{"id":167583,"date":"2024-08-14T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=167583"},"modified":"2024-08-14T15:16:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T15:16:56","slug":"ethiopian-airlines-signs-deal-for-build-of-biggest-airport-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/08\/ethiopian-airlines-signs-deal-for-build-of-biggest-airport-in-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Airlines signs deal for build of &#8220;biggest airport in Africa&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ethiopian Airlines<\/strong> has signed an agreement for the design of a new four-runway airport that will be Africa&#8217;s biggest when construction is completed in 2029, the head of state-owned Ethiopian Airlines said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located near the town of Bishoftu, around 45 km (28 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa, the airport will have capacity to handle 100 million passengers a year and provide parking for 270 aircraft, Ethiopian Airlines&#8217; CEO Mesfin Tasew told a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubai-based engineering and consulting firm Sidara will design the airport, the company&#8217;s director of operations Tariq Al Qanni said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/08\/dubai-airport-records-record-passenger-numbers-in-the-first-half-of-2024.html\">Dubai Airport records record passenger numbers in the first half of 2024<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plans to build the airport were first announced in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mesfin said Bole Addis Ababa International Airport, the current main hub for Africa&#8217;s biggest airline, will soon reach its capacity of serving 25 million passengers per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is a five-year project (that) will be finalised in 2029. It will be the biggest in Africa,&#8221; Mesfin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Phase one alone will cost at least $6 billion\u2026 The money will come through loans and there are already companies that already showed interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethiopian Airlines carried 17 million passengers in the 2023\/2024 financial year, and expects to carry 20 million passengers in the financial year that started in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-815d8787     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"506\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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