Cheap Flights To
Madagascar
Finding cheap flights
to Madagascar
for your dream trip to view lemur and chameleon on this unique island
depends strongly on where you are flying from.
Long haul direct flights to Madagascar are only available from Europe and
Asia at the moment.
There are no direct routes from North America or Australasia, so if you are
coming from those areas you will need to fly via Europe, Asia, Kenya, South Africa or the islands of Mauritius, Comores, Reunion or Mayotte.
Really
cheap flights to Madagascar will probably come from using the
national carrier, but the country is also serviced by other airlines - Air France (Paris direct), Air Mauritius (e.g. London, Rome, Cape Town, Sydney, Perth, Hong Kong via Mauritius) and Interair (Johannesburg).
I lived in the United Kingdom for
a number of years and when I went back to Africa to visit my family I always followed some
simple guidelines to make sure I found the best prices.
Air ticket prices vary so
wildly that it's worth making sure you don't pay more than you have to
before going on a trip.
Madagascar Airlines - The National Carrier
Air Madagascar is the country's national airline and
they have more than 40 years of experience under their belt.Their network
connects 40 destinations in Madagascar with about 20 regional flights and 9
long-haul ones.
They are one of the few African airlines
that are turning a profit after a successful restructuring in 2002.
A great advantage of booking your long haul flight to Madagascar with "Mad Air", is that they offer a 50% discount on domestic flights if you did. (Correct at time of writing, November 2006. Terms & conditions apply.) Advice from previous travellers is to make use of a few domestic flights for the longer distances, as the roads are quite bad and ground transport not the best.
Flights to Madagascar Airports
There are six major airports on the island (but over a hundred in total)...
| Links To |
Airport |
| International |
Antananarivo (TNR) |
| Italy, Seychelles |
Nossi-be/Nosy Be (NOS) |
| Kenya, Comores, Mayotte |
Mahajanga/Majunga (MJN) |
|
Réunion & Mayotte islands |
Antsiranana/Diego Suarez (DIE) |
|
Mauritius, Réunion islands |
Toamasina/Tamatave (TMM) |
|
Réunion |
Tolagnaro/Fort Dauphin (FTU) |
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