Ethiopia wants to build mega airport

- Airport Commercial Airports Enterprise Ethiopia wants to build an airport where each year 120 million travelers can make use of . The airport needs to serve as a hub for the entire African continent , a company spokesman said Friday .

The mega airport to be built within a radius of 100 kilometers from the capital Addis Ababa. A final location has not been found and until then would Airports Enterprise also not talking about the construction costs. The airport is home to Ethiopian Airline Airlines.

The should existing international airport in Addis Ababa is overloaded with eight million passengers per year. Experts cite the figure of 120 million passengers per year for the new airport out of thin air and overdone . The busy airport in Frankfurt is about sixty million passengers per year.