NAM NEWS NETWORK Feb 7th, 2010

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (NNN-ENA) — Board Chairperson of Ethiopian Airport Enterprises (EAE) Alemayehu Tegenu said the government has attached due attention to construction of airports in industrial corridors and towns in the country.

A terminal upgraded at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport [this must be the old terminal that was used for domestic flights. It was closed when I was there a couple of months ago] at a cost of 105 million birr was inaugurated on Saturday.

Alemayehu, who is also Minister of Mines and Energy, said the government has been taking various measures over the last few years to enhance the aviation industry.


He said the government has been constructing airports across the nation in the last five years . He mentioned Humera, Jijiga and Semera airports constructed during the reported period.

Alemayehu said construction of airports will be carried out in industrial towns and localities.

He cited a case in point construction of Kombolicha airport at a cost of 60 million birr.

Bahirdar and Mekelle airports have been upgraded to international airport level, he said, adding, the government is striving to enhance standards of airports and furbishing them.

Transport and Communications State Minister Getachew Mengiste on his part said the government has spent over 1.2 billion birr on the aviation industry during the last five years.

He said the government would further continue expanding airports and upgrading their service in the country.

EAE General Manager, Shiferaw Alemu on his part said the construction and upgrading of the domestic flight terminal was completed in two years time.

He said the terminal, which will serve for 15 years, was constructed at a cost of over 105 million birr.

The manager said the newly constructed terminal would serve as flight center for domestic and neighbouring African countries.

He said the terminal includes, among others, two passenger boarding bridges, and installation of security apparatus.

The EAE has also constructed condos at a cost of close to 14 million birr for security members of the airport .http://news.brunei.fm/2010/02/07/ethiopian-govt-set-to-expand-airports-in-industrial-corridors-minister/

Not sure if it should be in the Projects section.

Enterprise Launches Passenger Terminal Construction

The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) has launched the construction of a passenger terminal at the Assosa Airport at a cost of over 90 million Br. The construction of the terminal, which will include a waiting room for passengers, banks, restaurants, shops, and offices, is being carried out on 2,200sqm, Shiferaw Alemu, general manager of the enterprise, said. The terminal, which will be completed in two years, is designed to accommodate up to 176 passengers at a time, he said. http://addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htm

Bahir dar airport expansion with 150 million birr(about 12 million dollar)

Multi-million Birr Airport Expansion Project In Progress
Addis Ababa, June 6, 2010 (Addis Ababa) -The Bahar Dar City Airport expansion project launched at a cost of 150 million Birr by the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise is in progress, its public relations said.

The Head, Wondimu Teklu told ENA over the weekend that the expansion work is being speeded up.

The expansion work includes the construction of a terminal which is of international standard, and a deep freeze store.

Wondimu said the terminal will have different facilities including information desk, a shop, bank and restaurant, among others.

The terminal can accommodate 160 passengers at a time which is greater by 30 than that of the old terminal. :lol: apparently it has long way to go.

The project is expected to meet the growing demands of tourists flowing into the city :cheers:

(c) The Ethiopian News Agency

This is a good news since bahir dar has a big potential to produce flowers and fruits and to send in cargo planes to the appropriate market

Isn't 160 passengers at a time very little for a city like Bahar Dar?

Isn't 160 passengers at a time very little for a city like Bahar Dar?

I have been to Bahir Dar Airport, no more than 30 people were in it. I'm a bit perplexed at why they feel the need to expand it, it was already much too large- it had a whole (empty) waiting room filled with around eight (empty) storefronts. I also fail to see why an airport of "international standard" would accommodate only 160 passengers at a time. I could have seen the airport as I saw it back in 06' handling well over 1000! (with more staff, of course)

Some pictures of Bahir Dar Ginbot Haya Airport.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/2/0/0457026.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/2/0/0457027.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/8/0/1710087.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/0/0/0303005.jpg
The Derg set it on fire on the closing days of their regime.

I don't like it at all. It looks like something that's waiting to be demolished. Bahir Dar is a tourist spot, the standards should be higher than this.

^^yeah Im not too crazy about it either, I saw some underconstruction pictures of the Bahir Dar terminal the other day on etv news and it looks like its going to be alot bigger than it currently looks (in Simfans pictures). Im not sure if the design will look any better tho, since I havent seen any renderings of the final thing.

Video of Jimma Airport upgrading (Amharic)

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Video of Assosa Terminal construction

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I don't like it at all. It looks like something that's waiting to be demolished. Bahir Dar is a tourist spot, the standards should be higher than this.

The design is not the best, but it looked well built and functional.

The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) signed on Wednesday an agreement with Akir construction, a local Company, to construct kombolcha (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=11.079872,39.743448&z=14&t=h&hl=sv) airport amounting to over 45 million birr.

EAE General Manager, Sheferaw Aleme and Akir construction Company General Manager, Awotaheng Kiros signed the agreement.

According to the agreement, the construction of the gravel runway with 2,00 meter length and 45 meter width will be constructed.

On the occasion, Shiferaw said more than 45 million birr allocated for the construction of the runways and the terminal which will be finalized in 15 months. He said the terminal which will have the capacity to accommodate 80 passengers at a time.

According to the manager, government has paid 51 million birr as compensation payment for the evacuee at the construction site.

The enterprise is administering 17 airports across the nation that it has administered.
:cheers:

Bole Int’l Airport to Offer Free Wireless Internet Service

Addis Ababa, September 21, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) said it is to start providing free wireless internet service at Bole International Airport.

In a press conference she gave here on Tuesday EAE Information and technology service acting head, Birhane Sisay said the service will be launched within a month.

The head said passengers will have access to free internet services in both the old and new terminals.

She said the Ethiopian Information Network Security Agency (INSA) and the Ethiopian Information Technology Agency have been working to launch the service.

EAE public relations head, Wondim Tekilu on his part said Bole International Airport has been chosen among the eastern African countries. Thus , he said the commencement of the service will further enhance its services.

It was noted that Bole International Airport is the main international gateway for the nation and also serving neighboring countries as a hub.

It is also the first airport in Africa to operate Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) for all international flights, two years ahead of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) deadline of 2010.

The operation of BCBP has simplified the check-in and boarding process for more than 3 million passengers who are currently using Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

The enterprise, currently manages 15 airports, is undertaking reform study that would make it a competent enterprise in Africa in the coming 15 years.
- ENA (http://www.ena.gov.et/EnglishNews/2010/Sep/21Sep10/121814.htm)

Bole Int’l Airport to Offer Free Wireless Internet Service

Addis Ababa, September 21, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) said it is to start providing free wireless internet service at Bole International Airport.

In a press conference she gave here on Tuesday EAE Information and technology service acting head, Birhane Sisay said the service will be launched within a month.

The head said passengers will have access to free internet services in both the old and new terminals.

She said the Ethiopian Information Network Security Agency (INSA) and the Ethiopian Information Technology Agency have been working to launch the service.

EAE public relations head, Wondim Tekilu on his part said Bole International Airport has been chosen among the eastern African countries. Thus , he said the commencement of the service will further enhance its services.

It was noted that Bole International Airport is the main international gateway for the nation and also serving neighboring countries as a hub.

It is also the first airport in Africa to operate Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) for all international flights, two years ahead of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) deadline of 2010.

The operation of BCBP has simplified the check-in and boarding process for more than 3 million passengers who are currently using Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

The enterprise, currently manages 15 airports, is undertaking reform study that would make it a competent enterprise in Africa in the coming 15 years.
- ENA (http://www.ena.gov.et/EnglishNews/2010/Sep/21Sep10/121814.htm)

Bole Int’l Airport to Offer Free Wireless Internet Service

Addis Ababa, September 21, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) said it is to start providing free wireless internet service at Bole International Airport.

In a press conference she gave here on Tuesday EAE Information and technology service acting head, Birhane Sisay said the service will be launched within a month.

The head said passengers will have access to free internet services in both the old and new terminals.

She said the Ethiopian Information Network Security Agency (INSA) and the Ethiopian Information Technology Agency have been working to launch the service.

EAE public relations head, Wondim Tekilu on his part said Bole International Airport has been chosen among the eastern African countries. Thus , he said the commencement of the service will further enhance its services.

It was noted that Bole International Airport is the main international gateway for the nation and also serving neighboring countries as a hub.

It is also the first airport in Africa to operate Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) for all international flights, two years ahead of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) deadline of 2010.

The operation of BCBP has simplified the check-in and boarding process for more than 3 million passengers who are currently using Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

The enterprise, currently manages 15 airports, is undertaking reform study that would make it a competent enterprise in Africa in the coming 15 years.
- ENA (http://www.ena.gov.et/EnglishNews/2010/Sep/21Sep10/121814.htm)

Bole Int’l Airport to Offer Free Wireless Internet Service

Addis Ababa, September 21, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) said it is to start providing free wireless internet service at Bole International Airport.

In a press conference she gave here on Tuesday EAE Information and technology service acting head, Birhane Sisay said the service will be launched within a month.

The head said passengers will have access to free internet services in both the old and new terminals.

She said the Ethiopian Information Network Security Agency (INSA) and the Ethiopian Information Technology Agency have been working to launch the service.

EAE public relations head, Wondim Tekilu on his part said Bole International Airport has been chosen among the eastern African countries. Thus , he said the commencement of the service will further enhance its services.

It was noted that Bole International Airport is the main international gateway for the nation and also serving neighboring countries as a hub.

It is also the first airport in Africa to operate Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) for all international flights, two years ahead of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) deadline of 2010.

The operation of BCBP has simplified the check-in and boarding process for more than 3 million passengers who are currently using Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

The enterprise, currently manages 15 airports, is undertaking reform study that would make it a competent enterprise in Africa in the coming 15 years.
- ENA (http://www.ena.gov.et/EnglishNews/2010/Sep/21Sep10/121814.htm)

That's good, but with the ridiculous speed is it even worth it?

With the projected growth of Ethiopian Airlines, what do you think is the government's plan in regards to Bole Airport? It seems to me that by 2020, they need to either expand the current airport, or build an entirely new one outside the city.

The current airport will be way too small in a decade.

That's good, but with the ridiculous speed is it even worth it?

With the projected growth of Ethiopian Airlines, what do you think is the government's plan in regards to Bole Airport? It seems to me that by 2020, they need to either expand the current airport, or build an entirely new one outside the city.

The current airport will be way too small in a decade.

I feel Bole is small as is, it has only 5 gates! I think if we played our cards right, Addis could become a hub, and not only for EAL, but in general. However, with the way Addis is growing, I fear Bole may wind up too close to the city- it already is stymieing the growth of the city in that direction. Heck, I feel that unless serious action is taken regarding urban planning, we'll need to build a "New Addis" (yes, that translates to new new) in 10-15 years, like Putrajaya or New Delhi, close to Addis, perhaps in the farmland between Gerji and Debre Zeit.Even in 06', when I went, the place seemed packed to the max. An expansion, by now, must really be in order.

Anyways, I once drew plans for a giant airport http://maps.google.com/maps?q=8.884953%2C38.624811&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl, based on Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, will scan it when I get home.

I was thinking about the speeds as well, when I was there soon two years ago, I couldn't even access my web mail at times.

The expansion of Bole will be necessary soon, I guess they have plans for this already with the way the traffic is growing, tourism will increase as well. It will most likely be a new terminal, I don't think it will be a new airport at a different location since EA have plans for a four star hotel nearby.

I was thinking about the speeds as well, when I was there soon two years ago, I couldn't even access my web mail at times.

The expansion of Bole will be necessary soon, I guess they have plans for this already with the way the traffic is growing, tourism will increase as well. It will most likely be a new terminal, I don't think it will be a new airport at a different location since EA have plans for a four star hotel nearby.

Yes, if they expand soon then a new airport will be out of the question.

The best option in my opinion would be to build a new airport along the Addis-Nazret road. But they will probably not because the investments in the bole airport would be in vain. If you look at addis on google earth you can clearly see that developments surround both sides of the airport leaving the airport with no possibility to expand and with the current growth they must realize that the current location will not allow them to grow the ambitious way they strive for.

^^ Exactly.

My solution would be to build a brand-new large international airport starting sometime 2015-2017 (for completion around 2020) outside of Addis so that it serves Addis/Debre Zeit/Nazareth.
It can be completed in stages so that it keeps up with growth in passenger numbers. E.g. stage 1 completed in 2020, with capacity of 7 million pax, stage 2 completed in 2023, for total capacity 10 million pax,stage 3 completed in 2026, total capacity 12 million pax, etc.

The current airport can then become exclusively a domestic airport starting from the completion of stage 1 of the international airport.

When domestic traffic becomes too big for Bole (around 2028-30 IMO), then they can move that one out to the new international airport and dismantle Bole.


This new one was built after countless delays, and the previous airport, built to handle 300 000 pax, was handling over 1.5 million pax!!

I just hope they won't wait so long to act that we will end up with a super crowded airport and no new one in site.

I have an optimistic feeling we'll be beyond 12 mil well before 2026.

If we take last year's increase of 13.1%, we'd get 11,979,174 by 2020, 2008's increase of 9.0%, 8,280,676 by 2020, and 2007's increase (hopefully!) of 24.0%, a staggering 30,061,985 by 2020. If we take the average of those, 15.6%, we get 14,600,014 by 2020. This, of course, operates on very, very small domestic numbers, as is the case currently, so we'll have to add several million to any number.

Two years ago I read a report EAL has dumped ETC on their asses and started working on their own Broadband access via satellite links offered by some foreign provider. EAL is one, AU is another, the world bank in Addisaba also doesn't use ETC services. These are for example who bypass the big fat slimy mess called ETC. So I think if EAL have it running by now it will b reasonably fast.

While flying from Bangkok to Addisaba some 2.5 years ago, I stood in line to check in together with other numerous Africans. We stood there for about 3.5 hours with the line not moving. Frustrated passengers got a response that the network in Addisaba was down and so they couldn't not verify who paid and who didn't at the the check-in counter.

Stupid ETC, should have demolished their building in Addisaba with all the management and their supporters in it.

And for an idea of how many gates would be needed, Singapore Changi had 404391 passengers per gate (ppg, I made it up in the car), while Bole had 291487 ppg. If we take the average figure, 14,600,014, Bole would need 51 gates if it kept the current ppg, or 36 with Changi's. With the high figure, we'd need 74 with the Changi ppg, and... wait for it... 103 with the Bole ppg.

Stupid ETC, should have demolished their building in Addisaba with all the management and their supporters in it.

:lol:

And for an idea of how many gates would be needed, Singapore Changi had 404391 passengers per gate (ppg, I made it up in the car), while Bole had 291487 ppg. If we take the average figure, 14,600,014, Bole would need 51 gates if it kept the current ppg, or 36 with Changi's. With the high figure, we'd need 74 with the Changi ppg, and... wait for it... 103 with the Bole ppg.

Feel like sending another email? This time to the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise.. :D

Feel like sending another email? This time to the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise.. :D

But what would I tell them?

But what would I tell them? I wasn't dead serious, but the calculations you made which proves that expanding this terminal won't solve the problem on the long run.. we need a new airport outside the city. But if it's located outside the city, an airport express way would be needed too.. I don't even want to think about the costs.

Simfan, I was just giving examples with the figures, they were totally random numbers :lol:

I think current figures are around 3.5 million, yes? It's one of the fastest growing airports in Africa, (last year was 2nd fastest), and if we assume a conservative average growth of 10%/annum, that means 10 million pax in 2020.

I say conservative because in 2007, it was 23.5%, 2008, 9% and 2009, 13.1%. So it's likely to be quite a bit higher than 10%, especially since EAL will start receiving its new aircraft and it will add lots of new destinations starting next year.

Okay, okay!

However I don't think Bole is a loss. I think another terminal and runways to the south like Suvarnabhumi (see below), with a large airport zone could be a feasible option.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/VTBS_layout_phrase2.png
So we'd have the exisiting terminals to the left, a new large terminal in the center with road access, and a plan for expansion on in the center. Further to the right (south) would be a hotel district, park-a-car services, car rental facilities, storage facilities, and a lot of open space to prevent over-development.

And my scanner does not seem to be cooperating today. :ohno: The plan had a U-shaped terminal with concourses extending out of it. In the "U" was parking, hotels, and a station for a rail link. The terminal had 40 gates.

Too ugly too be seen, see next page for better plan.

Ultra-rough sketch, will draw up detailed plan when I have photoshop, time, and the scan.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7426/sillybole.jpg

Ultra-rough sketch, will draw up detailed plan when I have photoshop, time, and the scan.

