Departures
Pictured: Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa; and Bamako, capital city of Mali
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Africa. With no direct flights from the UK to Bamako, the alternative is to join Air France’s daily departure from Paris CDG.
Namibia Windhoek Set in the centre of Namibia, the capital was once part of a German colony whose influence persists in the architecture. Windhoek is the country’s industrial dynamo, driving an economy based mainly on the extraction of minerals and raw materials. There are no direct services from the UK
to Windhoek, but South African Airways has 20 flights a week from Heathrow via Johannesburg. Alternatively, Air Namibia flies six times a week from Frankfurt.
Nigeria Lagos Located on the Atlantic coast of south west Nigeria, Lagos is the country’s commercial and financial hub, housing most of its banks and financial institutions. Its port is among the largest and busiest in Africa, and Nigeria is the UK’s second-largest market in Africa. From Heathrow, British Airways, Arik Air and
Virgin fly to Lagos daily. Air France and KLM offer a daily frequency from Paris CDG and Amsterdam Schiphol respectively, with Lufthansa providing six services a week out of Frankfurt. Emirates has a double-daily operation from Dubai.
Abuja Site of government institutions and multi- national companies, the Nigerian capital is a powerhouse of business activity. Located in the centre of the country, it has an economy founded on oil and petroleum products, financial services, leather goods, road vehicles and telecoms. The city is also home to the agency monitoring Nigeria’s space satellite.
BA serves Abuja daily from Heathrow, with
Arik Air offering five flights a week. Lufthansa has one flight a week out of Frankfurt.
Senegal Dakar The capital is situated on Senegal’s Atlantic coast, on the western edge of Africa, making its port ideal for transatlantic and European trade. An important financial centre, Dakar is the site of numerous banks, and many multi- national companies and research institutes. There are no direct flights from the UK to Dakar, but South African Airways flies 14 times a week from Heathrow via Johannesburg. Air France operates daily out of Paris CDG, Brussels Airlines has five departures weekly from Brussels.
South Africa Cape Town As the seat of the National Parliament and home of government offices and many insurance and petrochemical companies, Cape Town is one of Africa’s main economic hubs. It is also a regional manufacturing centre. All of which is in contrast to its reputation as South Africa’s leisure playground, celebrated for its natural harbour and distinctive landmarks such as Table Mountain. From Heathrow, BA and South African Airways offer a daily service to Cape Town, and Virgin Atlantic operates five times a week.
KLM flies daily from Schiphol, Emirates has a twice-daily departure from Dubai, and Qatar Airways departs four times a week from Doha.
Durban Subtropical Durban has a multifaceted economy, its pillars are tourism, transport- ation, finance and government. It is also a manufacturing giant, producing everything from chemicals to motor vehicles. There are no direct services from the UK to Durban. Instead, Emirates flies daily from Dubai, or fly via Johannesburg with South African Airways.
Johannesburg The capital of Gauteng province is South Africa’s largest city and the principal air gateway to Southern Africa. Once dominated by gold mining, it no longer extracts the precious metal, although it is still involved ➔
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