EMIRATES WILL launch a 3-times a week service to Addis Ababa on March 27, extending to daily operations from December 1. The airline currently serves East Africa with double-daily flights to Nairobi and daily flights to Entebbe and Dar-es-Salaam. To Addis Ababa, Emirates will operate its Airbus A330-200 aircraft with a belly-hold cargo capacity of 17 tonnes.