A Country-by-Country Guide to African Airlines (A-G)

African Airlines offer a valuable service to a continent that's large and doesn't have the best roads, especially during the rainy season. If you don't have a lot of time when you visit Africa you'll certainly use an African airline to get from place to place.

There are safety concerns with some African Airlines so do a little research before you book your holiday.

African Airlines can change month to month but you can usually count on the national airlines to stay in business for longer than that.

If you have airline miles on a non-African airline, you may be able to use them with partner airlines in Africa, check out: How to use miles to get to Africa.

It's best to check the link to the airline web sites for updated information regarding routes. If the web site no longer works, then the airline could be defunct. Please e-mail me if you know of airlines listed that no longer operate or if there are new airlines that I haven't listed.

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African Airlines per country (alphabetical order) A - G:

• Algeria
• Air Algerie. The official airline site is in French. There are several domestic routes as well as flights to France, Britain, Turkey, Syria, Libya, Italy, and Morocco.

• Angola
• TAAG is the Angolan National Airline. There are several domestic routes as well as flights to Johannesburg, Accra, Windhoek, Harare, Lisbon and Paris.

• Botswana
• Air Botswana flies domestic routes and has regular flights to Windhoek, Johannesburg, Harare and Cape Town.

• Burkina Faso
• Air Burkina flies throughout West Africa and has bi-weekly flights to Paris.

• Cape Verde
• TACV The national airline of Cape Verde offers weekly direct flights to Boston (US) for reasonable prices. They also fly to South America and Europe.

• Congo
• Congo Airlines flies domestic routes and has a weekly service to Johannesburg.

• Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• Air Ivoire is the national airline and has a good network of flights within West Africa. The airline also flies to Paris and Marseilles (France).

• Djibouti
• Daallo Airlines is a private airline which has grown to service the Horn of Africa and connect it to Europe. Its network includes; Asmara, Addis Ababa, Bosasso, Burao, Djibouti, Dubai, Hargeisa, Galkacyo, Jeddah, Mogadishu, Nairobi, London, Paris and Sharjah.

• Egypt
• EgyptAir is the country's national airline and one of Africa's largest airlines. Egyptair offers domestic services as well as flights to Europe, the Middle East, India, Thailand and several African destinations including Nairobi, Addis Ababa, and Johannesburg.

• Ethiopia
• Ethiopian Airlines has one of the most extensive networks in Africa (20 countries) and they also fly to Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US (Washington DC).

• Equatorial Guinea
• Local airline General Work offers regular flights from Malabo, the capital on Bioko island, to Bata, the main city on the mainland.
  
• Euroguineana Airlines operates sporadically, when it does, it flies to Douala (Cameroon), Libreville (Gabon) and Bata (Equatorial Guinea).

• Gabon
  
• Gabon Airlines flies to Johannesburg, Paris and Marseille as well as some regional and domestic routes.

• The Gambia
  
• Elysian Airlines is a West African regional airline with services between Liberia, Guinea, the Gambia and Cameroon.

Ghana

• Ghana International Airlines is a recently established airline (10/2005) and offers regular services from Accra to London, Lagos and Johannesburg.

• Guinea
• Air Guinee was the national airline of Guinea but it dissolved in 2002.
• Elysian Airlines is a West African regional airline with services between Liberia, Guinea, the Gambia and Cameroon.

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