Luanda - The widower of the first President of the Republic of Angola, Maria Eugénia Neto, considered, this Friday, just the homage to the designation of the new International Airport of Luanda with the name of her husband, Agostinho Neto.
Located in the commune of the Bom Jesus, municipal district of Icolo and Bengo, the new International Airport of Luanda, that received today the first experimental flight, was baptized Dr. António Agostinho Neto, in homage to the First President of Angola.
"It is a just and deserved homage, for being a very important Airport and built in the space where President Agostinho Neto was born", said the widower, who was delighted for the ceremony, that coincided with centenary of the nationalist.
In the ceremony, held in the terminal two, of the three that compose the Airport, the Presidential Order was read that grants to the airport infrastructure the name of Dr António Agostino Neto.
The document considers Agostinho Neto a historical figure, "whose legacy must be known and perpetuated to future generations, while national, African and international personality.
The first experimental flight of the Boeing 777 type landed at 1 pm in the International Airport Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto, in an act witnessed by high figures of the Angolan State.
