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Over 35,000 passengers have arrived in Addis Abeba
in the last two months travelling with different
airlines.
Ethiopian Airlines has transported 27,000 passengers
while the rest flew on 10 different carriers.
Additionally, Ethiopians have chartered planes
returning from Israel.
Ethiopian
has shown a six per cent increase in customer growth
compared to the last year even tough Girma Wake, CEO
of the airline, does not seem impressed.
"We have seen the number of guests we expected last
year," says Seyoum Bereded, director of the
Millennium Secretariat. "If they all were coming
back at the same time, there is no way we can handle
the flight frequency," Seyoum affirms.
Of the arrived guests, the most are from the Middle
East followed by those of the North America, sources
at Immigration told Fortune. Data at the
Ethiopian Airports Enterprise and the Civil Aviation
Authority shows that the flight traffic from the
Middle East have shown a 20pc increase over last
year, while the European traffic has grown by seven
per cent.
"Only in the last three days, I have confirmed that
3,700 passengers have arrived," affirmed Mulugeta
Asrate Kassa, deputy director of the Millennium
Secretariat.
The Ethiopian Customs Authority have arranged a deal
with flower suppliers and started welcoming the
guests with rose flowers. The flower association
agreed to supply 2,000 steam flowers a day as of
August 21.
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