{
  "id": 16019693,
  "title": "Infrastructure: Nine percent economic growth: This African country is building the world's largest airport",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/infrastruktur-neun-prozent-wirtschaftswachstum-dieses-afrikanische",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T08:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/luftfahrt-dieses-afrikanische-land-baut-den-groessten-flughafen-der-welt-01/100259813.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has visited the construction site of the new Bishoftu mega-airport near Addis Abeba, highlighting its massive scale: over 650,000 liters of fuel are consumed daily by construction machines, with 4,000 vehicles on site. The airport, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, is expected to handle 60 million passengers annually in its first phase, increasing to 110 million eventually. Ethiopian Airlines, which currently carries 20.7 million passengers a year, will be a major user of the airport, which will enable longer flights, including non-stop to New York and Sydney. The project reflects Ethiopia's ambitions to become a major hub for services and technology, driven by economic growth and development inspired by Asian models.",
  "summary": "A mega-hub is being built in Addis Abeba, which will be larger than the world's most important airport in Atlanta when fully completed. It is intended to further drive the progress of an entire country.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}