Interesting idea there but I still think it has to go out of town.
My reasons for wanting it outside of Addis are:

a. Traffic issues going in and out of the airport. It's going to be a major MAJOR problem in the future if it stays in Bole. It's not a problem now, but when the number of passengers hits double figures, you'll see.

b. Noise levels: it's currently manageable, but if the airport starts getting hundreds of flights a day, it will be a huge problem for the surrounding areas that are mainly residential.

c. Distance from Nazareth. This city and Addis will eventually form a huge agglomeration. They're only 50 miles apart, and with the new highway, it's going to take 40 minutes to drive there. Therefore any brand new airport has to be built with that in mind so it has to be accessible to passengers to/from Nazareth.

d. Height restrictions; if the airport is in town, then forget about supertalls in Addis.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/849/topbmpx.jpg

I think we've invested too much in Bole too recently to go and replace it at this point. Nor I do see a height limit as a concern. Bole is four and a half miles from downtown. However, London City Airport and Boston Logan are less three from their downtowns, and they go tall. Even New York's LaGuardia is four miles from Midtown, and they were going to build a supertall literally right next to Las Vegas's airport. I think Bole's flight patterns would not pose a problem. Noisewise, people live close to most airports. They'll have to deal with it. Traffic? That could be solved with a short rail line from the airport (green in the above map) to Legehar, where it would connect to the line to Nazret. We have to invest in mass transit. Eventually, no matter how far we put it, development will catch up, so I think worrying about is futile.

And the whole vision, the existing airport is on the left.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9886/top1bmps.jpg

I admire the passion you have for your country!

Something similar to Bangkok's airport (Which btw is one of the most fantastic airports I've stepped my foot on) would work, but like Abesha pointed out, it would limit the development in Addis Ababa on the long run.

grr these server delays.

I admire the passion you have for your country!

Something similar to Bangkok's airport (Which btw is one of the most fantastic airports I've stepped my foot on) would work, but like Abesha pointed out, it would limit the development in Addis Ababa on the long run.

Oh, you flatter me.

But I really do think with the right planning, I really it will work quite well with the city.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7830/boleflightpaths.jpg
A sample of the flight paths for planes landing/taking off from Bole Airport, with holding stacks (where planes circle before landing) as the circles. As you can see, it avoids downtown entirely.

Details:

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9194/bt4146beijingapmhr.jpg
There will be an inter-airport tram system running from Terminal 1, stopping at Terminal 2, linking, and ending at terminal 3, however, a tunnel will be partly built as so it can end at the future Terminal 4/5, and loop back to Terminal 1. I use Beijing's system because it is the most recent I have traveled on.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/LightTunnelDetroit.jpg/640px-LightTunnelDetroit.jpg
Connecting Concourse 6 (C6 in the plan, which will come in a separate phase) to the rest of the airport will be a high-speed moving walkway. Because of security, the tram can't stop there, and so a separate system is needed. The picture shows such a system in Detroit's airport, which I have also traveled on. Such a high-speed walkway exists at Toronto Pearson, but it was out of service when I went.

http://static.asiawebdirect.com/m/bangkok/hotels/bangkok-com/novotel-suvarnabhumi/hotelBanner/hotel00.jpg
A number of foreign hotels will be invited to open licensing and franchise operations in the airport zone, to the east of the airport. I specifically imagined a Novotel, Holiday Inn, Days Inn, perhaps a Hilton plus the Ethiopian Airlines Hotel. Also in this airport zone would be "park-and-fly" (places where you can leave your car) and car rental services. There would also be a number of processing, packaging, a shipping facilities. The airport zone would be connected by road (the two you see would merge to form one road) to Gerji. The picture is of the Novotel at Suvarnabhumi.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2208/img2972qy.jpg
The Airport authorities would encourage flights to fly to Bole by nearly-nonexistent fees, and aggressive marketing as a connecting point, escpecially from Asia to Africa- China will be a major market, so the signage in Chinese (in little text) as well as Amharic and English (which is not too odd- There is Chinese at Vancouver Airport and Japanese at Detroit Airport). The picture is mine, from Beijing. Addis will also be promoted as a cargo hub into Africa.

http://ic2.pbase.com/u44/birabiro/upload/28450062.1000008_IMG.jpg

The current terminal 2 will be used for "local" international flights (Kenya, Uganda, Sudan...), as well as domestic flights. As domestic travel increases, the terminal will be given over to domestic, an Terminal 3's C6 will be built to handle the international flights. Eventually, Terminal 1 will be demolished and replaced by a larger terminal, also for domestic flights.

More will come as I think it up.

OMG, it appears Google uploaded new imagery in between now and when I last looked. More recent, but there's a lot of clouds!! :ohno:

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/8365/bt1396talent2hr.jpg
A rail link will connect Bole Airport to Legehar, covering the four miles in 15 minutes. The train will be on an elevated track most of the time, but will end at grade at the station. The train will depart in front of the current Terminal 2, stop at the intersection of Bole Ave. and Wollo Sefer, Dembel City Center, and south of Meskel square before arriving at the station.

http://www.johnnyjet.com/photos/PicForNewsletterBrussels-to-Delhi-on-JetAirways7.JPG
The airport would include a great deal of duty free shopping. Bole Terminal 3 would be an ideal way to give international brands a foothold in Ethiopia, such as McDonald's, Nando's as well as various designer stores. A wide variety of stores and restaurants would be available, and ethnic foods will tend to be available near the gates to the countries they hail from. Also, a wide variety of Ethiopian brands will be present, such as BookWorld, Kaldi's Coffee, etc., as to give them international exposure.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2156/2316571580_dee31cb5d5_z.jpg
Muslim, Orthodox, Catholic, and interfaith prayer spaces should be present in the airport.

So... what else?

I agree with everything, all in due time obviously, except that I still feel it should be much further out of town. Bole to Meskel Square is something like 4-5 km. Way too close. It should be about 15-20 km outside the city.

c. Distance from Nazareth. This city and Addis will eventually form a huge agglomeration. They're only 50 miles apart, and with the new highway, it's going to take 40 minutes to drive there. Therefore any brand new airport has to be built with that in mind so it has to be accessible to passengers to/from Nazareth.

Convert and expand the existing Debrezit Air Force Base into a second commercial Airport and hook it up to the new express way via under ground. The current airport can serve as a domestic airport only with light aircraft & call it the second old airport :)...........

Interesting idea there but I still think it has to go out of town.
My reasons for wanting it outside of Addis are:

a. Traffic issues going in and out of the airport. It's going to be a major MAJOR problem in the future if it stays in Bole. It's not a problem now, but when the number of passengers hits double figures, you'll see.

b. Noise levels: it's currently manageable, but if the airport starts getting hundreds of flights a day, it will be a huge problem for the surrounding areas that are mainly residential.

c. Distance from Nazareth. This city and Addis will eventually form a huge agglomeration. They're only 50 miles apart, and with the new highway, it's going to take 40 minutes to drive there. Therefore any brand new airport has to be built with that in mind so it has to be accessible to passengers to/from Nazareth.

d. Height restrictions; if the airport is in town, then forget about supertalls in Addis.

Why are we forgettin Debre Zeit in the middle though? Lookin through Earth shows you how nice of a model template for a mega city it is. It would be nice if it were developed b/c its currently has a very nice plan as it is, despite being small.

A future airport, I would suppose, would be located somewhere near it as it's at the midpoint between Nazret and Finfinne.

Oh wow, I like how google updates its global maps so frequently.

Last time I checked, there was no illustrative map for Nazrete, but there was for Debre Zeit. Now Nazret is properly displayed too in Map view.

Promising
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5954/debrezeyit.png

Nicely Developing
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3640/nazret.png

Chaos
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/9566/addisabeba.png

:lol::lol::lol:

I really do like the message there- addis looks crazy!

I think it will be great once we get rid of the slums and proper infrastructure is in place, there is a unique charm to unplanned cities. Crazy as it might sound, I would prefer this before block-cities (NYC style). :)

http://www.diretube.com/ethiopian-news/bole-airport-admin-to-undertake-expanision-with-400m-birr-video_713077879.html

Bole Airport is getting expanded to accommodate double the number of aircraft it can handle simultaneously (currently 19, so post-upgrade, it will be 38).

We were right! We are always right.

I also love that guy.

lol, well you were right specifically. They clearly are not planning to move out of Bole anytime soon.

ONE BLN BIRR AIRPORT EXPANSION PROJECT TO TAKE OFF

Six local contractors bidding to clinch lucrative contract

By Hayal Alemayehu

The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise is set to launch what will become a one-billion birr project involving the expansion of the existing aircraft parking area. According to Shiferaw Alemu, general manager of the enterprise, the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport will accommodate additional 25 planes after the expansion.

The apron currently handles 19 planes of various sizes and types.
Projected to cost about one billion birr, the expansion project incorporates maintaining the existing runway of the airport and optimizing the new passenger terminal officially inaugurated in 2006, according to Shiferaw.

The newly-built passenger terminal facility gave the airport a spacious passenger terminal, a 3,800-m runaway with associated taxiways, a new control tower and safety equipment to bring the hub into line with international standards. The terminal building has been operational since 2003.

Funding for the project came from the African Development Bank, the Kuwait Fund, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the European Investment Bank, the Nordic Development Fund and the Ethiopian government. As a result of the expansion, the annual capacity of the airport has increased from 500,000 passengers in 2001 to several million people.

However, with the number of passengers and airlines operating to and from the airport increasing by the day, the enterprise has been forced to expand the aircraft parking area and optimize the passenger terminal to accommodate more people. In the near future, the enterprise will expand the passenger terminal itself, too, according to Shiferaw.

The expansion project will be carried out in two phases in a bid not to interrupt the operations of the airport, Shiferaw said.

Six local companies are currently bidding to clinch the billion birr project which is expected to commence in the months to come.

The enterprise is expected to announce the winning company which will carry out the construction of the expansion project at the end of next week.http://ethiopianreporter.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1170:one-bln-birr-airport-expansion-project-to-take-off&catid=98:news&Itemid=511

^^
ሌላ ሥራ ከመስራት በፊት ማድረግ ያለባቸው ሰራተኞቹን ማሰልጠን ነው። ሁሌ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ እንደሚታየው፣ የቦሌ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ አለምአቀፍ መጠን-ጠበቅ ህንጻ ሆኖ ሳለ፣ ሰራተኞቹ፣ ከአስተዳደሩ ጀምሮ እስከ አጽጂው፣ በሚዘገንን ሁኔታ ተራ ስለሆኑ መጠን-ጠበቅ ግልጋሎት መስጠት አይችሉም። ከአየር መንገዱ ሰራተኞች በቀር ሌሎቹ የአየር ማረፊያዎች አስተዳደር ሰራተኞች መርካቶ ጉልት ከሚሰሩ መንደርተኞች አይሻሉም።

ለምሳሌ መጸዳጃ-ቤት አጽጂዋ አፍንጫዋ ላይ ሻሽ ጠቅልላ ነው የምታጸዳው። ለምን?
የይለፍ ማህተም የምትሰጠው ቤቱን ቆልፋ ሄዳ ከ20 ደቂቃ በኋላ፣ ራሷን በነጠላ ሸፍና ቅርፍፍ እያለች ተፈልጋ መጣች ።
ቀረጥ-ነጻ መሸጫ ውስጥ የምትሸጥ አንዲት ልጅ፣ ጥግ ሄዳ ወንበር ላይ ለጥ ብላ ተኝታ አየኋት።

ይኼ ብቻ ሳይሆን የእርስ በርስ መግባቢያ ሁኔታቸው ልክ እንደጉልት ነው። አንዷ ሌላዋን ስትጠራ፣ ከአዳራሹ አንድ ጎን ትሆንና "እትዬ እንትና" ስትል ላንቃዋ እስኪላቀቅ እየጮኸች ትጣራለች፣ መንገደኛው ግራ እስኪጋባ ድረስ።

አንዴ በክረምት ሄጄ፣ ከውጪ ሲገባ ያለው አጸድ ቦታ ጨፌ እስክ ስው ቁመት ድርስ አድጎ ዝም በለውታል። ለምን አያሳምሩትም፣ አይንከባከቡትም ብዬ ብጠይቅ፣ ወንድሜ ሲመልስልኝ፣ አይ አንተ፣ መልሶ ለሚያድግ ምን አለፋን አያሉ ነው አለኝ። ደግሞም ኢትዮጵያ ስንት ችግር እያለባት ስለዚህ የሚጨነቅ አታገኝም አለኝ። በልቤ፣ ስራ ከሆነና ገንዘብ ከተከፈለበት ላይቀር በትክክሉ ቢሰራ ምናአለበት ብዬ ዝም አልኩ።

^^
ሌላ ሥራ ከመስራት በፊት ማድረግ ያለባቸው ሰራተኞቹን ማሰልጠን ነው። ሁሌ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ እንደሚታየው፣ የቦሌ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ አለምአቀፍ መጠን-ጠበቅ ህንጻ ሆኖ ሳለ፣ ሰራተኞቹ፣ ከአስተዳደሩ ጀምሮ እስከ አጽጂው፣ በሚዘገንን ሁኔታ ተራ ስለሆኑ መጠን-ጠበቅ ግልጋሎት መስጠት አይችሉም። ከአየር መንገዱ ሰራተኞች በቀር ሌሎቹ የአየር ማረፊያዎች አስተዳደር ሰራተኞች መርካቶ ጉልት ከሚሰሩ መንደርተኞች አይሻሉም።

ለምሳሌ መጸዳጃ-ቤት አጽጂዋ አፍንጫዋ ላይ ሻሽ ጠቅልላ ነው የምታጸዳው። ለምን?
የይለፍ ማህተም የምትሰጠው ቤቱን ቆልፋ ሄዳ ከ20 ደቂቃ በኋላ፣ ራሷን በነጠላ ሸፍና ቅርፍፍ እያለች ተፈልጋ መጣች ።
ቀረጥ-ነጻ መሸጫ ውስጥ የምትሸጥ አንዲት ልጅ፣ ጥግ ሄዳ ወንበር ላይ ለጥ ብላ ተኝታ አየኋት።

ይኼ ብቻ ሳይሆን የእርስ በርስ መግባቢያ ሁኔታቸው ልክ እንደጉልት ነው። አንዷ ሌላዋን ስትጠራ፣ ከአዳራሹ አንድ ጎን ትሆንና "እትዬ እንትና" ስትል ላንቃዋ እስኪላቀቅ እየጮኸች ትጣራለች፣ መንገደኛው ግራ እስኪጋባ ድረስ።

አንዴ በክረምት ሄጄ፣ ከውጪ ሲገባ ያለው አጸድ ቦታ ጨፌ እስክ ስው ቁመት ድርስ አድጎ ዝም በለውታል። ለምን አያሳምሩትም፣ አይንከባከቡትም ብዬ ብጠይቅ፣ ወንድሜ ሲመልስልኝ፣ አይ አንተ፣ መልሶ ለሚያድግ ምን አለፋን አያሉ ነው አለኝ። ደግሞም ኢትዮጵያ ስንት ችግር እያለባት ስለዚህ የሚጨነቅ አታገኝም አለኝ።

very true , they really have to work on that.

VERY true lamrof.

Last time I passed through Addis as a transit passenger, they made me miss my flight because the guy who handles the line at immigration made people who were waaaay in the back come forward ahead of us in the front. I was maybe the 5th person in line, but I ended up with about 50 people in front of me. I tried to explain my flight was being called but he didn't want to hear it.

I went all the way to the immigration head in the airport and filed a complaint. This type of thing should never happen! I let them know that since I am an Ethiopian, I'll always come to Bole. but if a foreigner had to deal with this, they would choose other airports because they don't have any reason to go through Bole.

He seemed to take it seriously at the time and was very apologetic, but he never gave me a follow up as he had promised.

The same trip, my mother was harassed by one of the security guards outside. She found the big boss who was appalled and insisted she take him directly to the guard. We took him there and the guy ripped him a new one.

We also have to understand that for the bosses in the office, it's hard to keep up with what the employees on the ground are doing to passengers. They have to find a way of monitoring them and training them in a more effective way.

Jijiga Airport Terminal and Runway - Construction update
Jijiga, Somali State


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from the video Yoniii posted in the other thread

Jijiga Airport Design

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/5141070969_a90ba75f70_b.jpg

Jijiga Airport Design

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/5141070969_a90ba75f70_b.jpg

I like the look of this, a bit outdated, but clean and simple.

Civil Aviation Launches Cutting-edge Radar


By Gubae Gundarta

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority’s Air Traffic Control Division upgraded its locating system from primary surveillance radar to Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR), Automatic Dependent Surveillance-B model.

In an official visitation arranged for media personnel earlier this week, Shimelis Kibreab, who is the Director of Air Traffic Control at the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, told journalists that the new radar replaced the old and procedural equipment with a most advanced system. Adding, he said the new automated structure would alleviate the traffic holdup at the Bole International Airport. With the old control system planes squandered a lot of fuel as they waited in line midair, flying about. According to the director the new radar not only improves the quality of air control at the airport but also enhances air traffic control at national level, thereby safeguarding the sovereignty of the country.

To ensure nationwide presence and coverage, other radars were also installed at Mekelle, Bahir Dar, Dire Dawa, Arbaminch and Gore.

