Ethiopian Airlines plans further growth in Asia and US, starting with Chengdu and New York

Ethiopian Airlines is planning further long-haul network expansion in 2016 with new destinations in Asia and North America. The expansion is made possible by the delivery of Ethiopian's first batch of 343-seat A350-900s along with additional 270-seat Boeing 787-8s.

New York is in line to become Ethiopian's fourth destination in North America in Jun-2016, joining Toronto, Washington Dulles and recently launched Los Angeles. Ethiopian is also looking at Chicago and Houston, which could be launched in 2017.

In Asia Ethiopian is planning to launch services to Chengdu, Ho Chi Minh, Jakarta and Singapore. East Asia has been the main driver of Ethiopian's rapid expansion in recent years - with two destinations added in 2015 for a total of nine - and will continue to be a focus as Africa's largest airline doubles its fleet over the next decade.