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[Educator]

Why don't they transport the food aid by air. The sky is allowed and safer. It is also cheaper compare to passing through war zones where the roads have multiple checkpoints and ongoing violence. Mekele airport accommodates big cargo planes. They can fly them straight from Djibouti to mekele within days what would take weeks by road.

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Why don't they transport the food aid by air. The sky is allowed and safer. It is also cheaper compare to passing through war zones where the roads have multiple checkpoints and ongoing violence. Mekele airport accommodates big cargo planes. They can fly them straight from Djibouti to mekele within days what would take weeks by road.

I think it has to do with the costs. Air freight costs 4–5 times that of road transport. They use air freight for medicines and medical supplies. I don't think it is economically viable to air transport wheat volumes to feed 4.5 million people. It is sensible to exert pressure (including the use of carrot and stick ) on warring parties to allow access for humanitarian aid.

[Cigar]

It is much cheaper and appropriate to let your funfunat agame trib die of starvation.
You agames should have hold your thuggish tplf officials responsible for starting your miseries. Remember had your terrorists didn’t massacre innocent, sleeping Ethiopian troops you wouldn’t be in the situation you are in.
Now, you made your bed and shut the fu@ck up and sleep in it.
tigray people are waste of oxygen.
In one side of your filthy mouth you always beg your masters to feed you and on the other side of your crooked mouth you tarnish Ethiopia govt name and wage wars against your own country.
Where the fu@ck is your logic?
Get rid of terrorist woyane officials and save your chenewtti agame people. 900 thousand dead agame rats didn’t teach you a thing you adghi?

[EthioRedSea]

Why don't they transport the food aid by air. The sky is allowed and safer. It is also cheaper compare to passing through war zones where the roads have multiple checkpoints and ongoing violence. Mekele airport accommodates big cargo planes. They can fly them straight from Djibouti to mekele within days what would take weeks by road.

I think it has to do with the costs. Air freight costs 4–5 times that of road transport. They use air freight for medicines and medical supplies. I don't think it is economically viable to air transport wheat volumes to feed 4.5 million people. It is sensible to exert pressure (including the use of carrot and stick ) on warring parties to allow access for humanitarian aid.

I think UN should do more. They can pay for the cargo flights. They can fly them from any country to Tigray. Tigray could pay for the transport later when it is separated from Ethiopia. They can also impose flight ban on Ethiopia and Eritrea. So-called flight free zone so that countries can send their aid any time through their own cheap flights. UN should take the initiative. We should not allow the people of Tigray to suffer from the self-appointed illegal government in Ethiopia and Eritrea. UN is already late. Late is better than never. This is an interesting case for history that a country is starving it's own population by using foreign troops and blocking aid. TPLF is the people of Tigray and the people of Tigray are TPLF. Trying to force the people betray their leaders is wrong and impossible. TPLF came from the people and is elected by the people to lead them. TPLF is not a terrorist organisation as it was heading the government in Ethiopia for 27 years until Abiy Ahmed came to power.