Access to International Markets

Historically and culturally, they are very much connected to Latin America and have important commercial and institutional ties to West Africa.

They are an excellent commercial, logistical platform for transferring services and technology between continents as they are on the main international trading routes.

International Airports: 6

2009 DATA

Number of Weekly Flights to Europe: 1,500

Direct destinations: 40 European, 10 African, 2 Latin American

Number of direct weekly flights to:

• 467 United Kingdom               
• 29 Belgium               
• 448 Peninsula              
• 27 Italy              
• 334 Germany               
• 16 Austria
• 45 Sweden                      
• 15 France               
• 41 Norway               
• 10 Switzerland                      
• 32 Denmark                      
• 8 Portugal
• 31 Finland              
• 633   Regional

Duration of flight to major cities:

Europe    

• Berlin          4h 30min
• London       4h
• Paris            4h
• Rome          4h 20min

Africa

• Casablanca (Morocco) 2h
• Nouakchott (Mauritania) 2h
• Dakar (Senegal) 2h 30min
• Praia (Cape Verde) 2h 30min
• Cape Town (South Africa) (1 lay-over) 20h

Middle East

• El Cairo (Egypt) (1 lay-over) 10h