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Maldives, Ethiopia sign air services pact with fifth freedom

By ch-aviation: Support Contact Newsroom Print Page Preparing for print Commercial Aviation Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-9, © Boeing By Hilka Birns 30Jul2026 LinkedIn X Facebook Copy news link RSS Feed The Maldives and Ethiopia have signed a bilateral air services agreement that will pave the way for direct air connectivity between the two countries while giving Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa International ) access to fifth freedom traffic rights via the Indian Ocean nation, according to the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA).

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