In October 2018, Ethiopian Airlines and Somali authorities marked the first scheduled commercial flight link between Ethiopia and Somalia in more than four decades—an aviation and diplomacy story after years of strained or limited air connectivity.
German and international wires framed the Mogadishu–Addis connection as both a business opportunity and a political signal during a period when Horn governments were renegotiating regional ties.
For Red Sea / Horn readers, the flight is a compact case study in how airlines, state diplomacy, and security conditions intersect: routes open when politics allows, and they stay fragile when security or bilateral trust collapses.
