The Angolan national airline, TAAG, has tripled its flights between Douala, Cameroon and Luanda, the capital of Angola, few days before the African Cup of Nations (CAN) which kicks off on Sunday.
For a month at least, passengers departing from Cameroon will arrive in Angola on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
This will cost CFA 670, 000 francs for a round trip ticket, regardless of other travel services.
Many Cameroonians consider this rate as “prohibitive”, saying “the Angolan airline should rather lower the airfare price to allow many people to travel for the games.”
Without giving specific figures, TAAG officials acknowledged that the number of bookings that has significantly “increased” is also one of the reasons behind the increase services to Angola.
Other than TAAG which has direct flights from Douala to Luanda, other airlines like Kenya Airways and South Africa Airways will serve Angola via Nairobi and Johannesburg, respectively.
Each company also intends to improve its turnover “given the fact that Cameroonian football enthusiasts will travel en masse to support their national team.”
Source African Press Agency
