Departures
Pictured: below and bottom left to right: Cairo cityscape; Algiers, Algeria; Casablanca, Morocco; Tunis, Tunisia
largest industry, based on an exotic culture, splendid landscape and easy accessibility from Europe, it recorded an impressive 11 per cent rise in overseas visitors last year. BA serves Marrakech thrice-weekly from Heathrow, with Royal Air Maroc offering the same frequency from London Gatwick. EasyJet flies from Gatwick; Ryanair from Luton.
Tunisia Tunis Scene of the first shots fired in the Arab Spring, Tunis saw the country’s president deposed early this year and the installation of a transitional government. As tourism struggles to recover from negative publicity, the economy is reliant on agriculture, mining, and the manufacture of petroleum products, car parts and electric machinery. From Heathrow, BA flies to Tunis five times a week; Tunis Air four times weekly. Air France and Lufthansa fly from Paris CDG and Frankfurt.
Angola Luanda Located on the Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola’s main seaport, its chief exports being coffee, cotton, sugar, diamonds, iron and salt. Ongoing economic growth is mainly supported by oil extraction. BA provides the only direct flight from the
UK to Luanda, flying once a week out of Heathrow. South African Airways operates daily via Johannesburg, while Brussels Airlines, Air France, KLM and Lufthansa all offer two services a week from their hubs.
Botswana Gaborone Diamonds are Gaborone’s best friend thanks to the government’s joint mining venture with De Beers of South Africa. The capital of
Botswana is the centre of the national economy and the headquarters of several major financial institutions and international companies. With no direct flights from the UK to Gaborone, the routing is via a choice of connections from major African gateways, including Kenya Airways via Nairobi.
Cameroon Yaounde Founded in 1888 by German traders, occupied by Belgian troops during World War One, and once a French colony, the capital of Cameroon cannot fail to be cosmopolitan. Politically stable and prosperous, it has an economy founded on tobacco, dairy products, breweries, clay, glass, and lumber, and is a centre for the distribution of coffee, cocoa, sugar cane and rubber. With no direct flights from the UK to
Yaounde, the alternatives include Brussels Airlines’ twice-weekly service from Brussels and three Air France departures a week from Paris CDG. Alternatively, fly to Geneva, from where Swiss flies daily via Zurich.
DRC Congo Kinshasa Formerly part of French and Dutch colonies, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is located on the Congo River. Its economy relies heavily on mining, and the country is also the world’s biggest producer of cobalt ore. There are no direct flights from the UK to Kinshasa. This means taking one of South African Airways’ four services a week from Heathrow via Johannesburg or catching Brussels Airlines’ daily departure from Brussels. Or join Air France at Paris CDG for one of four operations a week to the Congo.
Ethiopia Addis Ababa The subtropical capital of Ethiopia is located over 7,500ft above sea level. It is richly endowed with natural resources, including gold, platinum, marble, tantalite, copper, potash, zinc, iron and natural gas. Much of the potential, however, is still to be exploited, making the country ripe for investment. ➔
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