“We used radio communication before, but now the system is computerized. No airplane will cross our aerial boundaries without permission because every plane shall be identified before it does,” Shimelis emphasized. Moreover the director also indicated that landing service provision can be expanded making it possible for aircrafts from other countries to make transit landing. This in turn creates an opportunity for earning foreign currency.

It was learned on the occasion that the radar was manufactured by an Italian company named SELEX with a total cost of 7.5 million dollars. http://www.newsdire.com/news/1419-ethiopia-civil-aviation-launches-cutting-edge-radar.html

awesome!!!!^^^^^^^^

Best African airport award 2010 given to the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport

The Addis Ababa Bole International Airport received African Airlines Association "Airport of the Year". the airport general manager said.
The award was given to the airport for its exceptional and outstanding services to the African Airlines Industry, the Manager, Hailay Gebretsadik told ENA on Wednesday.
The airport received the award at a ceremony held here on Tuesday at the United Nations Conference Center.
The Bole Airport had already been elected “better African airport” in 2007 during the 17th annual conference of the African aviation that took place in Cairo.
The manager said the award shows how the airport is dedicated to the African airlines industry.

get em!

Best African airport award 2010 given to the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport

They're kidding, right? No way, Bole is terrible!

They're kidding, right? No way, Bole is terrible!
Come on Simfan, it's not that bad :) Especially compared to other African airports ...

You are right AM2. I think, the ethiopian airlines fast growing helped the bole international airport to be the best in africa. When we see kenyan airport and Egyptian airport, they are two of the worst airports in africa. Everywhere in the airport you go, you can be asked by employees to give them some money. In kenya airport, security guys will tell you that your visa is fake when they want to dig out some dollar from your pocket (especially if you are an african traveler). Corruption there is so outrageous. I don't know about south africans airports, however, I think Bole deserves the award when you compare to these two high competitors and other african airports though.

Sorry I made a mistake and submited twice. The system doesn't allow me to delete it

Bole airport specially the airside is very attractive. I see 2 issues, one is its kind of small, two the entrance leaves much to desire. The foreground lawn was terribly over grown last time I was there, the visa room is setup badly and the workers in general need to be trained to some degree of professionalism.

They're kidding, right? No way, Bole is terrible!

it tells the other airports are far worse than that.

Enterprise to undertake 460 mln Birr expansion project at Bole Int’l Airport
Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) said it will undertake 460 million Birr expansion project at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to increase the number of aircraft parking capacity to 43 from just 18 now.
EAE Public Relations Head, Wondim Teklu told ENA that the expansion project will be carried out on more than 80 hectares of land within the coming two years.Wondim said the expansion project will address the air traffic congestion due to the overwhelming increase in the number of international traffic.
He said the expansion will also help Ethiopian to accommodate the new Boeing aircrafts coming to the system.
The head said the increase in the international traffic shows that the Bole International Airport is increasingly becoming a preferred hub in the region.
Wondim said during the first phase of the project 15 parking areas would be constructed in this Ethiopian budget year while the remaining parking areas will be contracted in 2004 EC.
The head said government will cover the full cost of the expansion project.


http://www.ena.gov.et/EnglishNews/2010/Dec/05Dec10/127818.htm

(http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1502:crbc-set-to-clinch-12-bln-birr-airport-expansion-project&catid=98:news&Itemid=511)CRBC set to clinch 1.2 bln birr airport expansion project

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Latest bid stirs controversy

By Hayal Alemayehu

CRBC Addis, a subsidiary of the China Road and Bridge Corporation, is set to clinch the expansion project of the Addis Ababa Bole Airport involving the expansion of the existing aircraft parking area.
After it was invited to participate in the second round restricted bid following the cancellation of the original tender, CRBC is set to be imminently announced as the winner of the project offering 1.18 billion birr, the least amount compared to the financial proposals of the other three contenders - two other Chinese companies and one local construction firm, Sur Construction - according to informed sources.

The latest bid, which came after the client of the project – Ethiopian Airports Enterprise – cancelled the original bid, was opened Monday. Subsequently, the four bidders, some of whom took part in the earlier bid as well, were notified that CRBC Addis had submitted the least offer.

As the latest bid was a restricted bid, there will be no technical evaluation, according to informed sources from the enterprise. The committee assigned to oversee the bid process, however, will check whether of the financial proposals of the companies conform with the details of the bill of quantities of the bid document.

The latest restricted bid has, however, stirred controversy amongst prominent players in the construction industry which participated in the original bid.

The enterprise cancelled the original tender it floated about three months ago after six companies including CRBC participated in it and three of them, CRBC, DMC and Satcon, made it to the final countdown. With those contenders who failed to make it to the final three filing complaints to the enterprise that “the short-listing process was not transparent,” the enterprise after a while terminated the tender all together on the ground that it was not satisfied even with the technical proposals of three runner-ups according, to informed sources close to the expansion project.

A couple of weeks latter, the enterprise floated a restricted bid to which “ideal companies” that were considered to be fit for the job were invited to participate.

Though CRBC offered about 1.2 billion birr to undertake the project, other companies which participated in the original bid had offered less than one billion, according to informed sources. The financial proposals of the original bid were, unfortunately, not opened as the bid committee was not done with the technical proposals in the first place, according to the sources.

While the aircraft parking area in front of the new terminal currently accommodate 17 planes, the newly built apron will accommodate additional 25 aircraft after the expansion, Shiferaw Alemu, general manager of the enterprise, told The Reporter earlier on.

The expansion project incorporates the maintenance of the existing runway of the airport and optimizing the new passenger terminal, which is being crowded with the steadily increasing number of passengers and airlines operating to and from the airport.


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Hallo. Does anybody have some info regarding the Tender for Consultancy Services for the Design Review and Implementation of Refurbishment Works of the new pax terminal of Bole Int. Airport? Looking forward, Thank you

Hallo. Does anybody have some info regarding the Tender for Consultancy Services for the Design Review and Implementation of Refurbishment Works of the new pax terminal of Bole Int. Airport? Looking forward, Thank you

^^
You can contact the Ethiopian Business Development Services Network (EBDSN).

e-mail
info@bds-ethiopia.net

For all tender related info, check their site here:
http://bds-ethiopia.net/tenders.html

Home
http://bds-ethiopia.net/index.html

Good Luck!

Thanks a lot.
As we are interested in this tender I was guessing if plan and other relevant architectural dwgs of the New Pax International Terminal - object of this tender - are available in order to examine the existing proposed schemes. Thank you very much for any additional info.

Hallo!
Regarding the tender for the refurbishment works of New International Pax Terminal of Addis Ababa Bole Airport, we are looking for relevant dwgs and schemes of the existing structures for implementing our proposal. Is there anybody who can provide such info? looking forward, thank you very much

Ethiopian Airlines 77L Trip report, Washington-Addis Abbaba

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/183028/

:cheers:

Ethiopian Airlines 77L Trip report, Washington-Addis Abbaba

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/183028/

:cheers:
very nicely done review. thanks for posting

Gulf Air to fly to Addis


by Hayal Alemayehu

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is scheduled to launch its maiden flight to Addis Ababa next Wednesday. Three years after it entered a code sharing pact with Ethiopian Airlines, Gulf Air will start flying to Addis beginning Wednesday, thereby maximizing the benefit of the code sharing agreement between the two parties. Pursuant to the code sharing agreement, the two carriers have been opening up routes and services to each other in their respective networks since July 1, 2007.

The coming of Gulf Air to Ethiopia will boost the benefits accruing from the code sharing agreement between the two airlines while at the same time making the competition for Ethiopian from Gulf carriers stronger, according to an expert in the aviation industry.

Gulf Air had been the major carrier in the Middle East region several years ago before Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways and Oman Air - all of which branched out from it - were established.

The airline used to belong to Dubai, Oman, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain before they established their own carriers.

Gulf Air will be flying to Addis five times a week, according to informed sources.

The company is scheduled to call a press conference here next Thursday to announce its newly launched operation plan, a day after its maiden flight to Addis.

Girma Wake, the former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, worked at Gulf Air for eight years before rejoining Ethiopian.

Source (http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1668:gulf-air-to-fly-to-addis&catid=98:news&Itemid=511)

Tax Auth. Gets First Shipment Security Scanners
CCTV's in the nations international airports


The first 14 security machines out of a total of 51 machines ordered at a cost of 30 million dollars by the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) from Nuctech, a Chinese company specialising in the research and development of security inspection technology, arrived two weeks ago.

[...]

(excerpt about airports)
The CCTV cameras and x-ray machines are to be distributed among Bole International, Mekelle, Bahir Dar, and Dire Dawa airports.

“Bahir Dar and Dire Dawa airports are scheduled to start exporting goods directly, which requires these machines to be installed there,” Solomon told Fortune.

Source (http://www.addisfortune.com/Tax%20Auth.%20Gets%20First%20Shipment%20Security%20Scanners.htm)

Bole Airport looks nice, I wish we built something like that in Kenya.

Gulf Air inaugural flight touches down in Addis Ababa


Gulf Air has added Addis Ababa to its growing network with the launch of non-stop scheduled flights to the Ethiopian capital.

The carrier’s inaugural flight GF 0705 from Bahrain touched down at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport yesterday evening with a high-level delegation onboard that included airline representatives and members of the media from the Middle East, led by the airline’s chief executive officer Samer Majali.

Addis Ababa is Gulf Air’s second route during the first month of the year, following the commencement of service to Isfahan in Iran. The historic city of Addis Ababa expands Gulf Air’s global network to 47 global destinations covering Europe, Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Asia.

The airline will operate four flights a week on the Addis Ababa route, using an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration of 16 seats in Falcon Gold and 120 in Economy and has capacity to carry 4 tons of freight.

Gulf Air also announced an expanded codeshare agreement with Ethiopian Airlines. The agreement offers Gulf Air and Ethiopian Airlines passengers the choice to fly with either airline on routes between Bahrain and Addis Ababa, giving customers a choice of 16 flights per week on this route. An extension of the codeshare agreement to onward flights from Bahrain to Middle Eastern and Asian destinations as well as from Addis Ababa to destinations in Eastern and Central Africa is already under discussion.

Majali said: “We are delighted to commence services to Addis Ababa. We believe Ethiopia offers tremendous opportunities for entrepreneurs and businessmen from Bahrain and the Middle East and that Bahrain offers unlimited business opportunities for the Ethiopian market. We are confident this new route will be a success for both our passenger and cargo operations, and we look forward to facilitating business and leisure traffic between the two countries and beyond.”

“Gulf Air operates the largest network in the Middle East with non-stop flights as well as seamless onward connections to other international destinations, connecting 47 cities in 30 countries. That combined with today’s codeshare agreement with Ethiopian Airlines will ensure that passengers have an extensive range of travel options.”

Tewolde G. Mariam, chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines said: “Ethiopian Airlines welcomes Gulf Air to Addis Ababa and we look forward to a long-term collaboration and business partnership.”

“As the pioneer in the development of the African commercial aviation industry, Ethiopian’s unwavering commitment to bring African nations closer to each other and the continent ever closer to the world continues unabated. Currently, Ethiopian provides dependable services to 39 cities in Africa and a total of 60 international destinations spanning throughout four continents.” http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/article.php?section=route-planning-and-tourism&article=gulf-air-inaugural-flight-touches-down-in-addis-ababa&utm_source=googleNews&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=news_feed

Ethiopia aviation industry keeps growing annually.
News and Articles on Ethiopian Aviation. If there is a thread already on this issue, mod please go ahead and delete the thread.

Ethiopia increases cooperation with Lufthansa
(eTN) - Information received from Addis Ababa indicates that Ethiopian Airlines (ET) and Lufthansa (LH) last week signed an initial 5-year deal for the introduction and use of LH’s Lido/Take Off Performance Solution into the ET flight operations. Substantial savings are expected to be generated, but this latest deal between the two airlines underscores the already existing close cooperation and, in fact, further intensifies it.

Both airlines fly in codesshare from Frankfurt ten times a week to Addis Ababa, and the Lufthansa flight number then extends to a large and growing number of regional destinations in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. Towards that end, ET has introduced double daily frequencies to key airports to permit seamless connections, both ways, for travelers using the joint flights from and to Frankfurt.

It is understood from a Lufthansa source that this close cooperation is in fact showing growing success in terms of passenger numbers and cargo uplifted on the long-haul flights and beyond. Ethiopian Airlines will be joining the global industry leader Star Alliance later in 2011 and expects added benefits from becoming a full member of the world’s most far reaching aviation cooperation.
http://www.eturbonews.com/files/imagecache/fullpage/art-1_black_rectangle_0.jpg

U.S. Air Force Upgrades Arba Minch to Int’l Airport

The US Air Force is upgrading Arba Minch Airport, which serves as a domestic airport in Southern Regional State, after signing an agreement with the Ethiopian government, in November 2010, reliable diplomatic sources disclosed to Fortune.

Located five kilometres from the town’s centre, the airport first become operational in November 1998. It has a runway dimension of 2,800 metres by 45 metres, but lacks crucial facilities such as fire fighting equipment, aeronautical MET, and air traffic services are not available. However, it can land aircraft the size of a Boeing 737.

The US Air Force is extending the runway and upgrading the airport to international standards with modern facilities, according to these diplomatic sources. When completed, the upgraded airport, one of 12 airports in Ethiopia of which four are international, will have the capacity to land a Boeing C-17 Globemaster, a large military transport aircraft that has been developed for the US Air Force since the beginning of the 1980s.

http://addisfortune.com/Us%20Air%20Force%20Upgrades%20Arba%20Minch%20to%20Int%E2%80%99l%20Airport.htm

Why is the US Air Force involved?? :sly:

^^no idea to be honest :dunno: , lol

Wow ... what's the USAF doing in Arba Minch?? Maybe they're setting up a US base there ... Knowing the ethio govt, they'll only tell people at the last possible second if the US were to set up a base in Ethiopia. There was actually a lot of talk a few years ago that the US was going to move it's African Command from Germany to Ethiopia ... maybe that's happening?

I can't see a reason for their involvement, but an American base in Ethiopia just sounds unlikely, even for this government. They already got Djibouti, why another base so close?

^^ Maybe they're sick of the heat in Djibouti? :) Here's a paragraph from wiki:
"The Sudan Tribune considered it likely that Ethiopia, a strong U.S. ally in the region, will house USAFRICOM's headquarters due to the collocation of AFRICOM with the African Union's developing peace and security apparatus.[29] Prime Minister Meles Zenawi stated in early November that Ethiopia would be willing to work together closely with USAFRICOM.[30] This was further reinforced when a U.S. Air Force official said on December 5, 2007, that Addis Ababa was likely to be the headquarters.[31]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command
Ethiopia hosted an american military base (Kagnew) for 30 years, until it closed down in 1975. So there's precedence here; I wouldn't be surprised if the US opened up a new base in Ethiopia once more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagnew_Station

I'm having mixed feelings about this. Only good thing is that it might benefit Arba Minch economically, but the Americans aren't known for using local resources that much either. This will be a huge blow politically for Meles both within Ethiopia and Africa in general.

Yeah I don't want them there either. There are already rumors that they do have a presence in the country and this won't help.
Besides, those in Djibouti come to Addis quite a bit already from what I've seen, and that's enough economically.

Why do you guys think a US presence in ethio is bad? I think it will be good, both for the local economy and for Ethiopia in general. This will mean a strenghtening of the Ethiopian army and air force, through training, intelligence exchange, better hardware, etc. Small time husslers like Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia will have to think twice before trying to attack Ethiopia. Same goes for middle eastern countries who've always seen Ethiopia as the enemy (Saudi and Iran). I think it will be excellent for Ethiopia. We don't have to hide our friendship with the US.

I am all for strengthening our friendship with military excises and cooperation, but I don't see the need for having American soldiers on our soil, it's a sign of weakness in my opinion. Is a 80 million strong country going to fear Eritrea (started a war in 98, gained nothing from it, I don't think they will do the same mistake again), Somalia (a country that's busy with it's own problems) and Sudan (a friendly neighbor), no way. Nigeria and South Africa are against the idea of having this base anywhere on the continent, I wouldn't want to go against the two most important countries in SSA.

I'm also afraid that it will distance us even further in our process of developing a democratic society. This government will be strengthen, and any democratic movement within the country will be totally ignored in the name of "stability" in the region.

Why do you guys think a US presence in ethio is bad? I think it will be good, both for the local economy and for Ethiopia in general. This will mean a strenghtening of the Ethiopian army and air force, through training, intelligence exchange, better hardware, etc. Small time husslers like Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia will have to think twice before trying to attack Ethiopia. Same goes for middle eastern countries who've always seen Ethiopia as the enemy (Saudi and Iran). I think it will be excellent for Ethiopia. We don't have to hide our friendship with the US.

:lol::lol:

Why do you guys think a US presence in ethio is bad?

Thanks & good Q!
I don't think Yoniii & abesha have a satisfactory answer for that tho.

