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Airlines To Africa

Due to the vast distances and poor roads in some African hunting countries, using an African domestic airline frequently becomes a necessity.

African airlines can be somewhat unreliable but you can usually count on the national airlines to stay in business.
The published flight times are often not very reliable - some African carriers seem to go when they feel like it, including departing earlier than scheduled. Information about delays can be sparse so leave a minimum of 4 hours for connecting flights.
The question of airline safety is often paramount when thinking about using an African airline. A recent BBC report cites 'Africa accounts for only 4% of global air traffic but 27% of all air crashes.' To check any airlines crash history go to www.planecrashinfo.com to help with your research.
Cheap flights to Africa are easy to find if you know where to look and follow a few guidelines.
Some African aircraft look old and in somewhat shabby condition inside and out. If you fly not expecting great food, inflight entertainment, seats to recline, attentive air crew then you won't be disappointed and will be pleasantly surprised if these things are in working order.
Don't forget to put on insect repellent when flying on some African airlines - the cabins often contain lots of mosquitoes.

Air France operates from Paris to most African countries.

Brussels Airlines operates from Brussels to Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Uganda.

Swiss operates from Zurich to most African countries.

KLM operates from Amsterdam to many African countries. Remember you will need the Dutch Consent document for transit with firearms in Amsterdam.

British Midland operates from UK to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Lufthansa operates from Frankfurt to many African countries.

TAP is the only international airline operating to Mozambique from Europe.

British Airways operates from London to most African countries.

United Airlines operates from New York to Addis Ababa and European destinations.

Northwestern Airlines operates from the US to many European cities.

American Airlines operates from the US to many European cities. Remember firearms are not accepted as checked baggage to/from London.

Delta Air Lines operates from the US to Johannesburg, South Africa as well as European destinations.

Continental Airlines operates from the US to many European cities.

Qantas operates from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to Johannesburg, South Africa.

South African Airways is the main international African airline operating worldwide from Johannesburg.

Benin Golf Air operates domestic and regional international flights in Benin.

Air Botswana operates domestic flights and internationally to RSA and Zimbabwe.

Air Burkina is the national airline operating domestic and regional services. Now flies to Paris and Marseilles. Website not working.

Kenya Airways operates domestic and international flights from Nairobi.

Ethiopian Airlines operates to/from many international & domestic destinations.

LAM (Linhas Aereas Mocambique) operates domestic and regional international flights from Mozambique.

Air Namibia operates domestic flights and internationally to Frankfurt and Johannesburg.

South African Airlink operates domestic and regional international flights from Johannesburg.

Air Tanzania operates domestic and international flights to Johannesburg. Website does not work.

Air Zimbabwe operates domestic and regional international flights out of Harare.

Precision Air operates domestic flights within Tanzania.

South African Express operates domestic and regional international flights from South Africa.

Zambian Airways suspended all operations in January 2009
Cameroon Airlines ceased flight operations in March 2008.
Some African airlines have frequent problems with their websites. Please excuse any links that don't work and try later.