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Bishoftu International Airport

Sector: Airport • Location: Ethiopia

Source: allAfrica

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Planned

Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to develop a new airport near Addis Ababa. The Bishoftu International Airport project, valued at $7.8 billion, will increase Ethiopia's passenger capacity from 17 million to over 60 million annually by 2040, making it the largest airport in Africa upon completion.

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Prospective
Sector
Airport, Government
Location
Ethiopia
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
allAfrica

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The project “Bishoftu International Airport” is an infrastructure initiative in the Airport sector, located in Ethiopia. Taiyo aggregates data on it from allAfrica.

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Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to develop a new airport near Addis Ababa. The Bishoftu International Airport project, valued at $7.8 billion, will increase Ethiopia's passenger capacity from 17 million to over 60 million annually by 2040, making it the largest airport in Africa upon completion.

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Ethiopia

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Airport, Government

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2025-03-25

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