ETHIOPIA · AVIATION

Key Facts

—The project: Ethiopia is building Bishoftu International Airport, set to be Africa’s largest, about 40 km southeast of Addis Ababa.

—Price tag: The hub will cost around $12.5 billion, one of the biggest single infrastructure bets on the continent.

—Capacity: When complete it is designed to handle up to 110 million passengers a year, more than four times today’s Addis airport.