State-run Ethiopian Airlines is is set to begin construction later this year on what will be one of Africa’s largest airports. As Africa’s leading airline continues to grow and add new routes, it will require more space than its current hub, Bole Airport, can provide. In 2019 China funded the expansion of Bole Airport was, allowing it to accommodate 22 million passengers annually. Gebremariam has not said how the new airport — which will accommodate 100 million passengers — will be funded. The continent has been notoriously under-connected by air, and Ethiopian airlines is changing that, with flights to more than 60 African cities.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2020 22:30 UTC