ADDIS ABABA – Surfing the internet with seamless reliable connectivity has now become the new normal onboard Ethiopian Airlines flights thanks to the onboard WiFi internet connectivity the Airline introduced on its A350 fleet using the latest broadband satellite technology (Kaband). With the state-of-the-art broadband satellite technology, passengers can rest assured that they will enjoy reliable connectivity...
November 9, 2026
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Global regulator discrepancies over Boeing 737 MAX worry IATA
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned on Tuesday that any discrepancy among global regulators over reapproving Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 737 MAX for commercial flight could set a worrying precedent for future aircraft programs. The 737 MAX, Boeing’s newest single-aisle aircraft, was grounded worldwide in March after two deadly...
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Kenya anti-corruption body halts Telkom-Airtel merger
The government’s anti-graft commission in Kenya said on Wednesday that it had suspended a planned merger of Airtel Kenya with partly state-owned Telkom Kenya, pending a probe into allegations about the misappropriation of public funds at Telkom. Bharti Airtel, based in India, said in February that its Airtel Networks Kenya unit had agreed to buy Telkom Kenya, the...
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Relaunched Uganda Airlines hopes to win slice of East African travel
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda on Tuesday relaunched its national carrier, Uganda Airlines, hoping to take a slice of the East African aviation business that is dominated by Ethiopian Airlines ETHA.UL The country is banking on its emerging oil industry and the traditional tourism sector to generate international traffic to sustain the airline. Though air traffic...
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Somalis transform vacant Pittsburgh lot into their own farm
By Doug Oster Abdulkadir Chirambo smiles easily, especially when he’s talking about the vacant city lots the United Somali Bantu of Greater Pittsburgh have converted to a huge farm-like garden. As president and spokesman of the organization, he gets serious when asked what brought him from Kenya to Pittsburgh. “Peace, education and changing life,” he...
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Ethiopia and Egypt at odds over massive Dam project
Africa’s largest hydroelectric power station is slated to go online next year in Ethiopia. But the project along the Blue Nile River is also the source of conflict: Neighboring Egyptians fear it will affect their access to water and local residents don’t want to relocate. Millions of tons of cement rest beneath Anteneh Mesfin’s feet....
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Aden Abdulle Int Airport Hits 80K Flights Record In 2019
At least 80000 flights have been recorded in Mogadishu’s Adan Abdulle international Airport between January and July 2019. Speaking at the launching of the Qatari Airways which recently joined other international airlines to serve Mogadishu the Transport Minister Moahmed Oomaar noted that this is the highest number of recorded flights in Somalia. Currently the flag...
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Dire Dawa: Chinese city to invest $500m in Ethiopian town’s industrial park
Investors from the Chinese city of Kunshan are planning to invest $500m in a textile production complex in the eastern Ethiopian town of Dire Dawa. Mayor of Kunshan, Du Xiaogang, announced the plan after visiting the town near the border with Djibouti. Du said investors were ready and work would start in the next two...
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Boeing pledges US$100 million to help families of 737 Max crash victims in Indonesia, Ethiopia
SAN FRANCISCO, (Bernama) — Boeing Company announced Wednesday that it has set aside US$100 million to address family and community needs of those affected by two deadly air crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia last October and this March, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the company’s CEO. Boeing said the funds are an initial investment to...
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Qatar Airways inaugural flight touches down at gateway to Somalia
Qatar Airways flight QR1459,operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft, marked the first flight from Doha to Mogadishu and landed at Aden Adde International Airport on Monday, inaugurating the airline’s first gateway to Somalia. On board the inaugural flight to Mogadishu was Somali ambassador to Qatar Abdul Razak Farah Ali as well as Qatar Airways senior...