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First commercial flight in 20 years leaves Ethiopia for Eritrea: airline
ADDIS ABABA, July 18, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The first commercial flight to
Eritrea in two decades departed Wednesday from Addis Ababa, according to the
Ethiopian Airlines website, after the two nations ended their bitter conflict
in a whirlwind peace process.
Ethiopian Airlines indicated that flight ET0312 to Asmara had left Bole
International Airport, after a ceremony inaugurating the flight, which chief
executive Tewolde GebreMariam described as a “unique event in the history of
Ethiopia and Eritrea”.
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