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It was later renovated in the 1950s, and reopened to offer flights to Addis Ababa and other cities in Ethiopia. With Eritrea's independence in the 1990s, the airport became an international portal to the new nation. During the Eritrean-Ethiopian War, the airport was bombed two times by Ethiopia in 1998 [3] and 2000. [4]
The Eritrean Air Force was established shortly after Eritrean War of Independence in 1994. It was first established by Commander Habtezion Hadgu, who used to be an Ethiopian Air force pilot during the Derg regime, and later defected in the late 1980s to the Eritrean People Liberation Front (EPLF), during the Eritrean War of Independence.
The Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አየር ኃይል, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer ḫayil) is the air service branch of the Ethiopian National Defence Force. The ETAF is tasked with protecting the national air space, providing support to ground forces, as well as assisting civil operations during war.
Ethiopian Airlines said on Tuesday it would resume flights to Eritrea's capital Asmara on July 17 for the first time in 20 years, a day after the neighbours and longtime foes declared their "state ...
Ethiopia's state-owned airlines will resume flights to Eritrea's capital Asmara next week, a state-affiliated news agency reported on Monday, hours after the neighbours and longtime foes declared ...
Eritrean authorities have suspended all flights by Ethiopian Airlines to the East African nation effective Sept. 30, the airline said on Wednesday. Flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea had resumed in ...
Eritrean Airlines is the national airline of Eritrea. [1] Based at Asmara International Airport , it is wholly owned by the government of Eritrea . [ 2 ] Scheduled service had been discontinued since 2008, and the airline operated only a few hajj flights every year. [ 2 ]
In 2017 there it is a civilian weekly flight between Assab and Massawa international Airport. As of November 2018 Eritrean Airlines is planning to start routes to Asmara , and Addis Ababa . Starting in September 2015, United Arab Emirates armed forces upgraded the airbase to host its military forces to support its intervention in Yemen , with a ...