Date: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
According to the announcement, Ethiopian Airlines flights will be suspended from September 30, 2024. Ethiopian Airlines later confirmed the suspension of all flights to Eritrea.
The Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority also cited an unreasonable increase in ticket prices as another reason for the suspension.
In a message issued to Ethiopian Airlines passengers, the Eritrean government urged those planning to fly with the airline after September 30 to make alternative arrangements.
Despite the planned suspension, Ethiopian Airlines continues to sell tickets for flights to Eritrea on its website and at ticket offices for dates beyond October 1.
Ethiopian Airlines currently operates five flights a week to Asmara. In addition to Ethiopian Airlines, Saudi Arabian, Turkish, and Egyptian airlines have regular flights to Asmara.
Following a recent visit by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki to Italy, an agreement was reached for Italian Airlines to start flights to Eritrea.
Air travel between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which was interrupted for two decades due to the bloody border war, resumed in July 2010. This will be remembered.
After Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power, flights between Asmara and Addis Ababa, which had been in a state of neither war nor peace, were resumed. The leaders of the two countries signed an agreement called the “Asmara Declaration,” which allowed the continuation of land transport, trade, and communication services that had been suspended alongside air travel.
