Angola Press Agency (Luanda)

Angolan Airlines Start Flying to Douala

14 April 2008

Luanda — The Angolan Airlines (TAAG) will start next Tuesday flying to Douala, Cameroon, announced Monday here the institution's spokesperson, Carlos Vicente.

The official told ANGOP at "4 de Fevereiro" International Airport that the opening of this route happens in the light of the programme of expanding the commercial network, which is being implemented by the institution.

According to the source, the flights from Luanda, scheduled for Tuesdays and Saturdays at 07am, will follow the course Luanda/Point Noire/Brazzaville/Bangui/Douala, with a Boeing 737-700 aircraft.

Carlos Vicente also explained that, on May 09, TAAG will start flying to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, twice per week, on Monday and Friday at 05pm, with a Boeing 777 aircraft.

As from Tuesday (April 15), the daily flights to Lisbon, which used to leave Luanda at 01:30pm, will start taking off at 10:00pm, due to the summer season being experienced in Europe.

Tagged: Angola, Business, Cameroon, Central Africa, Southern Africa, Transport, Travel, West Africa

Copyright © 2008 Angola Press Agency. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 130 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Comments Post a comment