update (06 November 2024): TAAG Angola Airlines will start to operate domestic flights to Dundo, Saurimo, Luena and Soyo) from Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) in December 2024 and complete the transfer of the remaining domestic and international links the new airport in the first quarter of 2025.
update (29 October 2024): The flag carrier of Angola, TAAG Angola Airlines, has announced that it is set to start operating domstic passenger flights from new Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN). Effective 10 November 2024, flights to Cabinda Airport (CAB) in the city of Cabinda will depart from the new airport. Cabinda is located in the Cabinda Province, an exclave of Angola, separated from the main part of the country by a narrow strip of land belonging to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
According to the Angola Press Agency (Angop), the official news agency of Angola, the country's new Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) is set to begin passenger flight operations in the last quarter of 2024. The airport, which will gradually replace Quatro de Fevereiro Airport (LAD) in Luanda as Angola's main international airport, is located approximately 40 km east of central Luanda in the commune of Bom Jesus in the municipality of Icolo e Bengo.
Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) was inaugrated in November 2023. It was initially planned that domestic passenger flight operations begin in February 2024 and international flight operations in July 2024. This had to be delayed due to various reasons, The airport has been receiving cargo flights since January/February 2024.
Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN), which cost about US$ 3 billion to built, covers an area of 1,324 hectares. With an passenger capacity of 15 million travellers annually (10 million international and 5 million domestic) the airport is one of the largest airports in Africa. AIAAN has two parallel asphalt runways - the northern runway is 4,200 m long and 60 m wide, while the southern runway is 3,800 m long and 60 m wide. The airport has 31 boarding lanes, of which 19 for international services and 11 for domestic services, as well as nine conveyor belts for baggage storage, six of which are dedicated to international flights. The infrastructure further includes 26 counters of the Immigration and Foreigners Service (SME), a parking lot for 1,710 vehicles, as well as space reserved for shops. It also has 22 VIP lounges, a clinic and a first aid center attached to the passenger terminal.
Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) is named after Angola's first President, António Agostinho Neto (17 September 1922 – 10 September 1979).
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