PRESS RELEASE

Ethiopian Airlines Lets Travelers
Join in the Star Alliance Celebration

December 20, 2011 – To share the “New Spirit of Africa” and to celebrate Ethiopian Airlines becoming the latest entrant into the Star Alliance, the carrier has announced a limited-time “Buy One Get One Free” – or “BOGO” – fare to multiple destinations throughout Africa. This special fare, which is available for booking from now through December 25, 2011, with travel from February 1 through March 30, 2012, enables two passengers to travel together for the cost of one*. The first passenger will be charged the fare, while the second passenger will travel for free, plus taxes and other charges including fuel surcharges.
This BOGO fare allows a party of two to travel round-trip from Dulles International Airport (IAD) outside of Washington, D.C., to Bole International Airport (ADD) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for only $2,200 USD on travel from February 1, 2012 to March 30, 2012 (outbound travel) with a maximum stay validity of three months. The BOGO offer on this route is not applicable on Saturdays for outbound flights from IAD to ADD, or on Fridays and Saturdays on inbound flights from ADD to IAD.

 “This is an incredibly attractive offer which won’t last long,” said Kagnew Asfaw, Ethiopian Airlines’ Director for the Americas. “We will have a limited time for this sale, but a tremendous variety of destinations within Africa from which to choose. Our daily non-stop Boeing 777LR planes have allowed us to increase the number of seats available during this promotion. I hope that the traveling public will take this great opportunity and fly Ethiopian Air to Africa.”

Ethiopian Airlines offers daily 777 service from Washington Dulles non-stop to Addis Ababa, the carrier’s home base and hub. From Addis, Ethiopian Airlines offers connecting service to more countries and airports within Africa than any other airline.

The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveler. Its acceptance by the market has been recognized by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award and Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, British Midland International, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines,Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways. Avianca-TACA, Copa Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines have been announced as future members. Overall, the Star Alliance network offers more than 21,000 daily flights to 1,290 airports in 189 countries.

*Taxes and other charges including fuel surcharges will apply on both tickets.

About Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines, one of the largest and fastest growing airlines in Africa, made its maiden flight to Cairo in 1946. With the recent addition of flight services to Pointe Noire, Ethiopian provides dependable services to 38 cities in Africa and a total of 59 international destinations spanning throughout four continents. Ethiopian won the NEPAD Transport Infrastructure Excellence Awards 2009 on November 25, 2009 and “Airline of the Year” award from the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) on November 24, 2009, bringing the total Awards honored since January 2009 to five. In August 2008, Ethiopian won “the 2008 Corporate Achievement Award” of Aviation & Allied Business for setting the pace towards the development and growth of the African aviation industry. Ethiopian is also the first African carrier to win the 2008 Brussels Airport Company Award in recognition of its distinguished long haul operations witnessed through the introduction of new routes, new products, and close cooperation with Brussels Airport in marketing activities.