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Ivory Coast
Index
In the 1980s, the Abidjan-Port Bouët International
Airport,
situated on the outskirts of Abidjan, was one of the most
active in
Africa, handling more than 1 million passengers each year.
It had
two runways more than 3,000 meters in length and could
handle all
large carriers, as could the airports at Bouaké and
Yamoussoukro.
There were also thirty public airports serving the major
towns and
approximately fifty private airfields. Air Ivoire, the
state
airline, also known as Ivoirian Air Transport and Liaison
(Government Aérien de Transport et liaison--GATL), handled
air
traffic within the country and also flew to neighboring
countries.
Air Afrique, a multinational consortium formed by ten
francophone
African countries and headquartered in Abidjan, was the
major
carrier for international traffic serving Côte d'Ivoire.
Air
Afrique's major competitors were Air France and the Air
Transport
Union (Union des Transports Aériens--UTA), a private
French-owned
carrier. Other carriers from Europe and the United States
also
provided regular service.
Data as of November 1988
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