Ethiopian Temporarily Closes Ticket Offices

Mar 28 , 2020


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As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pressure grows throughout the world, Ethiopian airlines Group has made ticket booking services available only online. Due to the virus, the company was forced to stop booking flights directly through the ticket offices and is now only offering service online or through the application. Thus, the ticket offices will be temporarily closed beginning on the coming Monday, March 30, 2020. Ethiopian Airlines, which has halted flights to 75 destinations, took the step of closing ticket offices in an effort to curb the spread of the Coronavirus. It is currently flying to just 35 destinations. Over the past two months after the outbreak of the virus, the Airline has lost 190 million dollars in revenue.


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