In 2018 Ethiopia’s flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines (ET) started weekly direct passenger flights between Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, after 41 years break, adding momentum to increasing bilateral economic ties…
Ethiopian Airlines has offered a reliable option for Somalis travelling the world and coming back to the country and Addis Ababa has become the biggest connection route for Somalis from London, Minneapolis US, Oslo and Nairobi now they meet Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia Airlines makes 9 flights a day in Somalia 3 to Mogadishu and 2 to Garowe and 2 Hargeisa and 2 Cargo, “Morning afternoon and evening flights are ready and reliable you don’t miss anything, “said Farhiya Ahmed a Somali in the diaspora who uses the Addis Ababa route many times.
Additionally, Somalia citizens now arrive in Addis Ababa without visa just on arrival. Everyone who has a Somali passport can easily travel to Ethiopia for health, business and family re-union as Somalis in western countries sponsoring families to reunite, Yusuf Mire working Mogadishu airport told Dalsan.
“As Nairobi now is tight to travel because of the diplomatic crisis between the 2 countries Ethiopia now has become the better option for connection and everything” Mire added.
