Nine-month report on Addis Ababa’s expansions released

The first expansion phase of Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport, covering the East Wing, started operating by the end of June 2018, according to Ethiopian Airlines Group. The Group also revealed that it is over-performing in terms of building domestic airports. This was revealed when the Group presented its nine-month report before the House of Peoples Representatives (HPR) Transport Affairs Standing Committee. During the presentation, Tewdros Dawit, CEO of Ethiopian Airports Enterprise, stated that the whole expansion project will be completed by the end of 2018, and it is expected that it will enable the airport to accommodate up to 22 million passengers per year. “It will hugely address the congestion issue,” Tewdros said. “When the project is completed, we believe it opens a big chapter and will enable the airport to make a big leap within the continental aviation industry.” In relation to domestic airports, Tewdros indicated that Ethiopia boast the largest number of airports in Africa next to Nigeria, which meet international standard. Henok Tafesse, Deputy CEO of the Group, for his part added that domestic airports that have international-standard terminal facility, navigation system, and runway are being developed. He said that the airline is performing way beyond the plan set in this regard. #1079.14