Malawi Airlines, which in the previous week added Lusaka to its Lilongwe offering, continued to expand its presence in Africa, with a new service from its Lilongwe (LLW) base in Malawi to Dar es Salaam
(DAR) in Tanzania on 18 February. The 998-kilometre sector will be
served thrice-weekly, utilising Ethiopian Airlines’ 69-seat Q400s. The
carrier’s new route to the largest city in Tanzania will face no
competition from other carriers. Commenting on the partnership with
Malawi, Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian, said: “Ethiopian is first
and foremost a pan-African carrier that strongly believes that
intra-African partnership is critical for the emergence of a globally
competitive indigenous African airline industry. It is with this spirit
that we have entered into a long-term partnership in Malawi. Together,
we aim to serve the public and the air travel needs in the southern
Africa region, both for regional and inter-continental travel, through
an integrated network that offers seamless and convenient connectivity
options to our 79 global destinations.”
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