Ethiopian Airlines Colorfully Celebrates Chinese New Year 2025 with Festive Events

Ethiopian Airlines Colorfully Celebrates Chinese New Year 2025 with Festive Events

Addis Ababa, 28 January 2025

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest airline and one of the world’s fastest-growing airline brands, joyously celebrated the Chinese New Year 2025 with memorable events. This vibrant event underscores Ethiopian Airlines' commitment to fostering strong connections with Chinese communities worldwide.

Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Mesfin Tasew stated, "At Ethiopian Airlines, we are thrilled to celebrate the Chinese New Year in a vibrant and meaningful way with the Chinese community and valued customers. This celebration is our way of honoring the unique traditions and rich cultural heritage of the Chinese people. Through events like these, we aim to create lasting memories for the Chinese community and esteemed customers and strengthen our bonds beyond air transportation services."

Ethiopian Airlines was the first African Airline to establish direct flights to China, with the inaugural flight to Shanghai in February 1973. Since then, services have significantly expanded, making China one of the most important destinations. Currently, Ethiopian Airlines operates more than 35 passenger flights per week to five major destinations in China: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Hong Kong. Additionally, cargo services reach eight cities, including Changsha, Ezhou Huahu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, and Zhengzhou.

To better serve Chinese customers, Ethiopian Airlines has a dedicated team of Chinese cabin crew and ground handlers who ensure a seamless and culturally enriching travel experience. The airline sees China as an engine for future growth, noting the rise in the number of investors and businesspersons flying between China and Africa.

This year's celebration is a testament to Ethiopian Airlines' ongoing efforts to promote cross-cultural understanding and to strengthen the bonds between the Chinese community and the rest of the world.

About Ethiopian

Ethiopian Airlines Group (Ethiopian) is one of the fastest-growing airlines brand globally and the continent’s largest airline brand. In its seventy-eight years of successful operations, Ethiopian has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in efficiency and operational success. Ethiopian commands the lion’s share of the African passenger and cargo network operating the youngest and most modern fleet to more than 150 domestic and international passenger and cargo destinations across five continents. Ethiopian’s fleet category consists of ultra-modern and environmentally friendly aircraft such as Boeing 737s, 777s, 787s, Airbus A350-900, Airbus A350-1000 and De Havilland Q400. 

Ethiopian is also pursuing multi-hub strategy through hubs in Lomé, Togo with ASKY, in Lilongwe, Malawi with Malawi Airlines and in Lusaka, Zambia with Zambia Airways. Having achieved its strategic plan (Vision 2025) ahead of time, Ethiopian is currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan Vision 2035 that will see it become one of the top 20 most competitive and leading aviation groups in the world. Ethiopian has been champion in various coveted awards including Skytrax’s ‘Best Airline in Africa Award’ for seven consecutive years among others. The airline has been a Star Alliance member since 2011 and has been registering more than threefold growth in the past 10 years.

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