Y DR. WOLFGANG H. THOME, ETN UGANDA | JAN 26, 2012
(eTN) - The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority has projected a growth in flight
movements in and out of Kigalis Kanombe International Airport by 50 percent
in 2012, suggesting that the present level of around 200 flights per week
might rise to 300 flights per week.
The positive announcement is based on the number of new airlines who will be
flying scheduled services to Kigali, like Qatar Airways, South African
Airways, and Turkish Airlines, while carriers already coming to Rwanda are
expected to add more frequencies during the cause of the year.
National airline, RwandAir, is also set on an expansion path and expects to
take delivery of more state-of-the-art jets by mid-2012, allowing the
airline to further roll out new destinations and add frequencies in the
region and across the continent.
Frequent travelers through Kigali have, however, been cautious over the
projections, saying that during peak hours, the terminal is now getting very
crowded, like when for instance Brussels Airlines and KLM arrive almost at
the same time and queues to enter the terminal and get through entry
security control at times extends queues to the parking area, not a pleasant
experience in particular when it rains.
A new airport at Bugesera is now in the tendering stage, but unlikely to be
ready before 2016, making more investments in the existing airport terminal
building an absolute necessity, unless congestion will become the order of
the day.
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Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kizza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni et Docteur Kiiza Besigye, l'Ouganda est dans
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