... but I don't see the need for having American soldiers on our soil, it's a sign of weakness in my opinion.
Yoniii
What kind of training without US Marine & their metal on the ground?:)

Is a 80 million strong country going to fear Eritrea (started a war in 98, gained nothing from it, I don't think they will do the same mistake again), Somalia (a country that's busy with it's own problems) and Sudan (a friendly neighbor), no way.

America's attempt to get a base in Ethiopia is not to protect us from Eritrea.
&
Don't put your trust on the North Sudan. Without their help, Jebha & Shabia would have been history by now. Besides, haven't you heard that there might be a possible political and economic integration of the two i.e. The North Sudan and Egypt?

I'm also afraid that it will distance us even further in our process of developing a democratic society. This government will be strengthen, and any democratic movement within the country will be totally ignored in the name of "stability" in the region.

Yoniii,
"EPRDF is already strong". It's been in Ethiopia for the last 35 years. It doesn't need Yankee’s junk. If you are deemed to be a threat to EPRDF, whether Americans are there or not, you shall vegetate at Qaliti prison until you say Sorry/YeQerta :lol:.........WOYANE doesn't give a shiiit........that's the first step and fact to admit. Which, unfortunately, most opposition groups tend to forget & under estimate the reality (taking the bull by the horn takes you nowhere except disaster!!).

There are already rumors that they do have a presence in the country and this won't help.
How?
Come on abesha...I thought you know everything. They have already a base in Harar with their own air strip.


I say YES to the American base at 40 Minch!

:sly:

Uh...why do you guys have a problem with the US having a base in Ethiopia?

Is this another liberal US Military bogyman that always springs up in any discussion of American foreign policy?

The United States has bases in Germany, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, South Korea, Italy et al. What do these countries have in common, if you don't mind me asking?

Why do you guys think a US presence in ethio is bad? I think it will be good, both for the local economy and for Ethiopia in general. This will mean a strenghtening of the Ethiopian army and air force, through training, intelligence exchange, better hardware, etc. Small time husslers like Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia will have to think twice before trying to attack Ethiopia. Same goes for middle eastern countries who've always seen Ethiopia as the enemy (Saudi and Iran). I think it will be excellent for Ethiopia. We don't have to hide our friendship with the US.

:lol: I agree. It's about time Ethiopia and the US came out on their not so secret relationship.



I wouldn't trust Ethiopia though...pulling some hoe moves with China on the side.:sly:

lol @ hoe moves


My opposition is because we have enough problems as it is with neighboring countries without the US' direct and visible presence on our soil. I don't want our politics to be completely hijacked by American foreign policy.

I am all for strengthening our friendship with military excises and cooperation, but I don't see the need for having American soldiers on our soil, it's a sign of weakness in my opinion. Is a 80 million strong country going to fear Eritrea (started a war in 98, gained nothing from it, I don't think they will do the same mistake again), Somalia (a country that's busy with it's own problems) and Sudan (a friendly neighbor), no way. Nigeria and South Africa are against the idea of having this base anywhere on the continent, I wouldn't want to go against the two most important countries in SSA.
Uh...


I'm also afraid that it will distance us even further in our process of developing a democratic society. This government will be strengthen, and any democratic movement within the country will be totally ignored in the name of "stability" in the region.

That's just silly. There is no precedence of this. Refer to the list of countries I listed to see if there has been any truth to your fear in those countries.

The US having a military base has nothing to do with whether or not the US supports the silencing of democratic voices in the name of "stability." There is no historical precedence for this. What happened when Mengistu came to power?

lol @ hoe moves


My opposition is because we have enough problems as it is with neighboring countries without the US' direct and visible presence on our soil. I don't want our politics to be completely hijacked by American foreign policy.

I understand your concern, but practically speaking, the potential petulance that might arise from this, vis a vis regional relations, is nothing that will have any real impact on the success of Ethiopia.

Countries like South Korea, Japan and others have had unfriendly neighbors. Yet nevertheless their success wasn't hampered by the presence of the US; if anything, it's been enhanced.

Uh...

That's just silly. There is no precedence of this. Refer to the list of countries I listed to see if there has been any truth to your fear in those countries.

The US having a military base has nothing to do with whether or not the US supports the silencing of democratic voices in the name of "stability." There is no historical precedence for this. What happened when Mengistu came to power?
I'm thinking that there might be some consequences politically within Africa/AU if several countries (specifically big states like Nigeria & South Africa) are strictly against the base.

I'm not so sure about that. I can easily see a US government (specially under Republican mandate) that would rather silence a democratic movement than risk total chaos in the horn, considering the fear for Islamic extremism which didn't exist before.

lol @ hoe moves


My opposition is because we have enough problems as it is with neighboring countries without the US' direct and visible presence on our soil. I don't want our politics to be completely hijacked by American foreign policy.

Just because the US is basing some planes in Arba Minch doesn't now mean they are best buds with Meles, and even if they were, look how Carter jettisoned Iran. I'd be more worried about China.

Looks like there maybe a plan to connect Bole terminal 1 and the terminal 2. Not sure if this is part of the expansion they recently launched or not (I know they were supposed to expand the parking aprons), but found it on the website Yoniii posted:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2latyly.jpg

Enterprise to Spend 801m Br on Airport Upgrades

The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) is planning to begin upgrading and building passenger terminals in addition to aprons (ramps) consisting of hangars and runways, at a total cost of around 801 million Br, this fiscal year.

The projects are being carried out at airports in Addis Abeba, Mekelle, Bahir Dar, Jimma, Assosa, Jijjiga, Kombolcha, Shire, Shilabo, and Kebredhar, according to Wondim Teklu, head of Public Relations and Communications for the EAE.

The largest will be the 450 million Br expansion of the apron at Bole International Airport. The first phase, a hangar expected to house 10 airplanes, is due to be completed by July, according to Wondim.

The construction of the second phase, which will accommodate up to 15 airplanes, is expected to start immediately following that of the first phase and is to be finished by July 2012, according to Wondim.

The construction of both phases has been contracted to China Construction and Building Company (CRBC).

Another construction project planned to commence this year is a 45 million Br cold store at Alula Abanega International Airport in Mekelle, located 770km north of Addis Abeba; the construction has been contracted to Geerlofs Construction Co, from the Netherlands, and is slated for completion by February 2012, Wondim claimed.

The Ginbot 20 International Airport project in Bahir Dar, located 477km north of the capital, will see the construction of a passenger terminal and a cold store with a combined capital of 150 million Br, according to Wondim.

The construction of the passenger terminal, at a cost of 105 million Br, was awarded to Satcon Construction Co Plc The first phase is slated for completion between July and September 2012, to be followed immediately by the second phase, an electromechanical project by Celtic Electrical Co, also based in the Netherlands, according to the public relations head.

The cold store is being constructed at a cost of 45 million Br, to be covered by the EAE, and is expected to be finished in two months’ time, the public relations head said.

The construction of a passenger terminal at a cost of 103 million Br, covered by the EAE, and an apron of 195 million Br, funded by the federal government, at Jimma Airport, located 346km southwest of the capital, will be done by Yirgalem Construction Co and Varnero Construction Co, respectively, according to Wondim.

Akir Construction Co started the construction of a passenger terminal at Assosa Airport, located 675km northwest of Addis Abeba, in February 2010. It is expected to cost 92 million Br and be finished by February 2012. It is then that the electromechanical phase, at a projected cost of 45 million Br, will start, Wondim told Fortune.

Located 628km east of the capital, the Jijjiga Airport entails a passenger terminal being constructed by Asmelash & Sons Construction Plc at a total cost of 102 million Br, according to Wondim.

Kombolcha, located 376km from Addis Abeba, is the newest of the EAE’s 18 airports. The enterprise administers 15 airports, of which four are international; and two airstrips, in Pawe, Beninshangul Regional State, and Semera Town, Afar Regional State.

Akir Construction Co started construction of an 80-seat passenger terminal and a runway that can accommodate Q400 Bombardier and Focker airplanes, in October 2010, according to Wondim.

Upon its completion, the project, which is expected to be finished within 15 months at a cost 45 million Br, will cater to investors whose activities in the area are increasing rapidly, Wondim told Fortune.

“We have given the local people, displaced by the project ,51 million Br in compensation,” he said.

The smallest planned projects are renovation and improvement works to be done at airstrips in Shire Endasilassie, located 1,087km north of Addis Abeba, in Tigray Regional State; as well as Shilabo, located 1,140km southeast of the capital; and

Kebridhar, located 1,032km southeast of the city; both in Somali Regional State, according to the public relations head.

Shire and Shilabo airstrips are being renovated by the enterprise, while Kebredhar’s is being done by Sur Construction Co, said Wondim.

Upon their completion, these airstrips will likely be able to accommodate even more passengers from the eight domestic and several international airlines that have operating licences. The domestic airlines are Ethiopian Airlines (ET), Abyssinia Flight Service, Trans Nation Airways (TNA), Sura Airways, Amebera Agricultural Pesticide Service, Teddy Air Transport, Aberdair Aviation Plc, and National Airways, a recent entrant to the market.

National Airways is in the process of starting to operate flights, according to Demisse Gizaw, director of Air Operator Certification and Surveillance at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).http://addisfortune.com/Enterprise%20to%20Spend%20801m%20Br%20on%20Airport%20Upgrades.htm

List of airport projects - completion dates in parentheses when available:

Bole International Airport:
- expansion of the apron; 450 million ETB
- phase I: hangar to house 10 planes, (July 2011)
- phase II: expand for 15 additional planes (July 2012)

Kombolcha:
- construction of passenger terminal;
- construction of runway; combined cost of 45 million ETB (May 2012)

Jimma:
- construction of a passenger terminal; 103 million ETB
- construction of an apron; 195 million ETB

Bahir Dar:
- phase I: construction of a passenger terminal; 105 million ETB (July-Sept 2012)
- phase II: electromechanical project (start in kiremt 2012)
- construction of a cold store; 45 million ETB (April 2011)

Assosa:
- phase I: construction of a passenger terminal; 92 million ETB (Feb 2012)
- phase II: electromechanical project; 45 million ETB (start in Feb 2012)

Arba Minch:
- upgrading of runway
- upgrading of facilities (fire fighting equipment, aeronautical MET, and air traffic services)

Mekelle: construction of cold store; 45 million ETB (February 2012)
Jijiga: construction of passenger terminal; 102 million ETB
Kebridehar: renovation and improvement works
Shilabo: renovation and improvement works
Shire: renovation and improvement works

:applause: great news.

Looks like there maybe a plan to connect Bole terminal 1 and the terminal 2. Not sure if this is part of the expansion they recently launched or not (I know they were supposed to expand the parking aprons), but found it on the website Yoniii posted:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2latyly.jpg

Oh wow, this is great!

http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch_student_images/5/Site-Plan.jpg

Construction and Consultant Information
School Name: Howard University
Completion Date: 0000-00-00
Concept: An Ethiopian Airport based on the organization of a traditional Ethiopian village. Labibela is a historic building hewn from a rock on the mid 14th Century. It was built downward into the ground at a time when Gothic Churches which pointed to the sky inspired western church architecture. Ethiopian church architecture was built toward the Earth looking down to the source, the origin. That downward movement - influenced by gravity - was the main form generator, a form that causes people to look down.

http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch_student_images/5/Section-showing-Air-Flow-through-Terminal.jpg
http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch_student_images/5/Enlarged-Sectional-Elevation.jpg

http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch_student_images/5/Side-Elevation.jpg



http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch_student_images/5/Organization-System-Study.jpgSite Area:
Built Area:
Materials:
Planning:

http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch-stud-projects.php?id=5
Design Philosophy:
The architecture of sub-cultures of Ethiopia was used as the organizing element for the design of the Airport Terminal. The name for traditional houses in Addis Ababa is Tukul. The architecture of the tukul consists of a cone shaped roof supported by a main structural column at its center. Sheltered walkways connect the main tukul with open verandahs, cattle barns and small spaces for food storage. The organization of spaces for the Terminal is based on the traditional Ethiopian village and hopes to become an expression of a true gateway to Ethiopia.

http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch_student_images/5/Lower-Floor.jpg

http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch_student_images/5/Enlarged-Arrival-Floor-Plan.jpg

http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch_student_images/5/Upper-Floor.jpg
Project Information
Name of Project: Airport Terminal in Addis Ababa
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Project Type: Airport Terminal
Student Information
Student Name:
Name of School: Howard University
Email Address:
Contact Name:
Country Name: USA/ Ethiopia

http://www.architecturecaribbean.com/arch-stud-projects.php?id=5

:shocked: Speechless! The Ethiopia of our dreams is becoming real before our very eyes.

Simfan,

Sources have told me that a different type of design has been chosen over this one for the future expansion of the airport terminals at Bole. I will post if I get my hands on it.

Holy Shit.... I wasnt expecting this at all. Forget the apron expansion... haha where would the New Terminal be located? Next to the other 'new one' or away? Great Design.Congrats Ethiopia.
@Skyliner i look forward to seeing the 'real' render.

I don't understand the render, I think I'm a bit tired lol.

Skyliner, I'd love to see the real one. So I'm assuming this one was in the running? I had no idea there was even a competition.

Great find! Thanks for the good work ;)

The new one must be amazing if they skipped this one.

Yonii,

I have not seen the other designs but I hope it won't be like Ghion II

The new one must be amazing if they skipped this one.

I wouldn't be so sure. In fact I'd go out on a limb and bet the opposite to be true.

Did you forget this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1206423) ?

hope, they will not desapoint us for this one. I almost was filled with tears when I see the render of the chosen design for ghion. The design is terrible!!!

I wouldn't be so sure. In fact I'd go out on a limb and bet the opposite to be true.

Did you forget this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1206423) ?

You've got a point, lets pray for a better judgement this time around.

I wouldn't be so sure. In fact I'd go out on a limb and bet the opposite to be true.

Did you forget this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1206423) ?

Hopefully the fact that the government is in charge of this will make this our chances better, but I thought the same thing. I did some research into that plan, and it perhaps wasn't even a real plan, just a study by a student. Likely it will go to some Chinese firm, and they'll concoct something decent.

But I still like my plan. :lol:

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/5853/top1bmp.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/544/topbmpf.jpg

^^
Simfan34 is that your design?
Its very good

^^
Simfan34 is that your design?
Its very good

Yes, yes it is. Thank you!

Video updates on Addis Ababa & Bahir Dar airport upgrades (Amharic):

http://www.ethiotube.net/video/13213/ETV-News--Addis-Ababa--Bahir-Dar-Airports-being-expanded


^^ Its basically saying the most difficult part of the Addis Ababa expansion work is complete and the work should allow the airport to handle 45 airplanes at a time (landing & gateways). Project expected to take 2 years. The Bahir Dar runways were upgraded already and the expansion terminal is u/c. They have constructed a cold store already at the airport to handle perishable goods.

Good progress.. Wonder if ill see any changes when I go back next year.

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Samsung clinches multi-million birr Airport project


. Set to establish electronic academy in Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) has selected Samsung—the South Korean electronics goods and gadgets manufacturer—to install videos at the interior walls of the recently built passenger terminal at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

The multi-million birr project is aimed at providing the airport with a state-of-the-art facility to greet its customers and announce flight statements as modern terminals around the globe do, according to George Ferreira, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Samsung Electronics for Africa.

Samsung, which secured the project award recently, is in the meantime in under preparations to establish an electronic engineering academy in Addis Ababa, the COO told journalists from east Africa during a Q and A session at the Samsung Conference 2011 held in Nairobi this week.

“We have been conducting feasibility studies to identify some African countries we shall establish electronics academies,” Ferreira said. “Ethiopia will be one of the few countries where will establish an electronics engineering academy.”

“If all goes according plan,” the COO said, “we might probably launch the project next year.”

According to Ferreira, Samsung envisioned to produce 10,000 electronics engineers from Africa in the coming five years, who are expected to take care of Samsung’s production operations in Africa.

Samsung is geared forward to producing electronic goods and gadgets (including TVs, mobile phones and related products) tailored for Africa as the theme of Samsung Conference 2011 goes: Built in Africa, for Africa, by Africa.

Samsung representatives for Africa have introduced scores of high tech electronics goods and gadgets some of which employ the latest Nano Technology.

http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/english/news/309-news/1724-samsung-clinches-multi-million-birr-airport-project

Interesting stuff...

Samsung clinches multi-million birr Airport project

. Set to establish electronic academy in Ethiopia

http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/english/news/309-news/1724-samsung-clinches-multi-million-birr-airport-project

^^^^

NEWS by Ethiopian Reporter can't be trusted. Editor Amare Aregawi is a liar and an over-hyping journalist.

^^^^

NEWS by Ethiopian Reporter can't be trusted. Editor Amare Aregawi is a liar and an over-hyping journalist.

Well we have to take what we have got, its not like we have the likes of NPR, CSPAN or new york times in Ethiopia. I am not a journalist, but I feel pretty good about Ethiopian reporter comparing to walta, aigaforum, ethiopian review, ... etc all whom come off clearly as an advocate working for 'their' side.

