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Expansion work on the Aluto-Langano Geothermal Power Plant launched on Wednesday, Ethiopian News Agency reported.

Construction on Megech Irrigation and Drinking Water Dam Project is launched, Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported.

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and most profitable airline in Africa has been voted as "Africa's Best Business Class Airline" by passengers at the 9th Annual Best Travel Media Award ceremony held on 18 December 2013 in Beijing, China, in the presence of over 200 top travel professionals, travel agents, national tourism office representatives, and the media across China.

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the most profitable Airline in Africa, has celebrated its ten years of continuous service to Guangzhou, the third largest Chinese city, on December 19, 2013. Mr. Zhu Qianhong Vice-President of Guangdong Airports Management Group, Mr. Melaku Legesse, Consul-General of Ethiopia in Guangzhou, graced the event.

Ethiopian Seed Enterprise (ESE) expects to harvest over 304 thousand quintals of select seed during the ‘Meher’, a major harvest season in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Airlines has mandated Natixis as Pre Delivery Payment (PDP) Facility Lead Arranger and Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) as PDP Facility Co-Arranger to provide pre-delivery payment loan financing for its batch of four new Boeing 777-200 LR Freighter aircraft, to be delivered between autumn 2014 and winter 2015.

The Central Statistical Authority (CSA) of Ethiopia projects a 10 percent increase crop production yield by smallholder farmers in the current fiscal year, Ethiopian Herald reported.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the inauguration of the Bishoftu Farm Service Center (FSCs), last Tuesday, December 17, 2013, Ethiopian Press Agency reported.

The Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives passed the revised Raw Hides, Skins & Hides Marketing Proclamation during its ninth regular session on Thursday, The Reporter reported.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last week announced that Ethiopia’s air cargo market is the fastest growing in the world, along with Vietnam, Bangladesh Brazil and Peru, The Reporter reported.