Angola’s TAAG starts shifting flights to new Luanda airport

Angolan flag-carrier TAAG has commenced operations from the capital Luanda’s new Agostinho Neto international airport. The airline transferred its domestic Luanda-Cabinda flight to the new hub on 10 November, operating the initial service with a Boeing 737-700 before switching to a De Havilland Dash 8-400. TAAG says the route to Cabinda, which lies in an exclave of Angola, was selected because it is the domestic destination with the highest passenger and cargo traffic. This enables a “solid and safe start” to the new airport’s operations and the optimisation of processes, it states. TAAG aims to transfer other services – to Dundo, Saurimo, Luena and Soyo – towards the end of this year, while its remaining domestic and international flights will be moved in the first quarter of 2025.<br/>