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Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa, has partnered with the globally leading online booking platform GetYourGuide, to offer passengers an unforgettable travel experience. This partnership provides Ethiopian Airlines’ customers easy access to book travel activities alongside their flight. Passengers will have the option of booking high quality and well-curated tours and activities online either immediately after booking flights or at a later date.

Ethiopian Airlines leases another Bombardier Q400 from Chorus Aviation. Chorus Aviation made the announcement, adding that it has only been a year since it leased other two new Q400s to Ethiopian.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Ethiopian leather product companies took part in an international expo on leather products which was held in Paris.

Under the sponsorship of JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency) a group of companies including Tikur Abay Shoes S.C Ramsay S.C, and Ethio- Leather Industry PLC (ELICO), exhibited leather bags, shoes and other leather outfits for the first time.

The China-Africa Overseas Leather Factory, Ethiopia announced that Chinese tariff free policy for exports from least developed countries is a benefit.

The tariff free policy allows products to be competitive in the international market according to Yacob Tadesse, Administrative Manager of China-Africa Overseas Leather Factory.

The policy also encourages other investors to come to Ethiopia to invest because of the advantages it provides to export to China he explained.

Ethiopia's leather and leather products industry generated approximately 23.4 million USD in export revenue during the last nine months of the fiscal year, according to the Leather and Leather Products Industry Research and Development Center.