weekly flights to Kano, Nigeria,
within the next few weeks,
following an agreement between
Nigeria and Ethiopia. Col. Wesenyeleh Hunegnaw, the
Director-General of the Ethiopian
Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA),
told newsmen that the agreement
was signed on Wednesday, 6
November, in Addis Ababa between the Government of Ethiopia and the
Federal Government of Nigeria. The agreement by the two
governments would increase
operations from the current 18
weekly flights to 31 weekly flights
in the coming weeks. The Ethiopian Airlines would
operate seven weekly passenger
flights and three weekly cargo
flights to Kano, in addition to its
current flights to Abuja, Lagos and
Enugu. NAN reports that part of the
agreement would allow one Nigerian
airline to equally fly the Ethiopian
route to Addis Ababa and other
cities in Ethiopia, while enabling the
training of Nigerian aviation staff by the Aviation Institute in Addis
Ababa. Mrs Precious Mbupka, who led
officials from the Ministry of
Aviation, signed for the Federal
Government, after several
negotiations on the terms and
financial benefits of the flight operations between the two
countries.
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