Ethiopian Airlines Enter into an Interline Agreement with South Africa’s Airlink

ADDIS ABABA -Ethiopian Airlines announced on Thursday that it has signed an interline agreement with Airlink(4Z), an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Ethiopian would allow passengers to enjoy seamless travel with a single ticket and lower fare tickets between points within the carriers’ synergized networks, says Ethiopian.

With the interline agreements between the two carriers, passengers can book through their itineraries on both airlines easily.

The partnership attracts more customers providing ease of connectivity to their destinations served by both Ethiopian and Airlink.

Tewolde Gebremariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, said, “In our continuous commitment and endeavor to expand our service beyond our extensive network in Africa, we are
happy to enhance our cooperation and add Airlink to our list of growing partners in Africa.”

“As South Africa represents the continent’s largest market and with the significant changes in the region’s industry players, implementation of this interline agreement will create ease of access to those travelling to/from South African regional airports and Ethiopian destinations across five continents,” he added.
Ethiopian Airlines has been implementing various partnership agreements with African and global carriers to further expand its accessibility to its customers.

Ethiopian and Airlink customers will handle each other’s travelers check in and baggage for all their flights with the airlines.

Airlink provides services between smaller, under-served towns and larger hub airports.

Hence, through the interline agreement signed with Ethiopian, customers from south Africa will benefit from more than 60 African destination of Ethiopian, the Airlines said.