KLM to resume flights to Addis Ababa via Khartoum at the end of March

ADDIS ABABA, March 19, 2005 (Sudan Tribune) — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, part of Air France-KLM SA will resume its flights via Khartoum Airport at of the end of current March, the official Sudanese News Agency (SUNA) reported.

The Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, announced at a reception party Friday that KLM Company is going to make two flights a week between Addis Ababa and Amsterdam via Khartoum International Airport.

Effective March 31, 2005, Flight KL555 Amsterdam-Khartoum-Addis Ababa-Amsterdam will be operated twice weekly with Boeing 767-300 ER equipment, departing from Schiphol on Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:30 hrs.

KLM expects that the services to Khartoum and Addis Ababa will not only be attractive to the local market, but also to passengers transfering at Schiphol Airport from the United States, Great Britain and Scandinavia.

Company website: http://www.klm.com