Airports in Burundi
Burundi is a beautiful place that is destroyed by the ethnic conflicts going on in generations.
The advent of peace has made this country charming and expects this peace to last long so that the dark past is put to complete rest.
This is a small nation with soaring mountains sandwiched between Tanzania and African giants of Democratic republic of Congo.
Though, the number of visitors is very less now, it will very soon receive a trickle of tourists in huge numbers when they come to know that no more war will take place.
The Burundi International airport is situated approximately 12km towards the north of the city centre and connecting flights to Bujumbura with Kigali, Nairobi, Kampala and Ethiopia.Bujumbura is the steamy capital of Burundi and offers lovely location on the Lake Tanganyika shores.
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International (BJM)
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Gitega (GID)
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Kirundo (KRE)
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They do not have many airports in Burundi, except for the Burundi International airport operating flights namely Air Burundi, Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and Rwandair Express. This airport is located six miles from the Bujumbura centre.
The airport has a taxi stand at the arrivals gate and the cost of the services from and to the airport and the city centre is around US$10 or 10000 francs. The other services of buses or trains are not available near the airport.Burundi houses thousands of U.N. soldiers and there are many AID and NGO workers. As it is progressing.
It is expected that in the coming years, there may be many more airports offering cheap flights to Burundi. However, even now cheap flights to Burundi are available as the traffic traveling to Burundi is less in comparison to many other places. Buja is one such fascinating place that offers best nightlife to immerse in the African hospitality.
However, even now the airport in Burundi has a small restaurant as well as a duty free shop. This airport charges a departure tax of US$20 from each passenger.
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