Ethiopian Airlines Opens COVID-19 Testing Lab at Bole Airport Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s leading Airline, announced that joining hands with BGI Health Ethiopia, a subsidiary of China's biotech giant, the BGI Genomics Co., Ltd, to launch a high-end COVID-19 testing laboratory at its main hub and the continent’s busiest airport, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The testing center is opened to revitalize the passengers’ business by creating a seamless travel experience that includes COVID-19 testing to passengers that are departing or transiting via Addis Ababa, the airlines stated in a statement sent to 2merkato.com. The state-of-the-art COVID-19 testing lab is equipped with cutting-edge technologies to provide quick and accurate testing for passengers, Ethiopian stated. Currently, the lab has a capacity to carry out 1,000 COVID-19 tests a day with the potential to grow further after expansion. Regular test results can be obtained within three hours, leading to a convenient travel arrangement by reducing waiting time for testing and result collection.