Japanese airline ANA has signed a codeshare agreement with Ethiopian Airlines.
From October 26, ANA passengers will be able to book connecting flights on Ethiopian Airlines between Addis Ababa and Bangkok, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Nairobi and Mombasa through ANA.
Ethiopian will place its flight code on ANA’s Bangkok and Hong Kong routes.
Passengers on both the Star Alliance airlines will continue to be to earn and redeem miles on all flights.
ANA’s president and CEO Osamu Shinobe, said: "We are pleased to welcome Ethiopian Airlines which has the largest network in Africa as our code-share partner and look forward to working together to bring our customers greater choice and convenience across our combined Japanese and African networks."
Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, said: ”Our codeshare partnership will give our customers travelling between Africa and Japan the best possible connectivity options with one ticket and one single check-in at first boarding airport.
”It will also play critical role in enabling greater people-to-people, investment, trade and tourism ties between a rising Africa, the second fastest growing region in the world, and a highly industrialized Japan, the third largest economy in the world.”