Ethiopian Airlines, now facing the fallout from a fatal crash, has become a symbol and a motor for its homeland’s rising fortunes
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Across this vast nation of 105 million people, Ethiopian Airlines has come to mean more than just a national carrier. The airline has become a symbol and a motor of Ethiopia’s ascent from one of the world’s poorest nations to a regional powerhouse.
In the past two decades Ethiopian Airlines’ fleet has grown from a dozen planes to more than a hundred, turning this capital city into an aviation hub that connects Africa to Asia and North America.
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