Well another news from the Reporter :lol:

Boeing asks permission to conduct B747-8 test flights

Saturday, 02 July 2011 07:26
By KALEYESUS BEKELE


[Capt. Solomon Gizaw expressed his remorse on the status quo]

Capt. Solomon Gizaw expressed his remorse on the status quo

- Private airlines demand air liberalisation

The American aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, has asked the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for landing rights for its new Boeing 747-8 jetliner.



A senior official with CAA said that executives of Boeing want to conduct a high-altitude test at the Addis Ababa airport. Accordingly, the executives recently came to Addis Ababa and requested permission to do so. However, the authority did not accept the request. The authority told executives of Boeing that the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise is undertaking a massive airport expansion project at the Bole International Airport, adding that there was a congestion due to the ongoing construction work. “There is already a congestion and if we allow this huge aircraft to conduct the flight test here it would create a havoc,” a senior official at CAA said. “And if something goes wrong, it would tarnish our image,” he added.

The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise last year launched the Addis Ababa airport expansion program. A Chinese construction firm is building the ramps at a cost of two billion birr. According to the enterprise, the expansion project would be finalised after five months.

Officials of the CAA told executives of Boeing that they could do the flight test after the expansion project is finalised. Airframers prefer Addis Ababa Bole International Airport for its high altitude. Engine performance is usually tested at high altitude. In October 2006 Airbus conducted a flight test for its A380 in Addis Ababa. The biggest commercial aircraft, A380, was again here in Addis Ababa in 2009 upon its return from the Dubai Airshow.

Boeing’s latest airliner to fly, the 747-8 Intercontinental, last April began its flight test programme with take-off on its maiden flight from Paine Field in Everett, Washington State. The new 747-8 Intercontinental, painted in a vivid orange-and-white livery with grey and gold striping, made its debut at the Paris Airshow held from June 20-26.

With planned 380 seats, the B747-8 has a least price of 317 million dollars. Lufthansa is the launch customer of the new jetliner with 20 firm orders. The flight test programme will have 600 hours planned to be finalised at the end of this year.
In a related news, the local private airlines on Thursday asked the government to lift the aviation regulation that prohibits private airlines not to operate aircraft with more than a 20-seat capacity. In a consultative meeting CAA organised with stakeholders on Thursday, CEOs of companies involved in the general aviation business fiercely criticised the government’s failure not to remove the ban imposed on the type of aircraft private airlines can operate.

Capt. Solomon Gizaw, owner and managing director of Abyssinia Flight Services, wondered how long this protectionist law would be in place. “Do you know why the governments put the 20-seat limit? It is to protect Ethiopian Airlines. We all like the national flag carrier. But how long will it be protected?” Capt. Solomon asked.

For many years operating private airline was not allowed. Fourteen years ago, the Ministry of Transport and Communication, led by the late Minister Ayenew Bitewlegn, introduced the law that prohibits private airlines not use an aircraft with more than 20 seats. Ethiopian had a 20-seater aircraft, DH6 that it used on domestic aircraft. So far Ethiopian is the only airline that provides scheduled domestic fligths.

Capt. Abera Lemi, owner and CEO of National Airways, said that it has been years since it was reported that the law would be revised. “We can not provide scheduled domestic flight services with an aircraft which has 20 seats. The flight fare collected from 20 passengers cannot cover the fuel cost. We can not be profitable with 20 seaters. Why is it taking so long to revoke the law?” According to Capt. Abera, Ethiopian used to fly to 54 destinations in the country but this has dropped to 16. “We can fill this service gap if we are allowed to operate the type of aircraft that we want," he said.

Another private airline CEO said that he should be allowed to use a 200 seater if there is the market. “The government has built several new airports but they are not being utilised because the private airlines are not encouraged to grow,” the CEO said.

In an interview with The Reporter Tewolde Gebremariam, Ethiopian CEO, and Girma Wake, former CEO, said that they do not object if the domestic flight service is liberalised.

Col. Wossenyeleh Hunegnaw, director general of CAA, said that with the view to encouraging private operators the authority conducted a study (draft aviation law) and submitted it to the Ministry of Transport and other concerned authorities two month ago. Col. Wossenyeleh hopes that the draft law would address the private operators’ concern. The government plans to push the seat limit to 50 but private operators claim that the limit should be removed.

The private airline owners voiced their disappointment with the way they are treated at the airports. Capt. Solomon said that he had asked for permission to build a maintenance hangar 12 years ago and written 25 official letters to Ethiopian Civil Aviation and the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise in the past 12 years but all in vain. “I have been asking the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise to give me a plot of land where we can build a maintenance hangar but our pleas have been falling on deaf ears,” Solomon said. “We are forced to work under scorching sun and heavy rain. We are dying please save us,” he lamented.
According to Solomon, he annually spends up to 300,000 dollars to get his fleet maintained in neighbouring Kenya. “We are also treated like flies at the airport. They tell us to move our aircraft and equipment from place to place now and then.”

Shiferaw Alemu, general manager of the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise, was unable to attend the meeting due to a management meeting. Nigussie Mulugeta, operation facilitation and service head with the enterprise, said that when the airport expansion project is finalised plots would be allocated for companies involved in the general aviation companies. “When the construction is finalised each private operator would have a space for maintenance hangar and office,” Nigussie said.

The private operators have also demanded that private companies should be allowed to provide ground handling services to carriers. Recently the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise banned private companies that provide ground handling services at the Bole International Airport. The private operators appreciated the authority for the improvements it made in service delivery. They also acknowledged the authority for organising bi-annual stakeholders' meeting.

There are 21 registered private airlines in Ethiopia but only six of them are operational.


N.B. The Addis abeba Bole airport has an altitude of 2300 meter(7600 ft)above sea level.

We want one for our troubles!

U.S. Air Force Upgrades Arba Minch to Int’l Airport


http://addisfortune.com/Us%20Air%20Force%20Upgrades%20Arba%20Minch%20to%20Int%E2%80%99l%20Airport.htm
We had a discussion a while back about Arba Minch ... and i saw this piece of news today and kinda connected the dots. The US might be setting up a drone base over there ... maybe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/8778788/US-targets-Somalia-and-Yemen-with-new-drone-bases.html

US targets Somalia and Yemen with new drone basesThe US is setting up a ring of bases for armed drones around the Indian Ocean, east Africa and the Arabian peninsular to hunt al Qaeda and spy on pirates.
New facilities for the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft are planned for Ethiopia, and bases will be expanded in the Seychelles and Djibouti, a tiny country on the Red Sea.

The drones have a maximum range of more than 3,600 miles, meaning that they can easily be launched deep over Somalia or Yemen, carry out missions and return to base.

They are the same aircraft used by the Royal Air Force in attacks against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Washington's decision to increase its use of the unmanned "hunter-killer" drones illustrates its concern that anti-Western terror organisations could spread in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsular.

"It's a conscious recognition that those are the hot spots developing right now," a former senior US military official told The Washington Post.

TURKISH CARGO launches freighter services to Addis Ababa and Jeddah



TURKISH CARGO continues to add new destinations to its fast growing network.

TURKISH CARGO very recently launched freighter services to Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh in August. As of 27th September scheduled cargo flights to Jeddah will be launched and the new generation A330-200F freighters with a capacity of 68 tons are used for this service.

While TURKISH CARGO expands its flight network with scheduled freighter flights to Riyadh (RUH) and Jeddah (JED), Turkish Airlines also launch passenger flights to Dammam, Saudi Arabia as of 12th September.

With frequencies of 20 to Jeddah, 7 to Riyadh and 13 to Medinah in a week, TURKISH CARGO uses the available capacity of the belly hold of Turkish Airlines passenger aircrafts for cargo carriage.

TURKISH CARGO’s expansion in the African region continues with Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa (ADD). Turkish Cargo, currently serves to Algeria, Cairo, Casablanca and Tripoli (suspended) with scheduled freighter flights, is now adding Addis Ababa to cargo destinations. Addis Ababa freighter services operated with new A330-200F freighter, will commence as of 27th September and is expected to add great contribution to the region.

Valid as of 27th September please find the Istanbul-Jeddah-Addis Ababa-Istanbul freighter schedule below.

Ethiopia launches direct flights from regions to Sudan’s capital

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle

October 13, 2011 (Addis Ababa) - African carrier, Ethiopian Airlines on Thursday began direct flights from the country’s two northern regions to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

Ethiopian Airlines announced that the new service to Khartoum from Bahir-Dar the capital of the Amhara region and Tigray’s Mekele to Khartoum began on October 13.

“The new direct flights will enhance tourism and business travel between Northern Ethiopia and Sudan” said a press statement. It added: “It will also strengthen the existing cooperation between the two governments”.

This will be the first time for the flag carrier to operate international routes from regional airports outside its hub, Addis Ababa Bole Airport, although it regularly flies to neighboring Djibouti from Dire Dawa town.

The airliner said the new flight services will be run four days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays and Sundays using Bombardier Q-400 Aircraft.

read the rest at SudanTribune (http://www.sudantribune.com/Ethiopia-launches-direct-flights,40420)

Bole airport expansion project to be completed ahead of schedule

Monday, 10 October 2011 12:03
By KALEYESUS BEKELE

The Addis Ababa Airport expansion project is due for completion next December, one month ahead of the original schedule. Shiferaw Alemu, director general of the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise, told The Reporter that the contractor is expediting the work to finalise the project by December. Shiferaw said the enterprise has utilised 31 percent of the budget allocated for the expansion project, adding that the remaining 69 percent would be spent in the coming months.

According to him, the construction was hampered by the rainy season in the summer and by shortage of cement. The enterprise will inaugurate the Jijiga airport expansion project built in the capital of the Somali Regional State after two months. It will also inaugurate the new headquarters built near the Addis Bole International Airport soon.

The Chinese construction company, CRBC Addis Engineering, is undertaking the construction at a cost of 1.1 billion birr (66 million dollars). The expansion project will enable the airport to park huge aircraft, including Boeing 747 and Boeing 777. Currently Bole International Airport has a total of 19 aircraft parking capacity and the expansion will increase this capacity to 44 aircraft. The total cost for the projects will be covered by the Enterprise.

The expansion project includes the construction of aprons, taxiway and restoration of the existing runway, among others.

read the rest at Reporter (http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/News/bole-airport-expansion-project-to-be-completed-ahead-of-schedule.html)

No building expansion?

US flies drones from Ethiopia to fight Somali militants

The US military has begun flying drone aircraft from a base in Ethiopia, as part of its fight against Islamist militants in neighbouring Somalia.

US officials have confirmed to the BBC that the base, in the southern city of Arba Minch, is now operational.

But they stressed that the remotely-piloted drones were being used only for surveillance, and not for air strikes.

It is part of a growing counter-terrorism presence in the region as the US pursues groups with al-Qaeda links.

The US military has reportedly spent millions of dollars upgrading the remote, civilian airport - from which Reaper drones are now being flown.

The remotely-piloted aircraft can be equipped with missiles and satellite guided bombs.

But officials have told the BBC the drones are flying unarmed because their use is considered sensitive by Ethiopia's government.

Their role is surveillance of the al-Shabab militant group - based in Somalia, and already the focus of drone missions flown from other bases in the region.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15488804

Damn i'm good ... :lol:

LOL - you must be a woyane cadre to have known this so far back :lol:

"New facilities for the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft are planned for Ethiopia, and bases will be expanded in the Seychelles and Djibouti, a tiny country on the Red Sea."

Oh hail, great mystic.

LOL - you must be a woyane cadre to have known this so far back :lol:
Good one Abesha :lol: ... it's just the power of deductive reasoning ... as Sherlock Holmes would say.

Oh hail, great mystic.
Lol ... i'm thinking of starting my own religion now. All applicants welcome ... take advantage of my early bird specials and save on membership fees ... any takers?

^^Do we call you The Danny Lemma?

If so, is it too early to usurp power from you?
Cuz I think you deserve to be ousted for coming up with such a terrible name. lol

^^Do we call you The Danny Lemma?

If so, is it too early to usurp power from you?
Cuz I think you deserve to be ousted for coming up with such a terrible name. lol
The Danny Lemma?? Who dat?
No self respecting religion can be without in-fighting ... let the power struggle begin.

The Danny Lemma?? Who dat?
No self respecting religion can be without in-fighting ... let the power struggle begin.

Own version of the Dalai Lama, of course. Guess that pun was a fail. :lol:

Fantastic news.for both Saudia and Ethiopia :banana:

Saudi Arabian Airlines Launches Riyadh – Addis Ababa Service

Update at 0745GMT 05MAR12

Saudi Arabian Airlines on 01MAR12 has launched new service on Riyadh – Addis Ababa, its 2nd route to Ethiopia. Service operates with Airbus A320 aircraft three times a week.

The airline also operates 4 weekly Jeddah – Addis Ababa route. This route from 25MAR12 to 30APR12 is operated by Airbus A330-300 only, replacing A320.

Riyadh – Addis Ababa Schedule from 25MAR12:

SV425 RUH0905 – 1220ADD 320 247 SV424 ADD1400 – 1710RUH 320 247

The runway light in Bole airport was out for a night :ohno::bash:


በመብራት መጥፋት አውሮፕላኖች በጨለማ ሲያርፉ አመሹ

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 09:24
By Tamiru Tsige


በቦሌ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያ ከትናንት በስቲያ ከቀኑ 11 ሰዓት እስከ ምሽቱ 2፡34 ሰዓት ድረስ የአውሮፕላን መንደርደርያዎች መብራቶች በመጥፋታቸው አውሮፕላኖች በጨለማ ሲያሳርፉ ማምሸታቸውን ምንጮች ለሪፖርተር ገለጹ፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ ሲቪል አቪዬሽን ባለሥልጣን ችግሩ መፈታቱን ገልጾ፣ የጉዳዩ ባለቤት ኤርፖርቶች ድርጅት መሆኑን ተናግሯል፡፡

ለመንደርደሪያዎች መብራት መጥፋት ምክንያቱ ኤርፖርቶች ድርጅት በማሠራት ላይ የሚገኘው የአውሮፕላን ማቆሚያ፣ ማረፊያና ማኮብኮቢያ ማስፋፊያ ፕሮጀክትን የሚሠራው የቻይናው የመንገድና ድልድይ ግንባታ ኮርፖሬሽን (CRBC)፣ የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ማስተላለፊያ መስመሩን ሳይበጥሰው እንዳልቀረ ምንጮች ተናግረዋል፡፡

አውሮፕላን ለማረፍ ትክክለኛ አቅጣጫ በመያዝ ዝቅ ሲል ቀይ፣ ከፍ ሲል ሰማያዊና ትክክለኛ አቅጣጫውን ሲይዝ ደግሞ ነጭ መብራት የሚያሳየው ፓፒ (PAPI) የሚባለው ብርሃን ሰጪ መሣርያ ጠፍቶ እንደነበር ምንጮቹ ጠቁመዋል፡፡

አውሮፕላኑ ከማረፊያ ሜዳው ያለውን ርቀት በማንበብ የሚያሳውቀው መሣሪያ (Distance Measuring Equipment) ጠፍቶ እንደነበር የገለጹት ምንጮቹ፣ አውሮፕላኖቹ በጨለማ ያርፉ የነበሩት ካርጐ ተርሚናል ውስጥ በነበረ አውሮፕላን ፓይለቱ ብርሃን እያበራላቸው እንደነበር ተናግረዋል፡፡

አንድ አውሮፕላን ከአንድ አገር ተነስቶ ወደሚያርፍበት አገር እስከሚደርስ ድረስ የሚበቃውን ነዳጅ ከሞላ በኋላ፣ በሚያርፍበት አገር የተለያዩ አጋጣሚዎች ተፈጥረው ለማረፍ ባይችል፣ ለማረፍ በሚችልባቸው ቅርብ አገሮች ወይም ማረፊያዎች ድረስ የሚያደርሰውን ወይም በአየር ላይ የሚያቆየውን ተጨማሪ ነዳጅ መያዝ እንዳለበት የገለጹት ምንጮቹ፣ ምናልባት አውሮፕላኖቹ በጨለማ እንዲያርፉ የተደረገው፣ መጠባበቂያ ነዳጅ ስላልነበራቸው ሳይሆን እንደማይቀር ግምታቸውን ገልጸዋል፡፡ ያ ባይሆን ኖሮ በቅርቡ ወደምትገኘው ጂቡቲ በመሄድ ማረፍ ይችሉ እንደነበርም አክለዋል፡፡

የኢትዮጵያውያን ፓይለቶች በአየር መንገዱ ረጅም ዓመታት የሠሩና ለአውሮፕላን ማረፊያው እንግዳ ባለመሆናቸው፣ ባካበቱት ልምድ በጨለማ ለማሳረፍ መቻላቸውን የገለጹት ምንጮቹ፣ አውሮፕላኑ የማረፊያ ሜዳውን ስቶ ቢያርፍ ችግር ይከተል እንደነበር ተናግረዋል፡፡

