TAAG Angola Airlines has officially opened ticket sales for its new Abidjan route, advancing the company’s expansion strategy across the African continent and reinforcing Angola’s positioning as a regional connectivity hub. The start of operations, with the first commercial passenger flight, is scheduled for April 6, 2026, linking Dr António Agostinho Neto International Airport (NBJ) to Félix Houphouët-Boigny International Airport (ABJ) in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d’Ivoire and one of the main financial and logistics centres in West Africa.
The Abidjan service will be primarily operated with the Airbus A220-300 aircraft, offering a total capacity of 137 passengers, including 12 seats in Business Class and 125 seats in Economy Class. The route will operate three weekly frequencies, with flights scheduled on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, as below:
- NBJ – ABJ | 11:10 – 14:05 (local time)
- ABJ – NBJ | 15:05 – 19:50 (local time)
With this new route, TAAG strengthens regional connectivity and creates new opportunities for mobility, trade, and cooperation between Angola and Côte d’Ivoire, a strategic geography within Francophone Africa.
As part of the global network management strategy, the Côte d’Ivoire operation has been optimised to provide convenient onward connections for passengers departing from Abidjan, with final destinations including Lisbon (Portugal), Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa. Soon, connectivity may be expanded to other strategic markets within TAAG’s network, including São Paulo (Brazil), reflecting a passenger-centric service offering with multipoint international connections via Angola.
The opening of ticket sales milestone for the new Abidjan route was followed by an institutional ceremony, held in Luanda, attended by representatives from the Government of Angola, the Diplomatic body, civil aviation stakeholders, as well as TAAG’s Board Members.
