Ethiopian Airlines inaugural flight lands in Maun
Friday, June 14, 2024 | 340 Views |
Ethiopian airlines PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
The route will be covered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, with a stop-over in the Zambian copper belt city of Ndola. In fact, the inaugural flight on Monday delivered its first passengers to Maun and later took away new passengers to Addis Ababa that afternoon.
All players are optimistic that the three-day weekly route will either turn into a daily routine or exponentially increase passenger tonnage or both. A major player in the establishment of the Maun-Addis Ababa route option to Ethiopian Airlines, Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) is highly optimistic about the growth.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...