Luanda – Angola launched on November 10 an international tender for the private management of the newly inaugurated Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport in Luanda, ANGOP has learnt.
In a recent interview to Angola's Public Television (TPA), the Transport minister Ricardo D’Abreu said the aim is to identify a partner with proven experience, underlining that there is already interest from European, American and the Middle East.
The new airport infrastructure occupies an area of 1,324 hectares, with capacity to receive 15 million passengers and a cargo volume of 130,000 tons per year.
With two double runways, the airport is prepared to receive aircraft of the B747 and A380 type; the latter considered the largest commercial aircraft nowadays, among others.
The south runway (the largest), which is 4,000 meters and 60 meters wide, received in June 2022, the first TAAG’s experimental flight of a Boeing 777 aircraft.
The new Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) is located in the urban district of Bom Jesus, in the country's capital, Luanda. OPF/QCB/CF/AMP
