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- Ethiopia proposes to build new airport in the Oromia region, which will be bigger than the Bole airport. The land acquisition is underway with the Oromia regional state to acquire the land needed for the airport and an accompanying hotel
- The airport will cover 35 square kilometer of land and will be bigger than Dubai and Istanbul airports.
- Presently valued at US$ billion, the airport is billed as the biggest project in the country and will considerably expand the aviation infrastructure in the country.
Ethiopia proposes to build new airport in the Oromia region, which will be bigger than the Bole airport. The land acquisition is underway with the Oromia regional state to acquire the land needed for the airport and an accompanying hotel. The airline, when fully operational, will have an annual capacity of 80 million passengers. The new airport will come in the town of Bishoftu, about 48km southeast of the capital Addis Ababa. The airport will cover 35 square kilometer of land and will be bigger than Dubai and Istanbul airports. To be dotted with shopping malls, hotels, logistics and training centers, the airport would have all facilities and amenities compared to the best in the world. The main objective of the upcoming airport is to take the pressure off Bole International Airport with the exponential growth of the carriers’ loyal customers.
Presently valued at US$ billio, the airport is billed as the biggest project in the country and will considerably expand the aviation infrastructure in the country. At this range of valuation of the project, the airport, when completed would be bigger than the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, (GERD), which is valued slightly over US$ 4 billion.
The Ethiopian airlines is the continent’s biggest and fastest growing one both in terms of passenger and freights. In 2019 alone, the airline carried 12 million passengers and transported over 432,000 tons of freight grossing over US$4 billion. Presently, the airline is on a route expansion spree bringing more cities and even smaller destinations under its flying network. The airline supports a booming tourism and hospitality industry across Africa also feeds a booming hotel industry in and around Addis Ababa. On a daily basis, hundreds of travelers are sheltered in hotels as they arrive on transit.