የኢትዮጵያ ሲቪል አቪዬሽን ባለሥልጣን መጠባበቂያ የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል (ከፍተኛ ጄኔሬተር) ማዘጋጀት እንደነበረበት የተናገሩት ምንጮቹ፣ ባለሥልጣኑ መጠባበቂያ እንዳለውና እንደሌለው ካረጋገጠ በኋላ የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ በራሱ ማዘጋጀት እንደነበረበት አስገንዝበዋል፡፡ ዩፒኤስ (UPS) እንኳን ቢኖር ኖሮ ከሁለት ሰዓታት በላይ ብርሃን ማግኘት ይቻል እንደነበርም ጠቁመዋል፡፡

ሌላ ጊዜ በአውሮፕላን ማረፊያው ተመሳሳይ የመብራት መጥፋት ችግር ያጋጥም እንደነበር የጠቆሙት ምንጮቹ፣ ወዲያውኑ መብራት ይመጣ ስለነበር መዘናጋት የተፈጠረው ምናልባት ተመሳሳይ ክስተት ነው በሚል ሳይሆን እንደማይቀር ተናግረዋል፡፡

በ25 ሺሕ ጫማ ከፍታ ላይ ጂቡቲን ጨምሮ በአገሪቱ ያሉትን አየር መንገዶችን የሚቆጣጠረው የአካባቢ መቆጣጠሪያ ማዕከልም ጠፍቶ ማምሸቱን ምንጮቹ ተናግረዋል፡፡

ከትናንት በስቲያ ከቀኑ 11 ሰዓት እስከ ምሽቱ 2፡34 ሰዓት ድረስ ጠፍቶ ስለነበረው የአውሮፕላን መንደርደሪያ ሜዳ መብራት ጉዳይ ማብራሪያ እንዲሰጡን ያነጋገርናቸው የኢትዮጵያ ሲቪል አቪዬሽን ባለሥልጣን የኮሙዩኒኬሽንና የሕዝብ ግንኙነት ኃላፊ፣ ‹‹በሕጉ መሠረት ወይም በዓለም አቀፍ የአቪዬሽን ሕግ፣ መብራት ለ24 ሰዓታት መሥራት አለበት፡፡ ግዴታም ነው፡፡ ለማንኛውም አሁን ችግሩ ተፈትቷል፤›› ካሉ በኋላ፣ በዋናነት የሚመለከተው የኢትዮጵያ ኤርፖርቶች ድርጅት መሆኑን ተናግረዋል፡፡ የኤርፖርቶች ድርጅትን ለማግኘት ያደረግነው ጥረት ሊሳካልን ባለመቻሉ ምላሻቸውን ማካተት አልቻልንም፡፡

ኤርፖርቶች ድርጅት የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ አውሮፕላን ማረፊያን ለማስፋፋት ለቻይናው የመንገድና ድልድይ ግንባታ ኮርፖሬሽን በ66 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ኮንትራት ሰጥቶ እያሠራ ይገኛል፡፡ ፕሮጄክቱ ሲጠናቀቅ ቦይንግ 747 እና 777 ግዙፍ አውሮፕላኖችን ጨምሮ 44 አውሮፕላኖችን በአንድ ጊዜ ለማቆም እንደሚችል ታውቋል፡፡ እስካሁን ግን 19 አውሮፕላኖችን ብቻ ነበር ማቆም የሚቻለው፡፡




http://www.ethiopianreporter.com/news/293-news/5563-2012-03-14-06-29-30.html

India plans flights to Tanzania, Ethiopia

By IANS,

Hyderabad : As economic ties grow with Africa, India will improve air connectivity with the continent, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said, adding that flights would be introduced to countries like Tanzania and Ethiopia.

"Africa is one region where we want to have more flights because our economic ties are growing," the minister said while addressing a news conference at India Aviation 2012, the international conference and exhibition on civil aviation which began here Wednesday.

Ajit Singh said 500-600 new flights would be allowed this year with the allocation of traffic rights to private airlines under bilateral agreements.

"We will have new flights to countries like Tajikistan, Tanzania, Egypt, Ethiopia and Vietnam," he said.

India is also looking to improve air connectivity with Europe and Australia, he added.

IANS via YahooNews (http://in.news.yahoo.com/india-plans-flights-tanzania-ethiopia-122949128.html)

^^and no Sudan :( ?

^^and no Sudan :( ?
Im sure Khartoum is next up :)
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After Interruption, SATCON to Resume Construction on Bahir Dar Airport


Delayed by over a year from its original schedule, the completion of expansion works at “Ginbot Haya” International Airport in Bahir Dar, the seat of the Amhara Regional State, requires the contractor to get oiled with additional cash, Fortune learnt.

SATCON Construction Plc., one of the domestic construction firms emerged over the past two decades, was hired to undertake the expansion work at a 62 million Br cost, in April 2009. Authorities attribute the delay in construction to the financial pressure on the company due to price escalations in the construction cost over the past three years. It is one of the six sites the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise has, which require extension of deadline.

“But most of our sites are to get completed on time in the scheduled period, including the expansion at Bole International Airport,” Wendim Teklu, public relations and communications office head of the Enterprise, told Fortune.

The Enterprise was contemplating at some point to take the project away from SATCON and retender the project to select another construction firm, disclosed Wendim.

[...]

SATCON has agreed to finalize the expansion between July and August 2012. When completed, Bahir Dar will have an extended terminal from accommodating less than 100 passengers to 170 at a time.


read the rest @Fortune (http://www.addisfortune.com/After%20Interruption,%20SATCON%20to%20Resume%20Construction%20on%20Bahir%20Dar%20Airport.htm)

It should be I mean there is a big Indian community in Sudan they shouldhave direct flights

A flight from Dubai to Addis on a 777

photo and story by: N178UA
taken from Airliners.net


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Ethiopian Airlines was the 132nd airlines I have flown with. I didn’t overly set my expectation on them knowing that I didn’t pay much so I shouldn’t expect or ask much in return. I think ET is fair, practical and punctual. Clearly they have been benefited from the membership of Star Alliance and proud to be part of it. They’re still a long way to go to match the other world class airlines in the rest of Star Alliance. What I think their biggest asset is their African network. The connection was perfect timing wise and by far, they offer the best convenience to Africa through their hub in Addis. From a country with GDP per capita of only 300 USD per person (taken from Wikipedia), Ethiopian airlines took everyone by surprise! I look forward to their B787 soon!



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They serve injera on EAL flights? I never knew that- at least they doing something cultural!

http://www.samchuiphotos.com/ET/IMG_6337.jpg

That presentation is just awful though!

They serve injera on EAL flights? I never knew that- at least they doing something cultural!

http://www.samchuiphotos.com/ET/IMG_6337.jpg

That presentation is just awful though!

Soooooooo true it looks a bit mess and disgusting it should be presented by the way that the passenger get his appetite open by just the presentation :cheers:

Soooooooo true it looks a bit mess and disgusting it should be presented by the way that the passenger get his appetite open by just the presentation :cheers:

Sorry, but I don't see it your way. The only thing that's wrong with the picture is the food is not full. I think the passengers must have liked it, as well. Perhaps, for foreigners or Abesha people who grew up outside and who used to eating with forks and chopsticks, it may look disgusting, I guess.

Sorry, but I don't see it your way. The only thing that's wrong with the picture is the food is not full. I think the passengers must have liked it, as well. Perhaps, for foreigners or Abesha people who grew up outside and who used to eating with forks and chopsticks, it may look disgusting, I guess.

Excuse me!! what are you saying i was agreeing with Simfan the presentation of the food is in bit mess but the food looks Delicious the disgusting thing that is not organised not the food btw i dont like to eat with forks though i live outside ;)

Injera on the plane?? I've never seen it being served when I flew without, it's probably outside of EU.

Excuse me!! what are you saying i was agreeing with Simfan the presentation of the food is in bit mess but the food looks Delicious the disgusting thing that is not organised not the food btw i dont like to eat with forks though i live outside ;)

Oh please, just because the presentation is not to your liking, don't blast it saying it's disgusting...be respectful of the fact this is "Ethiopian food" presented the "Ethiopian Way". Does everything have to be presented in a Western manner for you to appreciate it?
*Fitsom - I got your jerba LOL.

yosiast, I'm positive the traditional "Ethiopian way" didn't involve foil baking pans. Presentation is important in the industry- whether it's "Western" or not! Let's take inspiration from the airline gold standard:

http://www.everythingpanam.com/images/b377buffet_01.jpg

http://www.everythingpanam.com/images/1964%20August%20stainless%20steel%20gravy%20in%20707%20F%20roast%20cart%20a.jpg

And then we combine it with something traditional:

http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens12352871_1300283366ethiopian_buffet_-_Copy.J

And the result is a neat and attractive presentation!

Oh please, just because the presentation is not to your liking, don't blast it saying it's disgusting...be respectful of the fact this is "Ethiopian food" presented the "Ethiopian Way". Does everything have to be presented in a Western manner for you to appreciate it?
*Fitsom - I got your jerba LOL.

Dude i didnt mean to bash the Ethiopian food i just said the presentation is in mess seriously look at it its not about Ethiopian presentation its about how this food looks so messy

here is a video of Turkish Airlines food presentation

zFYM4ECGpZA

yosiast, I'm positive the traditional "Ethiopian way" didn't involve foil baking pans. Presentation is important in the industry- whether it's "Western" or not! Let's take inspiration from the airline gold standard:

And the result is a neat and attractive presentation!

+1111

Injera on the plane?? I've never seen it being served when I flew without, it's probably outside of EU.

It looks like first class, and I imagine service would be difficult in Y, so I suppose it's limited to first. But how to fix this?:

http://www.samchuiphotos.com/ET/IMG_6337.jpg

Keep the cart. Get a nice tablecloth that resembles the weave of a mesob. Serve a plated appetizer of sambussa and salad. Get 6-8 agelgels with shiro, atakilt, doro wot, tibs, yebeck wot, shiro, kitfo, etc., and allow the guest to choose what he likes. Get a little mesob (like this (http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com/images/mesob_agelgel.jpg)) and put down a roll or two of injera that's neatly stacked in a larger mesob on the cart. Serve the injera and co. to the passenger in the little mesob. Have a pastry and buna/chai for dessert.

Speaking of plates, I have a very nice Ethiopian dinner service at home, maybe I'll take pics.

For economy, set aside a roll of injera, two choices of two sauces & a veggie option (say, tibs & doro wot, kitfo & yebeck wot, and shiro & atakilt), with separate salad, pastry, and the like. It should be neat as well, and bonus points if the containers have traditional design elements. The end result should look like this:

http://www.ana.co.jp/wws/th/e/ana_info/morning/images/meal_3.jpg

But we'll need a bigger plate. :lol: Oh, and dabo for everyone. See what I mean? It's about presentation. And, of course, we'll need Western options.

^^Vote Simfan for Ethiopian Airlines CEO :banana:
When I flow from DC to Addis I didn't saw any injera served ,and I think its very hard a three day old injera and wot to test like fresh food.So probably that why they are not serving on the long distance flight.
Nice picture by the way Skyliner:cheers:

Dude i didnt mean to bash the Ethiopian food i just said the presentation is in mess seriously look at it its not about Ethiopian presentation its about how this food looks so messy

here is a video of Turkish Airlines food presentation

zFYM4ECGpZA

I've flown on Turkish Airlines two different times and my assessment is that it is one of the worst airlines I've ever used after Yemenia.
*I've used about 25 or so airlines (European,African, and American) so far and these two are the worst.

yosiast, I'm positive the traditional "Ethiopian way" didn't involve foil baking pans. Presentation is important in the industry- whether it's "Western" or not! Let's take inspiration from the airline gold standard:

http://www.everythingpanam.com/images/b377buffet_01.jpg[/IMG]

http://www.everythingpanam.com/images/1964%20August%20stainless%20steel%20gravy%20in%20707%20F%20roast%20cart%20a.jpg[/IMG]

And then we combine it with something traditional:

http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/lens12352871_1300283366ethiopian_buffet_-_Copy.J[/IMG]

And the result is a neat and attractive presentation!

The gold standard died 20+ years ago. Have you flown on any of the U.S carriers? You're lucky if you get free water nowadays...I can't believe they sell you even the most basic, smallest, crappiest snack...even on international flights sometimes.

It looks like first class, and I imagine service would be difficult in Y, so I suppose it's limited to first. But how to fix this?:

Keep the cart. Get a nice tablecloth that resembles the weave of a mesob. Serve a plated appetizer of sambussa and salad. Get 6-8 agelgels with shiro, atakilt, doro wot, tibs, yebeck wot, shiro, kitfo, etc., and allow the guest to choose what he likes. Get a little mesob (like this (http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com/images/mesob_agelgel.jpg)) and put down a roll or two of injera that's neatly stacked in a larger mesob on the cart. Serve the injera and co. to the passenger in the little mesob. Have a pastry and buna/chai for dessert.

Sim: now I like you :)

I've flown on Turkish Airlines two different times and my assessment is that it is one of the worst airlines I've ever used after Yemenia.
*I've used about 25 or so airlines (European,African, and American) so far and these two are the worst.

Yemenia yes but Turkish Airlines are good in the long haul flights only! but i agree on some routes they suck iv flown Turkish Airlines many times from Khartoum and Dammam and Bahrain and these routes sucked because the flight is short but iv flown Istanbul-Chicago route they were outstanding after it depends on the route which is really bad

Yemenia yes but Turkish Airlines are good in the long haul flights only! but i agree on some routes they suck iv flown Turkish Airlines many times from Khartoum and Dammam and Bahrain and these routes sucked because the flight is short but iv flown Istanbul-Chicago route they were outstanding after it depends on the route which is really bad

Both times I flew with Turkish were long-haul flights crossing 3 continents and with 1 connection each in Istanbul. Each and every flight I was on (all 4 of them) were beyond terrible...cheap service, cheap crew, cheap food, and very hostile reception in Istanbul each time.

Both times I flew with Turkish were long-haul flights crossing 3 continents and with 1 connection each in Istanbul. Each and every flight I was on (all 4 of them) were beyond terrible...cheap service, cheap crew, cheap food, and very hostile reception in Istanbul each time.

Thats weird my flight was fantastic luxury service great attitude smiling crew good food the service was fantastic Turkish Airlines won the best Airlines in Europe for 2011 so :dunno: maybe you took them a bit way earlier

http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-INT/WebTV/2011/europe_best_airline_en.jpg

early and mid 2011

Dont know man ^^

The gold standard died 20+ years ago. Have you flown on any of the U.S carriers? You're lucky if you get free water nowadays...I can't believe they sell you even the most basic, smallest, crappiest snack...even on international flights sometimes.

Undoubtedly. I had my seatmate look at me like I was crazy when I laughed after looking at Southwest's "menu", which was a listing of soft drinks and crackers that somehow took up an entire brochure. US airlines are pathetic in that regard. I once flew on a low-cost carrier from Milan to Vienna, an hour long flight, the ticket was like 12 euros w/o taxes- yet they served drinks and gave out free sandwiches! I've flown cross-country here and not be served as much as a piece of fruit! US airlines are pathetic. I was once upgraded to first on a Delta red-eye back in the day. The service was inferior to that on KLM's transatlantic in econony. That is saying something.

Even EAL, with that presentation, is better than the US airlines, but it needs to compete with the rich Gulf airlines and the European ones. But even on a Bahir Dar-Addis flight, I was served pastries and a drink. On Gonder-Axum, little cakes. These must have both been less than an hour.

The leaders in this day and age are, in my opinion: Lufthansa, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Qantas, Air France, Cathay Pacific, Asiana, British Airlines, and Gulf Air. Of course, I've neve flown on any of them. :lol: But the gold standard shall always be the Pan Am of the 60s and 70s.

Sim: now I like you :)

I thought you would.

Ethiopian to acquire 15 new aircraft Buys Q400 simulator .

Saturday, 31 March 2012 06:03 By KALEYESUS BEKELE


The Ethiopian Airlines is to acquire 15 new aircraft from Boeing and Bombardier this year.

In an exclusive interview with The Reporter, TewoldeGebremariam, Ethiopian CEO, said the airline would acquire four Boeing787 Dreamliner jetliners, four Boeing737-800, five BombardierQ400 and two Boeing777 freighters. Ethiopian placed ten firm orders for Dreamliner aircraft valued at 1.5 billion dollars in 2005. The aircraft were supposed to be delivered to Ethiopian in 2008-2010. However, for various reasons. Boeing has been compensating Ethiopian for the costs the airline incurred due to the delay in delivery. Now executives of Boeing say they would deliver the first two Dreamlinners in July or August. “They are saying they would delivery in July or August. They did not decide,” Tewolde said.

