Ethiopian Airlines Cargo announced that it has signed up for another five years at Liege Airport.

The renewal of the partnership means that Liege Airport — Belgium’s largest cargo airport and the 6th largest cargo airport in Europe — will continue to be Ethiopian Airlines cargo hub serving as a freighter gateway between Africa

and Europe until 2026.

“In collaboration with Liege Airport, Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has been providing fast and secure cargo transportation service across Europe and beyond for the last 15 years of successful cooperation,” said Ethiopian Airlines Cargo and Logistics Services acting managing director Enquanhone Minyashal.

“In the next five years, we will work to transform our freighter operation to serve Europe better with our renewed commitment with Liege Airport. As the largest pan African carrier, Ethiopian Airlines will continue to strengthen its partnership with Liege Airport to boost its freighter operations between Africa and Europe,” Minyashal added.

Steven Verhasselt, vice president of commercial at Liege Airport noted that Ethiopian Airlines Cargo will become the launch customer for a dedicated cargo hub in Liege North.

“In the future, a dedicated cargo hub can be established in Liege North, for which Ethiopian was the launch customer to start with,” Verhasselt said. “We are very much looking forward to this next step that will help Ethiopian to serve its customers even better. More than ever, LGG will be the hub for Ethiopian and the main freighter gateway between Africa and Europe.”

Verhasselt added that since Ethiopian Cargo started flying to the airport 15 years ago, the airline has operated 15,000 freighter flights into LGG and is already approaching one million tonnes of cargo carried.