Kigali International Airport
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Kigali International Airport (IATA: KGL, ICAO: HRYR), formerly known as Gregoire Kayibanda International Airport, is the primary airport serving Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. It is the main air gateway for all destinations in the country, and in addition serves as a transit airport for Goma and Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The airport is located in the suburb of Kanombe, at the eastern edge of Kigali, approximately 12 kilometres (7.2 mi) from the city centre.
In 2004, the airport served 135,189 passengers.
Airlines and destinations
- Air Burundi (Bujumbura, Entebbe)
- Brussels Airlines (Brussels, Nairobi)
- DAS Air Cargo (Nairobi, Dubai) (cargo only)
- Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Bujumbura)
- Ethiopian Airlines Cargo (Addis Ababa) (cargo only)
- Kenya Airways (Bujumbura, Nairobi)
- KLM (Amsterdam) (cargo only)
- Rwandair Express (Bujumbura, Cyangugu, Entebbe, Gisenyi (soon), Johannesburg, Kilimanjaro, Nairobi)
- South African Airways (Johannesburg)
Accidents
- 6 April, 1994 - A Falcon 50 owned by and carrying then-president of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down while approaching the airport, killing all 12 aboard including Habyarimana and then-president of Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira, who were returning from a meeting to end Rwanda's civil war. The attack was blamed on Tutsi rebels, and as a result within one hour of the crash interhamwe militias had begun the Rwandan Genocide. It is not known who shot down or ordered the attack on the plane.
Gallery
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The passenger terminal, seen from the front
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The old terminal, now used for VIP departures/arrivals
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Inside the passenger terminal
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The departures lounge
References
[1] Rwanda TRANSPORTATION
[2]Tanzanian Holidays