ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Across this vast nation of 105 million people, Ethiopian Airlines has come to mean more than just a national carrier. The airline has become a symbol and a motor of Ethiopia’s ascent from one of the world’s poorest nations to a regional powerhouse. In the past two decades Ethiopian Airlines’ fleet has grown from a dozen planes to more than a hundred, turning this capital city into an aviation hub that connects Africa to Asia and North America.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 16, 2019 12:00 UTC