Flags, flowers greet first Ethiopia-Eritrea flight in 20 years
Families, friends and dancers wave flags and flowers after the first commercial flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years landed safely in Asmara on July 18, 2018. PHOTO | COURTESY ERITREA
The first commercial flight from Ethiopia to Eritrea in 20 years landed safely in Asmara on Wednesday to be greeted by dancers waving flags and flowers, cementing a stunning rapprochement that has ended a generation of hostility in a matter of days.
As Ethiopian Airways flight ET 0312 made the momentous switch from Ethiopian to Eritrean airspace, chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam took to the on-board intercom to remind the 315 passengers they were part of history.
