{"id":273658,"date":"2019-04-21T03:20:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T07:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?guid=803df8753f7c06ba747246cfd20b50cb"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T15:22:21","slug":"ethiopian-airlines-opened-africas-largest-air-cargo-terminal-in-addis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/273658","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Airlines opened Africa\u2019s largest air cargo terminal in Addis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde GebreMariam told Logistics Middle East in 2019 that the carrier\u2019s new roughly <strong>38,000 square meter<\/strong> air cargo terminal in Addis Ababa put the city in direct competition with Dubai\u2019s freighter hub model.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-423193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ethiopian-Cargo-777-8-freighter-Photo-Boeing-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopian Airlines opened Africa\u2019s largest air cargo terminal in Addis\" \/>\n<p>The case study sold capacity, cold chain, and African origin consolidation: flowers, pharma, electronics, and transit freight that once routed through the Gulf. Cargo has long been Ethiopian\u2019s quiet forex engine alongside passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Under Abiy Ahmed\u2019s investment narrative, aviation infrastructure was proof Ethiopia could build continental logistics without waiting for every road and rail promise to finish. Competitors in Dubai and elsewhere were not standing still.<\/p>\n<p>Kept for Horn logistics readers, the terminal file shows ambition and vulnerability together. A giant shed only matters if air rights, security, and political stability keep freighters landing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.logisticsmiddleeast.com\/transport\/air-cargo\/32544-case-study-ethiopia-challenges-dubai-with-africas-largest-air-cargo-terminal\">Logistics Middle East<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case Study: Ethiopia challenges Dubai with Africa\u2019s largest air cargo terminal&nbsp;&nbsp;Logistics Middle EastTewolde GebreMariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, says the airline&#8217;s new 38000sqm air cargo terminal in Addis Ababa puts the city in direct com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":423193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ethiopian-Cargo-777-8-freighter-Photo-Boeing-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19bQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601048,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273658\/revisions\/601048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}