Ethiopian Federal government authorities or TPLF officials gave no explanation why Mekelle-Addis Ababa flights is restricted to certain age group
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Youth passengers from Mekelle are reportedly restricted from flying to Addis Ababa. The report emerged on Monday this week but the restriction started Friday last week.
Passengers who bought a ticket more than a week ago are not allowed on board the Addis Ababa bound flight.
Mulugeta Yibrah, 32, told VOA Amharic that he bought a ticket for 4350 birr about a week ago but is now not allowed to fly. The reason is unclear, he said. Passengers who paid double were not allowed to.
Hafay Gebre, who is 50, said he traveled to Mekelle about ten days ago when the flight resumed and now is not allowed to return to Addis Ababa. “We are not clear why we are not allowed to fly,” he said. Unclear to him whether it is the authorities in Tigray or the Federal government that introduced the restriction.
Based on the report, the restriction is based on age. Those who are between 16 and 65 years of age are not flying. However, individuals with medical conditions are allowed but will have to produce evidence.
Federal government communication services did not give any explanations as to why the restriction was introduced and how long it will be in place.
The airline is not giving any explanation either. What is known is that the airlines have declined to refund money to passengers with the advisory that they can use it once the restriction is lifted.
A VOA Amharic reporter in Mekelle cited a security authority in the airport, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying that the restriction is only temporary.
The restriction does not seem to have anything to do with security arrangements in Addis Ababa.
Over 30,000 passengers have reportedly purchased tickets from Ethiopian Airlines since flights resumed last month.
Last month, Ethiopian Airlines resumed flights to Mekelle and other major towns in the Tigray region after nearly two years. The government decision came after a peace agreement with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) that was signed in Pretoria South Africa in early November 2022.
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The TPLF leadership have betrayed Tigray and submitted to the dictates of Isias Afewerki through his puppet Abiy Ahmed. The sacrifices of almost a million Tigrayans for independent and free Tigray in the last 2 years have not been considered in the so called Isaias imposed peace agreement. The Tigray people will not accept this agreement of humiliation and betrayal and will continue to struggle to restore their old, civilized and modern nation of Tigray.
“to restore their old, civilized and modern nation of Tigray?”
You need to wake up to new realities. The sooner the better.
Alem አታቅራራ፥፥ጊዜው የናንተ አይደለም፥፥Finfine belongs to Oromia!!
Being an ardent supporter of the PM Abiy Ahmed like Alem, ESat , 360 and others mean that you were and are supporter of genocide in Tigray and Oromia.
Go to hell
Of course the security threat was conceivable and collecting personal info such as as every passenger’s per
such address, phones, destination, contacts , etcettera, etcettera from the start like any other airline passengers whether domestic and international bound flights common procedure and common sense . Why the plan was not put in place from the get-go and instead has be erratic and afterthought acts? Note that Woyane regime routinely and ruthlessly used to this policy to prevent its opponents and potential risks to its regime over 27 years.
Of course the security threat was conceivable from the start and collecting personal info such as every passenger’s address, phones, destination, contacts , etcettera, etcettera like any other airline passengers whether for domestic and international bound flights is common procedure and common sense . Why the plan was not put in place from the get-go and instead has be erratic and afterthought acts? Note that Woyane regime routinely and ruthlessly used this policy to prevent its opponents and potential security risks to its regime over 27 years.