Despite the escalating fuel price that created a havoc in the global airline industry Ethiopian is still making a profit. “The fuel price hike is affecting our profitability. But still we are profitable. Of course, the profit will be less but we will make profit. We are acquiring all these new aircraft because we still have a storng financial status. If you do not have a strong financial position, financiers will not give you loans. Ethiopian still has a strong financial position. That is why it is able to acquire all these aircraft. Our financiers rely on us because they know that we have a strong financial status. They know that we are strong so they trust us,” Tewolde said.

Ethiopian has 48 aircraft comprising Boeing767, 757, 737, 747, MD11, and Q400. Ethiopian ordered 12Airbus A350.

In a related news Ethiopian has bought a Bombardier Q400 simulator at a cost of 15 million dollars from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer. Tewolde said Ethiopian made several agreements with Bombardier. “We agreed to be Bombardier parts distributor in Africa. We agreed to be a certified Bombardier MRO (maintenance repair and overhaul) center. There are Q400,300,200 and 100 aircraft. We will repair these aircraft. We will also train pilots on these aircraft,” Tewolde said.

The CEO denied the report that claims that his management was compelling its employees to contribute to the airline and work on day-offs as part of the management’s cost reduction strategy. “We did not force anyone. It is the employees by themselves who are working on their day-off without overtime payment. The pilots and the flight attendants contribute one dollar from their per diem. This has been done on their own initiative. We did not impose anything on them.”


http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/News/ethiopian-to-acquire-15-new-aircraft-buys-q400-simulator.html

Hey Simfan you forgot the world best airlines Qatar airways anf there is also Thai Airways an Korean Air

Roha ,that news supposed to be on the Ethiopian airlines thread.

Hey Simfan you forgot the world best airlines Qatar airways anf there is also Thai Airways an Korean Air

Yes- I mean't Qatar Airways, not Gulf Air. All of those are up there too.

Lol I thought so at first too s Gulf Air is a medium class airlines

Undoubtedly. I had my seatmate look at me like I was crazy when I laughed after looking at Southwest's "menu", which was a listing of soft drinks and crackers that somehow took up an entire brochure. US airlines are pathetic in that regard. I once flew on a low-cost carrier from Milan to Vienna, an hour long flight, the ticket was like 12 euros w/o taxes- yet they served drinks and gave out free sandwiches! I've flown cross-country here and not be served as much as a piece of fruit! US airlines are pathetic. I was once upgraded to first on a Delta red-eye back in the day. The service was inferior to that on KLM's transatlantic in econony. That is saying something.

Even EAL, with that presentation, is better than the US airlines, but it needs to compete with the rich Gulf airlines and the European ones. But even on a Bahir Dar-Addis flight, I was served pastries and a drink. On Gonder-Axum, little cakes. These must have both been less than an hour.

The leaders in this day and age are, in my opinion: Lufthansa, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Qantas, Air France, Cathay Pacific, Asiana, British Airlines, and Gulf Air. Of course, I've neve flown on any of them. :lol: But the gold standard shall always be the Pan Am of the 60s and 70s.



I thought you would.

My father flew Economy on United Airlines from the US to Dubai and had a great experience. Due to the duration of the flight, he had two meals each way. In addition snack and drinks were set up towards the rear of the plane for anyone's picking at any time. However I can most definitely agree with you on domestic flights.

I've flown Delta from NYC to Zurich, and I wouldn't complain about it, either.

British Airways / bmi to Launch Codeshare Service


British Airways starting 05APR12 will start codesharing on selected bmi service, just days after the EC approved IAG’s acquisition of bmi. Initially BA will codeshare on bmi’s selected destinations in Central Asia, Middle East and West Africa.

Codeshare routes:

London Heathrow – Almaty^
London Heathrow – Amman* – Addis Ababa
London Heathrow – Baku – Bishkek
London Heathrow – Baku – Tbilisi
London Heathrow – Beirut
London Heathrow – Beirut – Khartoum
London Heathrow – Freetown^
London Heathrow – Yerevan

Codeshare flight number range is BA8050 – 8099, except those marked with ^ (BA7020 – 7029)
*BA is not offering codeshare service to Amman on bmi flight

Saudi Arabian Airlines to Add 5th Weekly Jeddah – Addis Ababa Service from May 2012


Saudi Arabian Airlines starting 02MAY12 is increasing Jeddah – Addis Ababa route, with 5th weekly flight introduced on Tuesdays (Wednesdays from Addis Ababa). Service operates with Airbus A320 aircraft.

Overall frequency to Addis Ababa will raise from 7 to 8 weekly as a result.

Schedule:

SV421 JED2150 – 0030+1ADD 320 x47
SV420 ADD0205 – 0515JED 320 x13

Good news for the Saudi/Ethiopian relations :banana::banana:

Thats weird my flight was fantastic luxury service great attitude smiling crew good food the service was fantastic Turkish Airlines won the best Airlines in Europe for 2011 so :dunno: maybe you took them a bit way earlier

http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-INT/WebTV/2011/europe_best_airline_en.jpg

Two of my cousins also flew on turk last December to save $200 over ET and they paid dearly for it...
lousy service, food, and delayed for over 28 hours.
hostile attitude and all

Two of my cousins also flew on turk last December to save $200 over ET and they paid dearly for it...
lousy service, food, and delayed for over 28 hours.
hostile attitude and all

Iv been at this situation myself it was from Khartoum to Istanbul we delayed 6 hours at Khartoum and missed the other flight at Istanbul to Jakarta then we had to wait a whole week at Istanbul to fined a new booking to Jakarta and i also noticed that they treat passengers from Khartoum like cattle's they been discriminant to the passengers i dont know if that happened in all African countries:ohno::ohno::ohno:

The biggest passenger plane in the world the Airbus A380-800 were making an high altitude trial flight in Bole airport on 2006.I love this monster :cheers:Ethiopian airlines should order 5 of these babies and stop begging Boeing for its dreamliner, on the process making Us happy :naughty:

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/3/6/1169635.jpg

Fromhttp://www.airliners.net/photo/Airbus-Industrie/Airbus-A380-861/1169635/L/&sid=ce38ca5beb3a8fd681861f19ac30e566

We ought to buy a few 747-I's or at least lease a few 400s.

^^No boeings :bash: three of the Ethiopian airlines 787 dreamliners are on assembly line now for more than 10 months and for boeing it takes only 2-3 months to deliver an aircraft once it is on assembly line unless there is some kind of mechanical malfunction.So Boeing is not honoring its words and we need to go around and find some other company and Airbus has been pushin us to ordrer something from them (like the A300s) and in my opinion for Ethiopian Airline longest flights Airbus A380 is very ideal.

Mekele and Bahirdar Airports start cold-storage operation.




By Elias Gebreselassie



Monday, 09 April 2012 08:39



Wondim Teklu, public relations head at the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE), said. The storage can handle 150 tons of goods of perishable export items like flowers, fruits, vegetables and meat as well as fish caught from the Tekeze River and grapes from nearby wine farms.
The construction as well as machineries installation, which took two years, was conducted by a local subsidiary of the Dutch firm Geerlofs while an access road connecting the cold storage area to the airport is being completed by EAE staff. A support office for the cold storage area is being built by local contractor; Gibril Geresu construction company.
Projected to cost around 28.4 million birr, for now only one butchery, Abergale, and some fruit and vegetable companies located in Southern Tigray region have agreed to store their export items at the facility. However more are expected when it starts running, according to Wondim
Meanwhile the Bahir Dar Ginbot 20 International Airport cold store project has officially begun service after it was finished last month, already stoking the interest of Tana Flora, they also expect meat and produce companies to follow suit.
The storage area that began construction in September 2008 and finished two months ahead of schedule was completed by another Dutch firm; Celtics.
A supporting office was built by Memarafi Construction company while the access road was constructed with the Airport Enterprise’s own staff. The final tab was 21 million birr.
Mekelle and Bahir Dar, located 783Km and 587Km north of Addis Ababa respectively, were targeted for the cold storage project because investments outside of the capital were increasing and they needed to equate investments with infrastructure projects.
“The flights planned for departure from Mekelle and Bahir Dar are mainly arranged to operate Middle Eastern airports like Dubai and Jeddah,” Wogayehu Terefe Ethiopian Airlines manager of public relations and publications told Capital.
The airliner says the upcoming direct flights will assure fresh delivery of meat products that could perish if they suffer delays. The frequency of the flights will be determined by the demand she added.
No new plans are in the works for more cold storage but Ethiopian Airlines announced recently that it will soon fly direct cargo planes from the two regional cities, to multiple European and Middle Eastern destinations.





http://www.capitalethiopia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=827:mekelle-bahir-dar-begin-cold-storage-airport-operations&catid=35:capital&Itemid=27

Wait both bahir dar and mekele have flights to khartoum !!!!

Btw Ethiopian.Airlines increased service to Dammam Saudi Arabia from 3 to 4 weekly flights after only 2 month since operation

Etihad Airways to launch flights to Ethiopia

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Etihad Airways will add the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to its rapidly growing network in November 2012. The airline will also start flying to the Indian city of Ahmedabad in the same month.
The two new cities will expand the airline’s reach to 86 passenger and cargo destinations around the world.
The new routes will each be served by an Airbus A320 aircraft and support Etihad Airways’ aims to connect key strategic cities with its home base of Abu Dhabi, enhancing commercial and leisure travel with the UAE‘s capital city.
Flights between Abu Dhabi and Addis Ababa, its ninth destination in Africa, will initially operate five times a week, increasing to daily in 2013. Flights will operate daily between Abu Dhabi and Ahmedabad, the airline’s ninth destination in India.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We continue to build strength and depth to our global network and the addition of Addis Ababa, a major East African hub, and Ahmedabad, the fifth largest city in India, will make significant contributions to traffic flows to Abu Dhabi and beyond.”
“Addis Ababa and Ahmedabad are economic centres in their respective countries and daily flights to Abu Dhabi will build greater ties with the UAE‘s capital as it continues to invest in world-class development projects and attract business and leisure travellers,” he added.
Ethiopia is the largest African market that Etihad Airways is yet to serve and the second most populous country in Africa. It is expected to contribute strong business and leisure traffic within the airline’s network.
There is also a growing Ethiopian population living and working in Abu Dhabi and the UAE which will benefit from the new Abu Dhabi – Addis Ababa service.
Etihad Airways’ new service to Ahmedabad will offer nearly 1,000 seats a week into the Guajarati city and the November 2012 launch will coincide with the beginning of the peak travel season in India.
The airline anticipates strong traffic flows from Ahmedabad to Abu Dhabi and onto its European and US destinations. It also underlines Etihad Airways’ commitment to serve the major population centres across India with direct flights to Abu Dhabi.
The A320 aircraft that will serve Addis Ababa and Ahmedabad have two cabins with 16 Pearl Business Class seats and 120 Coral Economy Class seats.

Congrats Ethiopian Etihad considered one of the best Airlines in the world :applause:

Ethiopian Airport Launches Self Check Services

Share | .Bole International Airport, Ethiopia launched self check-in-services starting to ease long lines at check in counters at the International Terminal.

The airport currently has 28 check in counters and has added four self check in kiosks where customers can enter their flight number, destination and reservation code and be able to print a boarding pass.

The self checks in booths are especially ideal for those who do not have check in luggage as they can then proceed to Immigration without delays.

The airport has been planning the self check in booths for the last two years, according to Hailaye Gebretsadik Manager of the Bole International Airport Administration.

The project was subcontracted to SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) an international IT and air transport communications expert based in Belgium.

SITA provided the eight booths with four to be used in the terminal handling domestic and regional flights and the others at the international terminal said Abera Beyene, Manager of the Bole International Airport Operation Hub.

SITA also installed the applications and networked them to the Ethiopian Airlines system noted Wondwossen Nadew, an employee with the local SITA bureau.

With more than 5000 passengers passing through the airport on a daily basis this kind of technology is sorely needed according to Abera.

The kiosks are currently set to handle passengers flying with Ethiopian Airlines with other airlines requiring to make separate deals with SITA to have this technology explained Wondwossen.

Source: Addis Fortune

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Enterprise to expand passengers’ terminal of Bole Airport

Addis Ababa July 2/2012 The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise said it will expand passengers’ terminal of the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport with an outlay of 250 million US dollars.

Enterprise Deputy CEO, Tewodros Dawit told ENA on Monday that the expansion work of the terminal will be finalized in three years.

The expansion project will increase the capacity of the airport to provide service to 22 million passengers from the current seven million annually.

He said the ever increasing air traffic flow to the country makes the expansion of the terminal necessary.

According to him, the number of passengers, who get service at the airport, either to stay in the country or to transit is increasing by over 35 percent annually on average.

The airport is providing service to more than 110 aircrafts, which he said is beyond its capacity. These factors make essential the expansion of the passengers' terminal. Tewodros said the design study, being undertaken for the expansion project will be finalized within the coming four months.

He said the fund for the expansion project will be secured in loan from international institutions and the government of China. :cheers::banana:

I'd rather they build a new airport outside Addis than build a huge one in Bole. It will limit the future vertical growth of the city otherwise, not to mention the traffic congestion.

Abesha,

I completely agree! In fact, the airport should have been moved to Jodjo or something.

While I've always been hesitant to build a new airport- after we built that nice new terminal not so long ago- if they're going to triple capacity now is perhaps the best time to bite the bullet and build an entirely new airport.

I really really think ADD could have become a major hub, but this is something we needed to start working on 15 years ago. Now Dubai is the major regional hub. But I think there's room for another one, and with rising traffic I think East Africa/Middle East is going to need one. The best way for this to happen is with a grand new airport, and something with perhaps twice the planned capacity- 40 million or even 30 million.

If they were going to build a new airport it would probably need to be to the south, given the existing developments and topography, and desire to avoid hills/mountains. Maybe someplace near Kality, that would place it on the Addis-Adama commuter rail line I dream of.

But assuming this is just an addition, the easiest thing to do would probably be to extend the terminal in a straight line to the east, with the same architectural style.

Carver02,

I would say even further outside of Addis Ababa region---like 100 or more kilometers or so. The airport could then be connected with a superhighway and highspeed railway of some sort. The new airport could probably be located deep inside oromia region.

I actually like the location of rhe current ADD it's like KRT in the center of the city I love city centered airports

Why on earth would we be basing ourselves of KRT? Skyliner123- we can't build it too far otherwise people just won't go to it.

^^:؟

Simfan,

Lady Gaga,

Perhaps Addis needs a two ariport solution like DC (i.e. Ronald Regean National Airport, and Washington Dallus).

Laddy Gaga,

I had heard a few years ago that Khartoum was also building a brand new airport away from the city. What is the progress on that?

Yeah about KRT new airport what can I say well........some people say its cancelled some of them say it's on hold some of them say its progressing very well but the government keeping the project secretive! So I really don't know we have a huge corruption in Sudan so......

A new airport isn't a bad idea, but I don't see any nonbuilt up areas to put it. Akaki Kality and southern Addis in general, is saturated. Unless it's going to be even further south like Modjo, Dukem or something...or further East from Bole like Legetafo or up towards Sendafa.

I would just upgrade Terminal 1 domestic, connect it structurally to Terminal 2, expand the taxi ways, add a runway and build parking structures in front of the whole thing. That should do it.

By the way, if you look on google earth you can see the new asphalted area to the side of terminal 2.

Yosef,

Akaki and Kality are only builtup along the main roaf. Drife just a few kilometers to the right or to the left from the main road and you will find plenty of empty space. After that, it will just be a matter of building a new road to connect the new airport with the city center of Addis.

^^ you're right sky, thats a good point.

your prayers have been heard, but it's only a plan


Airport enterprise plans to build country’s biggest airport between Modjo, Meki



The air traffic growth at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport has prompted the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise to plan to build a new international airport between Modjo and Meki towns on the Hawassa road.

The director general of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, Col. Wossenyeleh Hunegnaw on Thursday said that the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise was conducting a study on the establishment of a new international airport. When the major expansion project of the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport was drafted in the early 1990s, it was assumed that the airport will accommodate air traffic until 2017. However, the airport has reached its maximum capacity in 2010. Hence, the construction of a new international airport seems inevitable.

A senior official of the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise told The Reporter that previously the enterprise was conducting a study on a location near Dukem town, some 30 km east of Addis Ababa. However, this was revoked and the enterprise is now contemplating to build the new international airport between Modjo and Meki towns on Hawassa road.

The official said the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport will be used for regional flights, VIP flights and for those who are involved in general aviation services (private airlines who provide none schedule flights). The new airport would accommodate long haul international flights.

The Addis Ababa Bole International Airport currently accommodates more than 150 flights per day. Ethiopian Airlines is buying new aircraft. Currently, Ethiopian has more than 60 departures per day. The national flag carrier increased the number of jetliners from 10 to 40 in the past 15 years. It plans to further increase this number to 115 by 2025. Foreign carriers that are operating to Addis Ababa have reached 13. “All these facts prompted the need to build a new international airport,” the official said. At present a team of experts are undertaking the feasibility study on the new airport.

