ROUTES - ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES NW24 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CHANGES – 24OCT24

Photo: Duncan Stewart - LAX

Ethiopian Airlines up to this week filed additional changes to its planned international operation. Latest summary to its planned changes for Northern winter 2024/25 season as of 24OCT24 as follows. Note certain updates listed below has been reflected in recent schedule update, but not covered on AeroRoutes.


Additional changes remain highly possible.

Addis Ababa – Asmara Service remains cancelled

Addis Ababa – Bahrain eff 27OCT24 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 737-800 (selected dates MAX 8)

Addis Ababa – Bamako – Dakar eff 27OCT24 Planned increase from 7 to 13 weekly cancelled. 777-200LR operating

Addis Ababa – Bujumbura – Goma 01NOV24 – 31JAN25 Reduce from 4 to 1 weekly, 737 MAX 8 (Service in Nov 2024 only scheduled on: 06, 14, 26. Overall Bujumbura service unchanged at 7 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Delhi 1 of 2 daily ET688/689 to see 737 MAX 8 operating on selected days

Addis Ababa – Dhaka eff 02NOV24 5 weekly 787-8, 6 from 10DEC24 (Previous: 6 weekly from 02NOV24)

Addis Ababa – Djibouti eff 27OCT24 Nonstop terminator reduces from 14 to 11 weekly, 737-700/MAX 8

Addis Ababa – Guangzhou 01FEB25 – 02MAR25 Reduce from 10 to 7 weekly, seasonal adjustment

Addis Ababa – Hyderabad Ethiopian Airlines in September and October 2024 briefly highlighted Hyderabad as its new destination, however this is no longer highlighted since mid-October 2024

Addis Ababa – Lagos eff 27OCT24 A350-900XWB replaces 777-300ER, 1 daily (Previous: 01DEC24)

Addis Ababa – Moroni eff 01DEC24 1 daily Nonstop terminator, replacing 1-stop via Dar es Salaam. 737/787/A350 operating (This routine adjustment was previously not highlighted)

Addis Ababa – Ouagadougou – Freetown eff 08DEC24 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 787-8

Addis Ababa – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur eff 27OCT24 4th weekly service maintained for entire season with 787-8/-9 (Previous: 4th weekly scheduled 08DEC24 – 24JAN25)

Addis Ababa – Windhoek eff 01DEC24 787 continues to operate 1 daily. Planned 737 MAX 8 service is now scheduled on selected dates only

Reported earlier this week, Ethiopian Airlines in the OAG tentatively filed generic schedule for its Airbus A350-1000XWB operation, between 25MAR25 and 29MAR25. Planned A350-1000XWB schedule remains pending:


Addis Ababa – Accra

Addis Ababa – Lagos

Addis Ababa – London Heathrow

Addis Ababa – Washington Dulles (westbound via Rome Fiumicino)


Previously reported changes:

Addis Ababa – Abidjan eff 01DEC24 New nonstop terminator service, 4 weekly 737 MAX 8

Addis Ababa – Abidjan – Conakry eff 01DEC24 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, A350-900XWB replaces A350/787-8 mix
Addis Ababa – Abidjan – New York JFK 25NOV25 – 25JAN25 3 weekly 787-8 service maintained, instead of planned increase to 4 weekly

Addis Ababa – Amman eff 04NOV24 Increase from 7 to 10 weekly, 737-800/MAX 8

Addis Ababa – Athens eff 27OCT24 Service returns to nonstop terminator, 4 weekly 737 MAX 8 (6 weekly from 01DEC24, instead of 3 weekly from 25JAN25)

Addis Ababa – Atlanta 14DEC24 – 18JAN25 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 787-8 (Westbound via Rome Fiumicino) 
 Addis Ababa – Brazzaville eff 06NOV24 Nonstop terminator increases from 2 to 3 weekly, 787-8/-9
 Addis Ababa – Brazzaville – Pointe Noire – Addis Ababa eff 06NOV24 Triangle service reduces from 5 to 4 weekly, 787-8/-9

Addis Ababa – Brussels eff 26OCT24 Nonstop terminator increases from 4 to 7 weekly, service operated by 787-8/-9, with selected dates by 787-9 or A350-900XWB (3 weekly Addis Ababa – Vienna – Brussels discontinued)

Addis Ababa – Bulawayo eff 27OCT24 New nonstop terminator service, 1 weekly 737 MAX 8 (Replacing Addis Ababa – Bulawayo – Beira – Addis Ababa)

