TAAG Angola Airlines will resume flights to Havana and increase its frequencies to seven domestic and three international destinations including Sao Paulo/Guarulhos (GRU), Brazil in the coming months.
The Angolan state-owned company is gradually restoring its frequencies and the destinations where it operated before the pandemic as travel demand begins to pick up. The aircraft assigned to each destination meet the usual passenger and cargo traffic.
It should be noted that the company has a fleet of:
- Five Boeing 737-700s, one in storage, with a capacity for 120 passengers, operating on medium-haul regional routes and Cabinda (CAB) in Angola.
- Three Boeing 777-200ER; everything in maintenance.
- Five Boeing 777-300ERs, including one in storage, with a capacity for 293 passengers, used exclusively on flights to Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Johannesburg (JNB).
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Return to Cuba and ascent to Brazil
From November 8th, the company will reconnect Luanda (LAD) with Havana (HAV), Cuba, which flew continuously from 1984 to 2020 and has operated few humanitarian and cargo charter flights since then.
In addition, operations to São Paulo/Guarulhos will be increased from three to four weekly flights from November 5th. In the first half of 2022 (January to June), the company carried 94,676 passengers between the two destinations, according to ANAC Brasil.
Timetables and frequencies to Brazil
| flights | Since | Departure | Opposite to | arrival | frequencies |
| DT747 | Luanda (LAD) | 21:30 | Sao Paulo/Guarulhos (GRU) | 02:00 (+1) | TUE – THURS – SAT – SUN |
| DT748 | Sao Paulo/Guarulhos (GRU) | 18:15 | Luanda (LAD) | 06:30 (+1) | MON – WED – FRI – SUN |
Mozambique and Namibia
Starting October 2nd, both capitals will add an additional frequency:
- Maputo (MPN), Mozambique, Increase from 3 to 4 flights per week operating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays using Boeing 737-700 aircraft.
- Windhoek, Namibia; Increase from 4 to 5 flights per week operating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays using Dash 8-400 aircraft.
The frequencies in the other international destinations will be retained:
- Lisbon (LIS), Portugal, twelve weekly flights.
- Madrid (MAD), Spain, two weekly flights.
- Johannesburg (JNB), South Africa, one daily flight.
- Cape Town (CPT), South Africa, four weekly flights.
- Lagos (LOS), Nigeria, two weekly flights.
- Kinshasa (FIH), Democratic Republic of the Congo, two weekly flights.
- São Tome (TMS9, São Tomé and Príncipe, one weekly flight.
national travel destinations
TAAG has just added 11 new flights that will reinforce existing connections in 6 provinces from north to south of the country. According to the company, the domestic segment reflects the greater mobility and interest in travel of private and business travelers
within Angola.
This strong focus on internal connections will give passengers more options and allow travelers to stay longer in these provinces, which will have a positive impact on the local economy, especially in terms of tourism, services or commercial prospecting.
Photo: TAAG Angola
A special note on the Luanda – Cabinda (CAB) route, one of the domestic destinations with the highest demand, on which approximately 90% of flights are operated by Boeing 737-700 aircraft. This means that 23 of the 26 weekly flights to Cabinda will be operated by B737s.
The rest of the national operations will be carried out in the Dash 8-400 with the following frequency increases:
- Luanda – Catumbela (CBT), increase from 4 to 7 weekly flights, up from 9 weekly flights before the pandemic.
- Luanda – Lubango (SDD), increase from 4 to 6 flights per week, before the pandemic with 8 flights per week.
- Luanda – Dundo (DUE), increases from 4 to 5 weekly flights, surpassing pre-pandemic levels of 3 weekly flights.
- Luanda – Luena (LUO), increases from 4 to 5 flights per week, surpassing pre-pandemic levels of 3 flights per week.
- Luanda – Ondjiva (Cunene), increases from 2 to 4 flights per week, surpassing the pre-pandemic level of 3 flights per week.
- Luanda – Huambo (NOV), increase from 2 to 4 flights per week, before the pandemic with 6 flights per week.
The company will maintain the Namibe (MSZ), Saurimo (VHC), Uige (UGO), Menongue (SPP) and Kuito (SVP) frequencies; with 4 flights per week the first two and from 2 to 1 weekly flight in the last destinations.