A new Airport to be built at Hawasa

18e4ec251Ethiopian Airports Enterprise announced that a location for the building of a new airport at Hawasa is acquired and the design work is underway.

In the last Ethiopian fiscal year alone, the city which is the capital city of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region is visited by more than 631,000 Ethiopian and foreign tourists that help for the gain of 130 million birr in revenue.

It is indicated that the way of transportation to the city being limited to the road transport only, greatly hinders the great many visitors that might want to have air transport to come to the city. For the building of the airport, the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise has received a land and the design work is being done with the cost of 1 million birr which is believed to be completed in four months time.

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