What Are Ethiopian Airlines’ Shortest Routes?

Established on 21 December 1945, Ethiopian Airlines is Africa’s largest airline in terms of passengers carried, destinations served, fleet size, and revenue. With a network of 155 passenger destinations – 22 domestic and 68 international – Ethiopian Airlines is also one of the world’s airlines by the number of countries served. Embarking on journeys that span the globe, Ethiopian Airlines covers a maximum of 7,702 miles. At the opposite end of the spectrum, this flag carrier of Ethiopia also serves some routes below 80 miles. Let’s delve into some of the shortest routes that Ethiopian Airlines follows.

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Some of Ethiopian Airlines’ routes between 150–200 miles

It might come as a surprise that Ethiopian Airlines’ flight connecting Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) is one of the shortest routes of this Africa-based carrier. According to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company, Ethiopian Airlines will complete 32 operations between KUL and SIN in June 2024. Airlines like AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines, Batik Air Malaysia, and Singapore Airlines are some of the competitors of Ethiopian Airlines on this route.

Photo: De Havilland Canada

On the other hand, Ethiopian Airlines will have 240 operations between Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) and Aba Jifar Airport (JIM). There are 18,872 seats for passengers, with the available seats per mile (ASM) being 1,538,068—the second highest among the routes below the 200-mile mark. The seats per departure are among the lowest, totaling just 78.6.

According to flightroutes.com, Ethiopian Airlines will have 6 flights daily from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) to Kombolcha Airport (DSE). Ethiopian Airlines operates a De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 aircraft on this domestic route. With 180 operations in June 2024, this route has the highest number of operations among Ethiopian Airlines’ shortest routes. 14,040 seats for passengers from ADD to DSE (and the same 14,040 from DSE to ADD) is the maximum number of seats among the routes discussed in this article. In contrast, the seats per departure on this route is 78, the lowest in the list.

Ethiopian Airlines’ Flight Routes between 100–150 miles

A 35-minute flight spanning 126 miles from Zurich to Milan is one of the most popular routes of Ethiopian Airlines in this category. Air Canada and Swiss are the other competitors of Ethiopian Airlines along this route. Ethiopian Airlines will conduct 22 operations from ZRH to MXP and 22 from MXP to ZRH. This means the number of available seats per departure and ASMs between Zurich and Milan are identical. Passengers have 343 seats per departure between Zurich and Milan – the highest seats per departure on this list.

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Ethiopian Airlines carries 240 operations between the 150 miles between Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) and Hawassa Airport (AWA). There are 18,720 available seats for passengers wishing to travel between ADD and AWA, making the average number of seats per departure just 78.

With 269,100 ASMs, the 115-mile journey from Lalibela Airport (LLI) to Gondar Airport (GDQ) has one of the second-lowest ASMs on Ethiopian Airlines’ shortest routes. The number of available seats per departure on this route is exactly identical to the number of seats per departure between ADD and AWA.

Ethiopian Airlines’ Only Flight Route Below 100 Miles

Malabo to Douala

The shortest route followed by Ethiopian Airlines in their aviation service operates from Malabo Airport (SSG) located on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, to Douala International Airport(DLA), located in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon. With an average of 1.5 million passengers per year, DLA is the busiest airport in Cameroon. Ethiopian Airlines’ ET 923 will operate this 72-mile journey, taking approximately 45 minutes. With just nine operations, the lowest of all its flight routes was in June 2024.

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Four airlines operate nonstop flights from Malabo (SSG) to Douala (DLA). The other three competitors of Ethiopian Airlines along this route are Afrijet, Air France, and Cronos Airlines. The nine operations carried out by Ethiopian Airlines from SSG to DLA will provide 2806 seats, while the seats per departure will be 311.8, and the total available seats per mile will total 202,032.

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Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing 787 conducts operations on the route. The number of operations from Douala(DLA) to Malabo (SSG) is 4 more than from SSG to DLA. For the flight between DLA to SSG, the number of seats provided is 3,884, with 298.8 seats per departure and 279,648 available seats per mile.