Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa, would like to announce to its esteemed customers that its debut operations between Addis Ababa and Istanbul, which had been originally planned for December 5, 2018, has been postponed to March 4, 2019 due to the delay in the issuance of operating permit and landing slots by the concerned Turkish Aviation Authorities, although Ethiopian has duly finalized all preparations to start the flights. Ethiopian Airlines regrets this unexpected delay.

Ethiopian wishes to apologize to its esteemed customers for the
inconvenience and to express its appreciation for their continued
patronage.