Ethiopian Airlines will launch freighter services to Ahmedabad on March 28, 2017.

The new flight will be operated with a Boeing 777F.

“Ethiopian cargo service to India dates back to the early 90s, launching our first cargo station in Mumbai,” said Tewolde GebreMariam, group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines. “Complementing the booming economic relations between India and the African continent at large, we have made available dependable cargo services to Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and now to Ahmedabad, our fifth cargo gateway to India. While operating in the major trade lanes between Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia, our cargo network is efficiently linking the Indian subcontinent and Africa farther with China and Hong Kong, providing the Indian market with minimum weekly import capacity of 240 tonnes per week. I believe our new services to Ahmedabad will further strengthen the existing trade and commercial ties between the two fastest-growing regions of the world.”

Ethiopian Cargo operates a freighter fleet of two 757-200Fs and six 777Fs.