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Monday, March 23, 2015
Ethiopian Airlines participated in the annual Global Greening initiative of St. Patrick’s Day. As part of its celebration marking the holiday, and as part of the “Greenification of the World” campaign launched by the Irish Tourism Board six years ago, the Axum Obelisks were turned green for the first time ever.
This year’s St Patrick’s Day saw for the first time the ancient Stele in Axum along with the Coliseum in Rome and Nelson’s Column in London as well as 147 other world’s most famous landmarks turned green as part of the celebrations.
The Axum Obelisks are the symbol of the wealth and civilization of the ancient Axumite Kingdom that lasted from the 1st to the 8th AD. The Kingdom was at the crossroads of Africa, Arabia and the Greco-Roman World, and was the most powerful state between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persia, and in parts of South Arabia.
The ruins of the ancient Axumite Civilization currently cover a wide area in the Tigray regional state of Ethiopia. The Steles are one of the country’s major tourist attractions and are registered UNESCO World Heritage sites.
The airline launched a promotional flight to Dublin using its ultra-modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner on March 20. This flight was in anticipation of Ethiopian direct service to Dublin and Los Angeles starting from June 1.
The commencement of this new service will play a critical role in the expansion of trade, tourism and investment ties between Africa and Ireland. The flights will be the first and only direct air route linking Africa with Ireland.
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