Ethiopia’s expanded airport catches up with the countryEthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated his country’s newly-expanded Bole International Airport on Sunday, 27 January. The Chinese-led, $363m project tripled the size of the old airport, which struggled to handle some 10 million passengers a year. Now able to handle 22 million passengers a year, the airport provides a better base for Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s biggest and most profitable airline group. With the new airport only just opened, the prime minister urged Ethiopian Airlines to start planning for an even bigger facility. Image: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tours an expanded Bole International Airport, including its aerospace manufacturing site and logistics centre, on 27 January 2019 (Office of the Prime Minister – Ethiopia/Twitter)

Source: Ethiopian News January 30, 2019 15:11 UTC