---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Ashworth <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 12:06 PM Subject: [sudan-john-ashworth] Fw: Malakal becomes an international airport again To: Group <[email protected]>
Of interest to me because I remember decades ago when Malakal, officially at least, was an "international" airport. Malakal probably has the best facilities of any airport in the South. Like Juba, it has a hard runway, but only Malakal has a proper baggage carousel (which works whenever there is electricity). This is an interesting move in that it strengthens decentralisation in the South, and it demonstrates the sort of regional links which can develop once South Sudan is free of the restrictions imposed by Khartoum. John BEGIN Ethiopia commences new routes to South Sudan’s Upper Nile region By Tesfa-Alem Tekle June 25, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) - African carrier, Ethiopian Airlines has started an additional flights to South Sudan’s Malakal town in the Upper Nile region, the second destination to the region the Airliner offers services to. Ethiopian Airlines announced that the latest service to Malakal has gone into effective since June 17, 2011. In May 2006, the Ethiopian airlines for the first time launched weekly four flight services to South Sudan’s capital Juba, with stop over in Kenya and in Entebbe, Uganda up on heading and return. The latest operation will bring the airline’s global destinations to 62. The airline will operate the routes to Malakal, four times a week on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. South Sudan is due to officially become an independent state on July 9, making it the world’s newest state. With yet poor infrastructure and underdeveloped road system, the additional flight schedule will have an important part in allowing South Sudan connect with neighboring countries. "The new flight service to Malakal provides the best connectivity and convenience for business people as well as the general public of the South Sudan." said Tewolde Gebre-Mariam, chief executive officer of Ethiopian Airlines. “The new operation will connect Malakal to the vast Ethiopian route network worldwide via the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport hub’’ statement of the company said. Similarly, Ethiopian airlines have begun new flight to Hangzhou, china five times weekly. The launching of the new flight service to Hangzhou marks its fourth destination in china. The airliner said that Ethiopians flight to Hangzhou is a great alternative to the busy Shanghai airport for those Ethiopia airlines, one of the fastest growing and most reputable airliner in Africa, is also one of the few year-to-year multiple award winning airliner. The horn of Africa country, Africa’s biggest coffee exporter, has become landlocked after its former northern region, Eritrea, declared its independence in 1993 and air transport plays an important role to the country’s transport service to the outer world. (ST) END ______________________ John Ashworth Sudan Advisor [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +249 919 695 362 (Sudan mobile) +27 82 853 3556 (South Africa mobile) +44 750 304 1790 (UK/international) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation -- The content of this message does not necessarily reflect John Ashworth's views. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, John Ashworth is not the author of the content and the source is always cited. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudan-john-ashworth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.za/group/sudan-john-ashworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
