Hargeisa, SOMALILAND (Somalilandpress) — Ethiopian Airlines will bring back scheduled flights to Somaliland soon, Somaliland Aviation Minister Mr Ali Waran Adde told local media on Thursday.

The route to the capital of Somaliland was scheduled to re-open in January 2009, after it was suspended in November 2008 following the five suicide bomb attacks on buildings occupied by the government and international agencies.

However, Ethiopia’s national carrier will resume it’s flights from the Somaliland port city of Berbera rather than the capital, Hargeisa. This is due to the airport under going security upgrade and expansion to it’s runways to accommodate 747, 767 jets and the new A380.