Angola is set to construct the $3B Luanda Light Rail.
It will be 149 kilometers long, and cut across the axis of Port of Luanda-Cacuaco, Fidel Castro Ruz-Benfica Avenue, Port of Luanda-Largo da Independência and Kilamba City-Largo of Independence.
The state-owned airport will host TAAG, Angola’s national airline, as well as regional and international carriers to provide domestic, regional and global transport services.
According to Ricardo de Abreu, Angola’s Minister of Transport, ANIA will start with cargo operations only and introduce passenger services for the domestic market in the first quarter of 2024. International flights are expected to start in the third quarter of 2024.
“We have a changing and increasingly attractive legal and economic framework. The reforms that have been carried out in the country are aimed at making Luanda an equally attractive destination for various aviation operators,” reiterated Nobrega.
Transport Minister Ricardo Viegas d’Abreu said Africa’s second-biggest oil producer had already received several letters of interest from airport management companies in Europe, the Middle-East, Africa and Asia.