Burkina Faso reopens air borders
On Friday, September 30, 2022, a new coup d'état, initiated by a military junta, took place in Burkina Faso. In the aftermath, the country temporarily closed its borders.
Air travel to and from Burkina Faso has been restored since Monday, October 3, 2022. The information is contained in a NOTAM published for this purpose. In the wake of this, Air Burkina and Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have confirmed the restoration of their flights. Other airlines are expected to follow in the coming hours.
Burkina Faso closed its borders on Saturday, October 1, "until further notice," in the wake of the coup d'état by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who overthrew Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took over the country in January by the same process. The NOTAM issued for this purpose initially ran for a period of 10 days, and stipulated that takeoffs and landings were prohibited at the international airports of Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso. An exemption was granted, however, for "military flights, aircraft in distress, medical evacuation flights, humanitarian flights, and special flights, after obtaining prior authorization from the authorities of Burkina Faso. However, the NOTAM stated that overflight of Burkina Faso territory remained authorized. About ten airlines were affected by this restriction. In normal operations, Ouagadougou is served by Air Burkina, Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Tunisair, Royal Air Maroc, Air Côte d'Ivoire, Brussels Airlines, Air France and Asky Airlines.
Burkina Faso closed its borders on Saturday, October 1, "until further notice," in the wake of the coup d'état by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who overthrew Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took over as head of the country last January, by the same process. The NOTAM issued for this purpose initially ran for a period of 10 days, and stipulated that takeoffs and landings were prohibited at the international airports of Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso.
An exemption was granted, however, for "military flights, aircraft in distress, medical evacuation flights, humanitarian flights, and special flights, after obtaining prior authorization from the authorities of Burkina Faso. However, the NOTAM stated that overflight of Burkina Faso territory remained authorized. About ten airlines were affected by this restriction. In normal operations, Ouagadougou is served by Air Burkina, Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Tunisair, Royal Air Maroc, Air Côte d'Ivoire, Brussels Airlines, Air France and Asky Airlines.
