s most important hubs, with onward connections to more than 60 different cities in Africa, thus this new route will be an amazing gateway to the whole continent for Copenhagen.”

The addition of Copenhagen to the Ethiopian Airlines’ list of destinations opens up Malawi to new visitors who would previously have had to take multiple connecting flights to reach the Warm Heart of Africa.