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Pictured: Tunis
food processing and textiles as drivers of its multifaceted economy. There are no direct flights from the UK to
Khartoum, but Lufthansa flies six times a week from Frankfurt and KLM thrice-weekly from Schiphol. In addition, Qatar Airways offers a twice-daily service from Doha, and Etihad operates daily out of Abu Dhabi.
Tunisia Tunis
The Tunisian capital saw some of the first fighting in the Arab Spring, with the country’s president deposed and the installation of a transitional government. As a result, tourism has struggled to recover from negative publicity and the economy is now largely dependent on the agriculture, mining, petroleum products, mineral, car parts and electric machinery sectors. Tunis Air flies five times a week from
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Nigeria Lagos Decades of political instability have not prevented Nigeria from having one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. This is based on large petroleum and oil resources controlled through the commercial and financial hub of Lagos, whose port is among the busiest in Africa. British Airways, Arik Air and Virgin Atlantic
all fly from London Heathrow to Lagos on a daily basis. Air France, KLM and Lufthansa offer the same frequency from their hubs at Paris CDG, Amsterdam Schiphol and Frankfurt respectively. Emirates operates a twice-daily service out of Dubai, and Etihad provides six flights a week from Abu Dhabi.
Abuja Nigeria’s purpose-built city of Abuja replaced Lagos as the country’s capital more than two decades ago and has prospered as home to government institutions and multinational companies. Located in the geographic centre of the country, it has an economy founded on oil and petroleum products, financial services, leather goods, telecoms and road vehicles. British Airways serves Abuja daily from London Heathrow, with Arik Air operating
services via Lagos. Lufthansa and Air France operate daily departures out of Frankfurt and Paris CDG respectively.
Senegal Dakar
With a port on Senegal’s Atlantic coast, the country’s capital is a hub for shipping in the region, with easy access to transatlantic and European markets. Home to many banks and financial institutions, Dakar houses numerous multinationals and research institutes. There are no direct flights from the UK to
Dakar. Air France operates daily to Dakar out of Paris CDG and Arik Air has connections from Lagos. Brussels Airlines has four departures weekly from Brussels, and Emirates offers the same frequency from its Dubai hub.
Sudan Khartoum South Sudan seceded from the north in 2011, with Juba as its capital. Back in what is officially know as the Republic of Sudan, most business is conducted in the capital city of Khartoum, which controls the country’s oil wealth. Located where the White and Blue Niles meet – known as ‘al-Mogran’ – the city also counts printing, glass manufacture,
Heathrow to Tunis, with BA providing the same frequency out of Gatwick. Lufthansa offers daily flights from Frankfurt, and Air France operates twice-daily from Paris CDG.
THE
CARBON COST
The table below shows the distance covered by a return flight between London and the destination, along with the approximate carbon emissions produced and the cost of offsetting it with The Carbon Neutral Company. See
www.carbonneutral.com for more information.
Algiers
Yaounde Cairo
Alexandria Accra
Abidjan Tripoli
Bamako
Nouakchott Rabat
Casablanca Marrakech Niamey Abuja Lagos
Khartoum Dakar Tunis
3,640km 10,446km 7,699km 7,699km 11,127km 10,858km 4,662km 9,538km 7,882km 3,980km 4,513km 4,598km 9,230km 10,415km 10,030km 10,792km 9,507km 3,995km
0.40t 1t
0.74t 0.74t 1.07t 1.04t 0.50t 0.92t 0.75t 0.45t 0.49t 0.49t 0.89t 1t
0.98t 1.04t 0.91t 0.44t
£4.00 £10.00 £7.40 £7.40
£10.70 £10.40 £5.00 £9.20 £7.50 £4.50 £4.90 £4.90 £8.90 £10.00 £9.80 £10.40 £9.10 £4.40
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