Ethiopian Airlines has signed a code share agreement with South Korea's Asiana Airlines.

The agreement will cover flights between Seoul, Hong Kong and Addis Ababa.

"We are delighted to expand our cooperation with Asiana Airlines, one of the main players in Asia and the code share will enhance faster and seamless connectivity to our passengers between Seoul, Hong Kong and 40 African destinations," said Tewolde Gebremariam, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines.

Under the deal, Asiana will place its code on Ethiopian's service between Hong Kong and Addis Ababa, and Ethiopian will place its code on Asiana's service between Hong Kong and Seoul.

Source: Air Transport Intelligence news