Ethiopia’s capital is set to cement its place as Africa’s leading aviation hub with an expanded airport terminal which triples it passenger capacity. Last year, Addis Ababa overtook Dubai as the leading transfer hub for long-haul travel to sub-Saharan Africa. On Sunday (Jan. 27), prime minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the newly-expanded terminal of the Bole International Airport, the main hub of Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa. As Ethiopian grew to be Africa’s largest airline by revenue and profit, its Addis Ababa hub also didn’t feature among Africa’s best airports. That distinction last year went to Casablanca’s Mohammed V airport followed by Mauritius’s main airport and then Durban, according to the Airports Council International.

Source: Ethiopian News January 28, 2019 14:03 UTC