Would you fly with the newest carrier set to land at Melbourne Airport?

As international travel continues to boom across the country, a new airline to set to start operating flights out of Melbourne Airport.

Ethiopian Airlines is poised to launch regular flights between Melbourne and Addis Ababa, but questions have been asked about their safety record, after respected aviation site Airline Ratings rates them just a two out of seven.

Shane McInnes said that no other airline currently flying into Australia has a rating below four, but former pilot James Nixon says he wouldn’t have any issues flying the African-based carrier.

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“(The new route is) a gateway to Africa,” Mr Nixon said on 3AW Afternoons.

“They’ve got a great reputation and I would have no trouble getting on that airplane.”

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