Luanda - Domestic flights at the new Agostinho Neto international airport will begin at the end of the first quarter of 2024, the minister of Transport, Ricardo de Abreu, announced this Monday in Luanda.
The government official was speaking at the end of a meeting chaired by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, which served to discuss the preparations for the inauguration of the Dr. António Agostinho Neto Airport, which is scheduled to open on November 10th this year.
According to the minister, the intention is to begin receiving international flights in the third quarter of 2024.
According to a gradual logic of activating the new airport this year starts with cargo operations and, subsequently, services will be increased.
The new António Agostinho Neto airport, which is scheduled to open next November, will operate only cargo until the first quarter of 2024.
The new Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) has two runways and is located in the urban district of Bom Jesus, in the country's capital, it occupies an area of 1,324 hectares and has capacity for 15 million passengers and a volume of goods of 50 thousand tons per year.
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