(Posted 21st August 2026)
Courtesy of Mr. Alex Koech and AeroTrail Limited
Addis Ababa Bole (ADD/HAAB) was Africa’s second-busiest airport by scheduled airline capacity in July 2026, ranking behind Cairo International Airport. ADD recorded approximately 2.29 million available seats during the month, with 19 July registering the highest daily capacity so far this year at 77,210 seats.
The airport’s capacity mix tells an interesting story:
Intra-African: 46%
Intercontinental: 44%Domestic: 10%
On the intercontinental network, Dubai (DXB) was the leading airport pair, with approximately 99,405 seats between ADD and DXB. It was followed by Jeddah (JED) with 71,529 seats and Rome (FCO) with 70,132 seats. Within Africa, Johannesburg (JNB) was the leading international destination, accounting for approximately 54,033 available seats.
The capacity concentration among carriers is particularly striking. Ethiopian Airlines accounted for approximately 93% of all available seats at ADD, with SAUDI AIRLINES, flynas and flydubai each contributing around 1%.
Aircraft capacity was similarly concentrated around Boeing types. Boeing-family aircraft accounted for approximately 64% of available seats, compared with Airbus Aircraft at 29%, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited at 8%, and Embraer at just 0.12%.
And among the individual aircraft, Ethiopian Airlines’ B77W, ET-ASK, emerged as the workhorse of the month.
ADD’s July numbers underline just how central Addis Ababa has become to Africa’s intercontinental connectivity—and the extraordinary scale of Ethiopian Airlines’ hub operation..
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