An Eritrean woman blesses passengers with popcorn after they arrived at Asmara International Airport aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight. Now, the carrier has stopped flights to Eritrea. PHOTO | REUTERS
Ethiopian Airlines said on Tuesday it had suspended flights to neighbouring Eritrea because its bank account there was frozen.
The carrier's CEO Mesfin Tasew told a news conference that the Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority had blocked money transfers from Ethiopian Airlines' bank account in the Eritrean capital city Asmara.
