Eritrea bans Ethiopian Airlines

Eritrea’s Civil Aviation Authority wrote to Ethiopian Airlines on July 21, advising that the carrier would not be allowed to operate flights to Eritrea effective September 30.

The Eritrean CAA accused Ethiopian of a litany of market violations, including high fares, damage, pilferage and loss of passenger baggage as well as frequent flight delays with no compensation. Ethiopian Airlines is also accused of arrogance and failure to respond to concerns that have been brought to its attention several times.

“What is shocking and saddening to our airlines was just 15 days ago, on July 8, there was a letter sent to (us) requesting, to increase our weekly flight frequency from 10 flights to 15,” Hanna Atnafu, a spokesperson for Ethiopian Airlines.