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BUILDING FOR Ethiopian Airlines

opened a new
FUTURE logistics facility,
eCommerce

built at a cost of
$55million, at Addis

thiopian Airlines, Africa’s biggest Ababa Airport
airline, inaugurated a state-of-the-
art modern eCommerce logistics
Efacility. The first-of-its-kind facility
in Africa has been constructed at an
investment of $55 million.
The specialised warehouse, dedicated
solely to eCommerce goods, mail and
courier logistics services, will revolutionise
the industry in the African continent. The
African carrier is positioning Addis Ababa
to be the cross-border eCommerce logis-
tics hub for Africa and beyond.
Ethiopian Airlines, which runs one of have implemented high-end technolo- automated with one of the latest cargo
Africa's largest cargo operations through gies in the infrastructure that revolution- IT systems by adopting the latest avia-
its passenger aircraft and dedicated ize the way goods are transported and tion systems and technologies to provide
freighters, is looking to enhance how delivered in the eCommerce industry efficient freight service across the globe.
eCommerce goods are transported and in Africa. Through this facility, Ethiopian The cargo terminal is built to handle 1.15
delivered around the continent. The new Airlines paves the way for the develop- million tonnes of cargo annually.
facility sits on a 161,460 square-foot area, ment of eCommerce services in Ethiopia Ethiopian today operates a fleet of 17
providing enough capacity to handle and the African continent,” said Ethiopian freighters. They include 13 wide-body air-
150,000 tonnes of cargo annually. Airlines Group CEO Mesfin Tasew. craft comprising 10 B777-200Fs and three
According to the carrier, the $55 million The facility features state-of-the-art B767-300Fs and four narrow-body B737-
investment sets Africa's e-commerce technology and industry-specific sys- 800Fs. Besides these the African carrier
industry on a path to follow global trends. tems, allowing it to offer consolidation, operates a fleet of 131 passenger aircraft.
With this facility, the airline will pave the deconsolidation, sortation, repacking, The cargo and logistics services con-
way for developing eCommerce services and labeling services. Ethiopian Cargo stitute about 35 percent of the Ethiopian
in Ethiopia and around the continent. and Logistics Services already operates a Airlines Group’s total revenues today. 
"The inauguration of this cutting-edge state-of-the-art cargo terminal, which is
e-commerce logistics facility is a signifi- the largest in Africa. The terminal is fully
cant breakthrough for Ethiopian Airlines
Group and the entire African economy. We

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