Ethiopian goes daily on Washington

Ethiopian Airlines plans to increase its 5x weekly service from Addis Ababa to Washington Dulles (IAD) to a daily rotation.

The move will come into effect from 1st June and a B767 aircraft will serve the route, which will continue to fly via Rome. From Sep 08-09 Ethiopian carried over 21,000 passengers - with a 39% market share and an average yield of 878USD.

However there appears to be sufficient indirect traffic to justify the increased rotation with over 40,000 passengers in total travelling between the city pairs.