Boeing granted ECAA permit to conduct 747-8 test flights

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) gave a permit for Boeing to conduct a test flight for the 747-8 aircraft at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Director General of the ECAA, Col. Wossenyeleh Hunegnaw, told Aviation News Online that the authority has given a permission to Boeing to conduct the test flights. Last July executives of Boeing informed the authority that they wanted to conduct a high altitude test flights at the Addis Ababa airport with the new jetliner and requested permission. However, the authority did not accept the request at that time on the ground that the Ethiopian