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Ethiopian would operate daily flights from the national capital Addis Ababa to the Tigrayan capital of Mekele, facilitating more people-to-people contacts and business transactions between Tigray and the rest of the East African country
Ethiopian Airlines will resume commercial flights to the war-torn region of Tigray after a lapse of 18 months. As reported by www.trendsnafrica.com, an Ethiopian delegation visited the rebel-held region recently, the first since the signing of a peace deal last month.
Ethiopians would operate daily flights from the national capital Addis Ababa to the Tigrayan capital of Mekele, facilitating more people-to-people contacts and business transactions between Tigray and the rest of the East African country. The airline officials said that the frequency would increase depending on the demand.
Reports indicate that Tigray is limping back to normalcy, after the protracted civil war, which led to the death of thousands and displacement of millions, who fled to neighbouring countries like Sudan.
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Aid has started trickling back into Tigray to address chronic shortages of food, fuel, cash, and drugs. Yet, it might take some time to restore back civic facilities in the war-torn area. Close to six million people living there are large without electricity and phone lines. Internet and banking services have only been partially been restored. Mekele has been connected to the national electricity grid on December 6. The country’s biggest bank, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, announced on December 19 that financial operations had resumed in some towns, as reported by www.trendsnafrica.com.
