ETHIOPIAN Airlines (ET) has announced that it has signed an interline agreement with Airlink(4Z), an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ethiopian has entered into the interline agreement with Airlink to allow passengers to enjoy seamless travel with a single ticket and lower fare tickets between points within the carriers’ synergized networks.
With the interline agreement between the two carriers, passengers can book
through their itineraries on both airlines easily.
The partnership attracts more customers
providing ease of connectivity to their destinations served by both Ethiopian and Airlink.
Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam remarked, “In our continuous
commitment and endeavor to expand our service beyond our extensive network in Africa, we are happy to enhance our cooperation and add Airlink to our list of growing partners in Africa.â€
He added, “As South Africa represents the continent’s largest market and with the significant changes in the region’s industry players, implementation of this interline agreement will create ease of access to those travelling to/from South African regional airports and Ethiopian destinations across five continents.â€
Ethiopian Airlines has been implementing various partnership agreements with African
and global carriers to further expand its accessibility to its customers.
The partnership with Airlink in particular will increase seamless connectivity options for customers in the regions of South Africa with the vast network of Ethiopian Airlines in the continent and beyond. Ethiopian Airlines connectivity options are crucial in fulfilling the increasing
demand of our customers.
Ethiopian and Airlink customers will handle each other’s travelers check in and baggage for all their flights with the airlines. Airlink provides
services between smaller, under-served towns and larger hub airports.
Hence, through
the interline agreement signed with Ethiopian, customers from south Africa will benefit
from more than 60 African destination of Ethiopian.
