Ethiopian has concluded arrangements to make the country’s visa available in Nigerian cities.
With this arrangements, travelers to Ethiopia can now get their visas easily through the help of registered tour operators in Nigeria.
This was revealed in Kano by the area manager Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria, Solomon Begashaw while addressing Kano based travel Agents at the annual Agency Seminar.
Before now all travelers have to visit the Ethiopian Embassy in Abuja to procure a visiting visa.
As the headquarters of African Union, Ethiopia is joining the move by AU to simplify travel within Africa by Africans. The new arrangement will see selected tour operators and Travel agents assist their passengers in approaching the embassy for visa. Thus new arrangement will take away one of the obstacles for travellers to Ethiopia. Ethiopia the land of Queen of Sheba is home to the largest number of UNESCO heritage sites in Africa.
At the very successful seminar that was attended by leading agents in Kano, issues involving passenger handling and hajj operations were discussed. Ethiopian Airlines started its flight to Kano in 2014 but has been flying to Nigeria since 1960. Today ET flies to Lagos Abuja and Enugu.
Founded in December 21, 1945 but started operation on April 08, 1946. It operates its Major Hub at Addis Ababa a Second Hub in Togo, Lome and a Third Hub at Lilongwe, Malawi.
The Ownership is by Government of Ethiopia (100percent) and the Chief Executive Officer is Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam.