The Enterprise has informed the Ethiopian Roads Authority to consider the plan to build the new international airport in developing new road network. The enterprise wants ERA to build a new road that stretches from Addis Ababa to the new airport and the road to Hawassa via Zequala Bishoftu. “We have presented the plan to ERA. They may submit it to the government next year,” the official said. The public relations head with ERA, Samson Wondimu, told The Reporter that he was not aware of the new plan.

Why on earth would we be basing ourselves of KRT? Skyliner123- we can't build it too far otherwise people just won't go to it.

People don't have to go to it. Airplanes, buses, trains, and cars will do that.

Terrex,

I wonder if this means 'NO new terminal at Bole'?/?/?/

Otherwise I love the new location!

My prayers have indeed been answered :banana:

You're an atheist:bash:^^:lol: :P

^^:lol:
What ,did we have to go all the way to Meki to build an International airport? how about Sululta which is behind the Intoto mountains and can save us from the distance and the noise of the planes? I mean we have all these open spaces around Addis yet prefer to go all the way down to meki :bash::nuts:

^^:lol:
What ,did we have to go all the way to Meki to build an International airport? how about Sululta which is behind the Intoto mountains and can save us from the distance and the noise of the planes? I mean we have all these open spaces around Addis yet prefer to go all the way down to meki :bash::nuts:

Meki is perfect because of its low elevation and relatively flat terrain in the surrounding area which makes it perfect for air navigation. Sululta is, on the other hand, even a higher elevation than Bole and tightly squeezed amist some extensive mountain ranges.

At 5,000 feet above sea lavel, Meki is almost halfe the elevation that Bole is which will enable it to accomodate much heavier air loads than the current airport. The location's distance from the city is also perfect because it can be overcome by a superhighway and/or commuter rail. Plus it gives the city plenty of room for growth and expansion.

I think they should call it 'Addis Renaissance International Airport (ADRIA)'.....:cheers:

Looking foward to this, hopefully more airlines will come:banana:

Skyliner123 made a good point about elevation and loading capacity. At first I thought this was too far south, but I suppose there's a good reason for it. Based solely on location I prefer somewhere between Kality and Dukam, maybe closer to Dukam.

This is perfect. I don't know what abnet is whining about (other than for his obvious bias toward the North). The location will go a long way in addressing the disproportionate growth of Addis relative to other cities in the region by equitably distributing access to its international networks. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if a new metropolis develops around the new airport.

It appears very likely they are considering the location for particularly economic reasons since it is at the heart of the flower farms industry and future fruit farms. These commodities rely solely on air freight for expedited delivery, so location is very important.

There are countless other benefits, such as easier access to other hot spots like Hawassa and other cities in the south, which should help reduce the stress on the road network in the Addis-Modjo corridor.

It will be pain in the ass for people that need to catch regional flights, other than that, it's seems good!

It will be pain in the ass for people that need to catch regional flights, other than that, it's seems good!

that is true, though it is very likely that there'll be connections to diredawa, bahir dar & mekelle int'l airports...

that is true, though it is very likely that there'll be connections to diredawa, bahir dar & mekelle int'l airports...
Bole will be used for regional flights according to the article, I hope they change their mind though..

Are they reading SSC or something? "Stadium too small".... new stadium! "We need new airport"... new airport! Meki strikes me as too far, though... Modjo is a bit more reasonable... but Dukem is the best.

Simfan,

Think of the Washington Dallus or BWI arports which are both very far away from DC and Sinverspring areas. With the right ground transportation, however, they couldn't be closer.

Likewaise, the proposed airport at Meki will be just as close to Addis if planed with its own express superhighway to connect it to the city.

... but Dukem is the best.

I like this.

These are the distances from airports to city centers I estimated from looking at GoogleEarth (these are rough eyeball estimates, so don't cuss me out :lol: ).

Airport: distance
LA, Cali. LAX : 10km / 16km distance by road
Chicago ORD : 25km
NY Laguardia : 10 km from midtown
NY JFK : 14km from downtown
Atlanta Hartsfield : 10km
Guangzho Baiyun: 30km
Shanghai Pudong: 25km
London Heathrow: 28km

Dukem is about 20km from the southern tip of the ring road, and it's about 35km from Meskel Sq. IMO about halfway between Dukem and Kality would be perfect.

Modjo and Meki are too far. Hopefully someone, like Ethiopian Airlines or the business owners near Bole, will reject this.

Dulles is 40 km, BWI 53 km. Montreal Mirabel Airport, which failed because it was too far away (amongst other reasons), was 55 km.


This airport would be 120 km away from Addis. It just won't work.

King fahad international airport in Dammam (my city) is ver far like 45km that's why people here use Bahrain airport instead of there own city airport

Sweden's Arlanda airport is 40 km from the city, there's an express train that takes you there in 20 min (that goes 200 km/h), that's reasonable but not a meter more.

120 km is indeed too far in my opinion, a lot of people will probably react.

^^yeah Saudis already reacted lol by traveling through another country whch is Bahrain

Who said it was 120 Km? ....For Pete's sake, the airport is to be located in Meki NOT in Mecca!!!

I just measured it n I got 59 k/m! Plus remember that the proposed airport is not actually to be located at Meki it self but rather somewhere between Meki and Mojo.

P.S. we can not only think about distance when there are other important factors such as terrain and elevation. The new Ethiopian B777, for example, is able to fly DC to addis nonstop but not the other way arround! The reason is because the aircraft is not able to carry a full load from Addis due to Bole's elevation i. e. thin air. I believe the new location will solve such problems in addition to increasing new capacity.

Lady Gaga,
Yoniii (why three i?)


I dont think that Ethiopians will be using Djibouti or Khartoum airports just because Meki is too far. lol

Who said it was 120 Km? ....For Pete's sake, the airport is to be located in Meki NOT in Mecca!!!

I just measured it n I got 59 k/m! Plus remember that the proposed airport is not actually to be located at Meki it self but rather somewhere between Meki and Mojo.

P.S. we can not only think about distance when there are other important factors such as terrain and elevation. The new Ethiopian B777, for example, is able to fly DC to addis nonstop but not the other way arround! The reason is because the aircraft is not able to carry a full load from Addis due to Bole's elevation i. e. thin air. I believe the new location will solve such problems in addition to increasing new capacity.

Lady Gaga,
Yoniii (why three i?)


I dont think that Ethiopians will be using Djibouti or Khartoum airports just because Meki is too far. lol

I think the distance would be at least 80 km, if it's halfway between Meki and Mojo, and I even allowed for a new expressway to shorten the distance (going from the halfway point due north towards Debre Zeyit).

IMO, the loading/elevation argument needs to be very strong in order to justify such a location.

Who said it was 120 Km? ....For Pete's sake, the airport is to be located in Meki NOT in Mecca!!!

I just measured it n I got 59 k/m! Plus remember that the proposed airport is not actually to be located at Meki it self but rather somewhere between Meki and Mojo.

P.S. we can not only think about distance when there are other important factors such as terrain and elevation. The new Ethiopian B777, for example, is able to fly DC to addis nonstop but not the other way arround! The reason is because the aircraft is not able to carry a full load from Addis due to Bole's elevation i. e. thin air. I believe the new location will solve such problems in addition to increasing new capacity.

Lady Gaga,
Yoniii (why three i?)


I dont think that Ethiopians will be using Djibouti or Khartoum airports just because Meki is too far. lol

We already have a lot of Ethiopians traveling through Khartoum besides I never said anything about Ethiopians using KRT

Btw lol at you're sarcastic way of typing lol

Elevations:

Addis: 2300-2500m
Debre Zeyit: 1920m
Mojo: 1788m
Meki: 1636m
Adama: 1712m
Ziway:1846m

I suppose the difference from 2300m to about 1700m may be significant enough to make this a serious consideration. But Istill find it highly inconveinent.

Lady Gaga,

There is nothing wrong with Ethiopians using KRT and vice versa by the way----that's what regional economic integration is all about.

Lady Gaga,

There is nothing wrong with Ethiopians using KRT and vice versa by the way----that's what regional economic integration is all about.

I know there's nothing wrong with it but I understanded ur comment in a sarcastic way

See it for yourselves!

to Modjo- 70 km
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=addis+ababa+to+mojo+ethiopia&ie=UTF-8&ei=73_8T6S1E8XZ0QHW18z6Bg&ved=0CD0Q_AUoAg

to Meki- 132 km
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=addis+ababa+to+meki&ie=UTF-8&ei=73_8T6S1E8XZ0QHW18z6Bg&ved=0CD0Q_AUoAg

It's going to be somewhere in between.

The site I imagined is about 1900m, which may be savings enough.

https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=8.689639,38.848686&gl=us&ie=UTF-8

http://www.2merkato.com/201207091407/ethiopia-to-build-new-international-airport

Mojo would be a perfect spot to build a new international airport. It's located just between Debre Zeirt and Nazret, wich means that in the near future both Debre Zeit and Nazret will just be parts of Addis Abeba. They will not be citys of their own but integreted and counted as greater Addis Abeba. The construction and development will boom all the way from Addis to Nazret, as it already has begun....

"between Debre Zeit and Nazret"? No, it's not.

"between Debre Zeit and Nazret"? No, it's not.

Well I see that somebody don't know how to read a map...If Mojo is not located between Debrezeit and Nazret so please tell me where it's exactly located.

http://www.2merkato.com/201207091407/ethiopia-to-build-new-international-airport

Mojo would be a perfect spot to build a new international airport. It's located just between Debre Zeirt and Nazret, wich means that in the near future both Debre Zeit and Nazret will just be parts of Addis Abeba. They will not be citys of their own but integreted and counted as greater Addis Abeba. The construction and development will boom all the way from Addis to Nazret, as it already has begun....

lol First, in your dreams. Second, in your dreams. Third, there are no places called Debre Zeit or Nazret. They have proper names.

Other than that, yes, Modjo would indeed be a great spot for an airport.

"between Debre Zeit and Nazret"? No, it's not.

Modjo is indeed located between the two cities. Perhaps you misunderstood.

lol First, in your dreams. Second, in your dreams. Third, there are no places called Debre Zeit or Nazret. They have proper names.

Other than that, yes, Modjo would indeed be a great spot for an airport.



Modjo is indeed located between the two cities. Perhaps you misunderstood.


LOL:lol: "there ere no places called Debre Zeit or Nazret" LOL. :lol:I'm sorry I just use the official names of the two cities, you can say what you want, the names still exist in everyday conversations all around our land and among our fellow-countrymen in disapora. Maybe we should also change the name on our capital to it's "real" name? LOL again and again.:lol::lol::lol:

What is the real name of Addis Ababa?

Those of you that want to discusss names of places should probably start a new thread. I think it might even be an interesting topic.

LOL:lol: "there ere no places called Debre Zeit or Nazret" LOL. :lol:I'm sorry I just use the official names of the two cities, you can say what you want, the names still exist in everyday conversations all around our land and among our fellow-countrymen in disapora. Maybe we should also change the name on our capital to it's "real" name? LOL again and again.:lol::lol::lol:

Official names? This should help clear it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazret

Maybe you didn't know the two cities are officially named Adama and Bishoftu--though unlikely that you wouldn't know this.

Addis Ababa is officially named Addis Ababa, so I don't know what you're trying to get at. Maybe that's an allusion to Finfinè, or Sheger? lol Nice try.

I thought he meant Meki.

lol First, in your dreams. Second, in your dreams. Third, there are no places called Debre Zeit or Nazret. They have proper names.

Now you're just playing the provocateur.

I thought he meant Meki.



Now you're just playing the provocateur.

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

But if one calls sheger addis ababa he has to address the two cities as adama and bishoftu right? just kidding

The idea seems good though, if the airport could be built around mojo or even futher away from mojo then it would be central to major economic sector of the nation call it tourism, agriculture, service and logistic rbut they need to think for everyhour connection between this place and addis.

ain't a city planner but addis seems the opposite of being a good location for a capital city how about changing the capital city to hawassa and building the airport there :lol:

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

But if one calls sheger addis ababa he has to address the two cities as adama and bishoftu right? just kidding

The idea seems good though, if the airport could be built around mojo or even futher away from mojo then it would be central to major economic sector of the nation call it tourism, agriculture, service and logistic rbut they need to think for everyhour connection between this place and addis.

ain't a city planner but addis seems the opposite of being a good location for a capital city how about changing the capital city to hawassa and building the airport there :lol:

Addis is, by far, the best capital possible in Ethiopia. It's at the center of the road network, it will be at the center of the rail network, it's in the geographic center, and it is demographically diverse. Almost any other capital would be less diverse than Addis. It is also the headquarters of many businesses, especially in the financial sector, and having them close to the seat of government makes sense.

The major international airport doesn't need to be close to agriculture or even tourism. Most tourists expect to travel once in the country.

One love. :)

Addis is almost dead center in the middle of the country. One couldn't wish for a better location.

Addis is almost dead center in the middle of the country. One couldn't wish for a better location.

One certainly can. Modjo is more center-er.:cheers:

One certainly can. Modjo is more center-er.:cheers:

That general region of "central Shewa", yes.

pics of Jijigas new airport


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http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/News/enterprise-to-present-new-international-airport-project-to-government.html
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Enterprise to present new international airport project to government .

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By Kaleyesus Bekele

The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise is to present the gigantic new international airport construction project proposal to the government next week, it was learnt.
The air traffic growth at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport has prompted the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise to plan to build a new international airport out of the capital city between Modjo and Meki towns on Hawassa road, about 100 km south-east of Addis Ababa. A senior official at the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise told The Reporter that the enterprise was supposed to present the project proposal to the government for endorsement last August. However, it was postponed due to the death of the former Prime Minister MelesZenawi.

The enterprise was conducting a study on the establishment of a new international airport for the past couple of years. When the major expansion project of the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport was drafted in the early 1990s, it was assumed that the airport will accommodate air traffic until 2017. However, the airport has reached its maximum capacity in 2010. Hence, the construction of a new international airport seems inevitable.

Previously the enterprise was conducting a study at a location near Dukem town, some 30 km east of Addis Ababa. However, this was revoked and the enterprise is now contemplating building the new international airport between Modjo and Meki towns on Hawassa road. An independent aviation expert told The Reporter that the new location is chosen because of its low latitude. “As the altitude decreases aircraft’s fuel consumption decreases especially during take off. At lower altitudes, aircraft take-off load increases,” the expert said. “Modjo is an ideal location.”

Addis Ababa is known for its high altitude. Aircraft engines operate under stress and consume more fuel specially during take-off. That is the reason why aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus choose Addis Ababa Bole International Airport for conducting test flights.

An official of the enterprise said once the construction of the new airport is completed, the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport will be used for regional flights, VIP flights and for those who are involved in general aviation services (private airlines who provide non-scheduled flights). The new airport would accommodate long-haul international flights.

The Addis Ababa Bole International Airport currently accommodates more than 150 flights per day. Ethiopian Airlines is buying new aircraft. Currently, Ethiopian has more than 60 departures per day. The national flag carrier increased the number of jetliners from 10 to 40 in the past 15 years. It plans to further increase this number to 115 by 2025. Foreign carriers that are operating to Addis Ababa have reached 13. “All these facts prompted the need to build a new international airport,” the official said.

The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise has already handed over the project proposal to the Ministry of Transport and the ministry is expected to present it to the Council of Ministers next week.

Looks like there maybe a plan to connect Bole terminal 1 and the terminal 2. Not sure if this is part of the expansion they recently launched or not (I know they were supposed to expand the parking aprons), but found it on the website Yoniii posted:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2latyly.jpg
^^ It looks like this has been approved....




PM gives nod to new airport project

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In a related development, the enterprise is to expand the existing passenger terminal at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.The design work is being undertaken. The extention building will connect with terminal one (the old terminal).The enterprise has undertaken two expansion projects at the airport. In the first expansion project, it built an apron which accommodates 24 aircraft. Currently it is undertaking the second expansion project-the construction of apron which accommodates 14 aircraft.


Reporter (http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/News/pm-gives-nod-to-new-airport-project.html)

Very interesting interactive airline flight destination maps :cheers: Only downside it doesn't include small airports which most african airports are :bash:

http://planefinder.net/route/#ADD/?&_suid=13574376497460007984204106413817

Very interesting interactive airline flight destination maps :cheers: Only downside it doesn't include small airports which most african airports are :bash:

http://planefinder.net/route/#ADD/?&_suid=13574376497460007984204106413817

This is pretty awesome!!

Why does it take so long for Ethiopian Airports Enterprise to set a new Website? I am not a web designer but does it take really 2 years to design a website? I am really curious of looking information about the Airports, which are being under construction, and also about those which are going to be constructed in Ethiopia. So who is going to give us this information other than Ethiopian Airports Enterprise? Difficult to imagine Big Enterprise without actual Website.

It shouldn't take more than 2-3 months for a simple, informative website.

Thanks Yonii. The Information Department of Ethiopian Airports enterprise should take its job seriously. Is there any update about the upgrading project of Jimma airport and the newly planned mega Airport near Meki?