Ethiopian Airlines plans to begin services to Australia in 2028, contingent on securing at least two additional widebody aircraft. The carrier says those fleet additions are a precondition for opening the new long‑haul market and will determine the timing of any Australia launch.
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Launch is explicitly conditional on adding at least two widebodies, directly linking network expansion to fleet procurement and delivery schedules; see Ethiopian’s recent widebody order context (source:6bb8ab6e-9085-4578-b225-5cb68bdc4790).
A successful Australia launch would leverage Addis Ababa’s growing hub ambitions and depends on broader infrastructure and capacity plans tied to the Bishoftu mega‑hub development (source:aae8c056-735a-46ec-b55a-81594c550811).
Entering Australia would place Ethiopian in competition on long‑haul leisure and VFR flows being served by carriers deploying ultra‑long‑range and A350 capacity, underscoring both market opportunity and competitive pressure (source:22811e84-ffa6-42d5-a279-11e9bd88bd87) (source:5eb365de-8337-47b5-bd55-f43da1581aef).
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