Angola: TAAG Unveils Monday Luanda/Lagos Route

Luanda — With three weekly flights, the Angolan airline
company TAAG, starts flying, Monday at 8:00 to Lagos
(Economic Capital of Nigeria), carrying on average / weekly
at least 360 citizens, between Angolans and foreigners.
For this most populous city in Africa, the Angolan national
flag carrier will operate a 120-seat Boeing 737-700 aircraft,
as well as allowing passengers from neighboring countries
to fly directly to Angola. This will enable the beneficiaries to
take advantage of dozens of possible connections to
southern Africa, in particular, as well as to Latin America,
through the Luanda hub (4 de Fevereiro International
Airport) and direct TAAG flights to these destinations.
According to a note from this aircraft operator, the "Lagos
flight" will also allow cargo transportation, giving local
businessmen the opportunity to diversify their import and
export bases. With the exception of the inaugural, the flights
will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with
the DT-564, departing from Luanda at 11h30 and arriving in
Lagos at 14h30. Returns are scheduled for the same days of
the week, DT565, which will leave at 15:30 to arrive at
18:30.
These schedules, underlines the statement issued by the
company in October, will allow a quick connection in
Luanda with flights to Johannesburg (South Africa) and
soon with Praia City (Cape Verde), as well as TAAG
intercontinental flights. In his turn, the chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Angolan airline, Rui Carreira,
said (at the time) that this route will facilitate the
interconnection between the regions of West Africa and
Southern Africa, as well as help to promote tourism and
business. "We are confident that Lagos will be one of the
company's main regional destinations, contributing to the
strengthening of trade between Angola and Nigeria," said
TAAG's Managing Director which this year inaugurated the
Luanda / Sal Island route, and the prospect for 2020 Luanda
Accra (Ghana).