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Ethiopia’s Airport Enterprise received the International Civil Aviation Organization certification for Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, making it one of a handful of airports in Africa who have the certificate.

A UN agency based in Canada, ICAO establishes the principles and techniques for international air navigation and promotes the planning and development to ensure the safety and orderly growth of international air transport.

The Airport’s Enterprise trained its personnel and obtain new technology to meet the Agency’s criteria for certification explained an official.

Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) announced it will build a cold storage that can preserve more than 150 tons of products in Dire Dawa International Airport.

The Ethiopians Airports Enterprise announced plans to inaugurate an 18 million birr bonded warehouse in Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The warehouse will be used to store duty free goods. 85% of the construction of the bonded project has been finalized said Wondim Teklu.

The construction will be completed when the machines required to assemble more buildings are brought in he explained. The construction is being undertaken by Mesfin Industrial Engineering PLC.

The bonded warehouse allows the deferment of duty payment until the goods are moved.

The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise announced that it expects to raise more than one billion birr from the various services that it renders in the new budget year.

The Enterprise will particularly focus on enhancing its market plans to expand its financial base it said.

EAE plans to raise the projected revenue through the development of airport infrastructure and by providing its standard airport services to customers. The enterprise also plans to implement a plan to support airlines during this budget year as well as increasing the quality of the services it offers and increasing the infrastructure of the airports it manages it was said.

The world’s newest, most modern and efficient aircraft, the Airbus A350 XWB (extra-wide body), made its East African debut, arrived at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport.