By Vincent Munga
Ethiopian airlines area manager Kenya, Seble Azene (right) and AfroAtlas CEO, Ahmed Ugas during the signing of the partnership
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has partnered with AfroAtlas, a travel platform in Eastern Africa to give modern and efficient convenient channels to travel partners.
Afro Atlas, a travel consolidator that brings travel products on one platform will deliver ET’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) content.
This means airport transfer solutions, visa facilitation and travel insurance among others will be under one platform making it easier and less costful to travel agencies.
The partnership is projected to enable Ethiopian airlines expand its global NDC distribution with a particular focus on African markets and beyond.
Ethiopian airlines area manager Kenya, Seble Azene (right) and AfroAtlas CEO, Ahmed Ugas during the signing of the partnership
According to Ethiopian airlines area manager Kenya, Seble Azene who was in attendance, the airlines flies to 128 destinations, 62 of them being in Africa.
“The airline has been doing four daily frequencies to Nairobi and two to Mombasa before COVID disrupted us and we reduced them to two and one respectively,” she said.
She added that the airline has 66 scheduled cargo destinations in Africa.
Speaking during the partnership, AfroAtlas CEO, Ahmed Ugas said; “the innovative platform will enhance the digital distribution for ET’s NDC content and provide travel agents with more effective merchandising, access to rich content, and product personalisation.”
