First commercial flight in 20 years leaves Ethiopia for Eritrea

Passengers talk inside an Ethiopian Airlines flight who departed from the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Eritrea's capital Asmara on July 18, 2018. The first commercial flight to Eritrea in two decades departed on July 18, 2018 from Addis Ababa after the two nations ended their bitter conflict in a whirlwind peace process. 
Maheder HAILESELASSIE TADESE / AFP

By  AFP Agency

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Overwhelming demand saw the African aviation giant operate two flights within 15 minutes of each other.


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