Addis Ababa – Chennai eff 27OCT24 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 737 MAX 8. 2 of 4 weekly flights re-timed

Addis Ababa – Cotonou eff 03DEC24 787-8 operates along with 737 MAX 8 on selected dates, 1 daily

Addis Ababa – Dar es Salaam eff 01DEC24 Nonstop terminator increases from 1 to 3 daily (1 daily Addis Ababa – Dar es Salaam – Moroni discontinued. Dar es Salaam overall increases from 2 to 3 daily)

Addis Ababa – Harare – Lusaka – Addis Ababa 16DEC24 – 14JAN25 4 weekly A350 service suspended

Addis Ababa – Harare 16DEC24 – 14JAN25 1 daily nonstop terminator with A350 (Overall nonstop terminator increases from 4 to 11 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Hong Kong – Manila eff 27OCT24 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly, except 02DEC24 – 31JAN25 (Overall Hong Kong service reduced from 7 to 6 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Kilimanjaro 
eff 01DEC24 Nonstop terminator increases from 11 to 14 weekly, ET867/866 operated by A350-900XWB

eff 17MAR25 Nonstop terminator reduces from 14 to 10 weekly


Addis Ababa – Kilimanjaro – Zanzibar eff 17MAR25 4 weekly A350-900XWB

Addis Ababa – Lilongwe eff 01DEC24 Nonstop terminator reduces from 7 to 2 weekly, 737-800/MAX 8 (Overall Lilongwe service unchanged at 7 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Lome – New York JFK eff 01DEC24 4 weekly 787-8, replacing Lome – Newark sector (3 weekly 25JAN25 – 25MAY25)

Addis Ababa – Lome – Washington Dulles eff 05DEC24 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 787-8

Addis Ababa – London Gatwick 06DEC24 – 04JAN25 Increase from 4 to 5 weekly, A350-900XWB (Previous: 7 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Lusaka 16DEC24 – 14JAN25 Nonstop terminator increases from 4 to 11 weekly, ET863/862 operated by A350-900XWB

Addis Ababa – Lubumbashi – Lilongwe – Addis Ababa eff 01DEC24 Triangle routing schedules 5 weekly, 787-9

Addis Ababa – Maputo 02DEC24 – 02FEB25 Increase from 5 to 7 weekly, 737/787

Addis Ababa – Marseille – Madrid eff 02DEC24 New routing, 3 weekly 787-8 (4 weekly from 01FEB25. ET previously planned to operate Addis Ababa – Madrid – Marseille routing with 4 weekly from 01DEC24. Marseille and Madrid no longer operate via Rome)

Addis Ababa – Milan Malpensa – Zurich eff 27OCT24 Zurich service increase from 5 to 7 weekly, A350-900XWB

Addis Ababa – Monrovia – Conakry eff 30NOV24 3 weekly 787-8, Monrovia last served until September 2010 (Previous: Addis Ababa – Conakry terminator)

Addis Ababa – Niamey eff 06DEC24 Nonstop terminator reduces from 1 daily to 1 weekly, 737 MAX 8 replaces A350 (Overall service for Niamey reduces from 7 to 4 weekly)

Addis Ababa – Niamey – Ouagadougou eff 02DEC24 3 weekly A350 (This routing replaces Addis Ababa – Ouagadougou – Conakry sector)

Addis Ababa – Newark eff 01DEC24 3 weekly nonstop service (Westbound via Rome Fiumicino) with 787-8/-9, replacing service via Lome

Addis Ababa – Pointe Noire eff 06NOV24 Nonstop terminator increases from 2 to 3 weekly, 737 MAX 8

Addis Ababa – Port Sudan eff 15OCT24 1 daily 737 MAX 8

Addis Ababa – Rome Fiumicino eff 01DEC24 Service becomes nonstop terminator, increase from 7 to 10 weekly with 777/787/A350

Addis Ababa – Stockholm Arlanda – Oslo eff 03FEB25 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly, 787-8 operating

Addis Ababa – Vienna – Copenhagen eff 01NOV24 787-9 replaces 777-200LR/787-9, 4 weekly (Previous: A350-900XWB)
Addis Ababa – Vienna – Warsaw eff 29OCT24 3 weekly 787-9 (Previous: A350-900XWB; Warsaw service via Athens with 4 weekly 737 MAX 8 replaced by 3 weekly A350 via Vienna)

Addis Ababa – Zanzibar 
eff 01DEC24 Nonstop terminator increases from 7 to 14 weekly

eff 17MAR25 Nonstop terminator reduces from 14 to 10 weekly