Ivory Coast Airline to Resume Flights to Ebola-Affected Nations

Air Cote d’Ivoire will resume flights to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia later this month, making it easier for aid workers to travel to the countries worst hit by Ebola after most carriers scrapped their routes.

The airline partly owned by Air France-KLM (AF) will fly to Guinea from Oct. 20, spokeswoman Ruth Domagni said in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital. She said the carrier will offer services to Monrovia in Liberia and Freetown in Sierra Leone from Oct. 26.

Most regional and international carriers stopped serving the countries after an infected Liberian man flew to Nigeria and introduced the Ebola virus there in July.

The worst outbreak on record has killed about 4,500 people, with the vast majority of cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization.