{"id":3204,"date":"2026-06-16T10:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:20:57","slug":"mayor-highlights-bishoftu-airport-construction-as-africas-most-impressive-aviation-undertaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/mayor-highlights-bishoftu-airport-construction-as-africas-most-impressive-aviation-undertaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Highlights Bishoftu Airport Construction as Africa&#8217;s Most Impressive Aviation Undertaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/724992697_1478039541011484_8126074877326519791_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/724992697_1478039541011484_8126074877326519791_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/724992697_1478039541011484_8126074877326519791_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/724992697_1478039541011484_8126074877326519791_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/724992697_1478039541011484_8126074877326519791_n.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMN Plus-June 16, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a message shared on her official social media page, Mayor of Addis Ababa Adanech Abiebie said, &#8220;Our visit to Bishoftu yesterday was truly remarkable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mayor noted that the construction of the Bishoftu International Airport, the largest aviation project in Africa, is an immensely impressive undertaking and a testament to Ethiopia&#8217;s bold development ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She further described the launch of this year&#8217;s Green Legacy Initiative under the theme, &#8220;Let&#8217;s Plant Hope,&#8221; as equally historic, marking the beginning of the nation&#8217;s ambitious effort to plant 8 billion seedlings across the country this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Birhanu Workneh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN Plus-June 16, 2026 In a message shared on her official social media page, Mayor of Addis Ababa Adanech Abiebie said, &#8220;Our visit to Bishoftu yesterday was truly remarkable.&#8221; The Mayor noted that the construction of the Bishoftu International Airport, the largest aviation project in Africa, is an immensely impressive undertaking and a testament to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addis-ababa-affairs","category-climate-change-and-sustainability","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3206,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions\/3206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}