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Born from a passionate desire to dispel the negative perceptions which the world has held of the African Continent, and to replace it with a positive focus, Nomad Africa magazine celebrates life on the African continent. Covering stories from all countries and all cultures, it strives to include unique tourist attractions, business development, technology and investment opportunities as well as looking at the continent's cultural heritage. Nomad Africa inspires and breeds a conscious, knowledgeable generation of visionaries among our own, and influences positive perceptions and appreciation for the true worth of Africa worldwide.
Born from a passionate desire to dispel the negative perceptions which the world has held of the African Continent, and to replace it with a positive focus, Nomad Africa magazine celebrates life on the African continent. Covering stories from all countries and all cultures, it strives to include unique tourist attractions, business development, technology and investment opportunities as well as looking at the continent's cultural heritage. Nomad Africa inspires and breeds a conscious, knowledgeable generation of visionaries among our own, and influences positive perceptions and appreciation for the true worth of Africa worldwide.
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Marrakesh Menara Airport.<br />
the Plaisance Airport. It was renamed in<br />
memory of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.<br />
The airport, set to become a regional hub,<br />
has direct flights to several destinations in<br />
<strong>Africa</strong>, Asia, Europe and is home to the country’s<br />
national airline Air Mauritius. Airports of<br />
Mauritius Co. Ltd (AML) is the owner and operator<br />
of the airport, the Government of<br />
Mauritius is the major shareholder of AML.<br />
Airport Terminal Operations Ltd (ATOL) is responsible<br />
for the design, building and operation<br />
of the new terminal building.<br />
East London Airport<br />
This airport is serving East London, a city in<br />
the Eastern Cape province on the southeast<br />
coast of South <strong>Africa</strong>.<br />
East London’s airport is a small but bustling<br />
one that plays an important role in the growing<br />
economy of the Eastern Cape. Every day,<br />
it welcomes between 20 and 30 flights –<br />
which bring 346,000 people to East London<br />
each year. Of these, about 140,000 are holidaymakers,<br />
mostly local, and about 15% are<br />
foreign tourists. In 2013, the airport served<br />
658,363 passengers.<br />
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport<br />
Serves the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is<br />
located in the Bole area, 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast<br />
of the city centre and 65 km (40 mi)<br />
north of Debre Zeyit. The airport was formerly<br />
known as Haile Selassie I International<br />
Airport. It is the main hub of Ethiopian Airlines,<br />
the national airline that serves destinations<br />
in Ethiopia and throughout the <strong>Africa</strong>n<br />
continent, as well as nonstop service to Asia,<br />
Europe, North America and South America.<br />
The airport is also the base of the Ethiopian<br />
Aviation Academy. As of 31 July 2013, more<br />
than 150 flights per day were departing from<br />
and arriving at the airport.<br />
Marrakesh Menara Airport<br />
Marrakesh Menara Airport is an international<br />
airport serving Marrakesh, the capital city of<br />
the Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz region in Morocco.<br />
It is an international facility that receives<br />
several European flights as well as<br />
flights from Casablanca and some of the<br />
Arab world nations. The airport served over<br />
3.3 million passengers in the year 2012.<br />
Menara Airport (RAK) had formally two passenger<br />
terminals, but these are more or less<br />
combined to form one large terminal. A third<br />
terminal is being built. The existing T1/T2<br />
offer a space of 42.000 m 2 and has a designed<br />
capacity of 4.5 million<br />
passengers/year. The separate freight-terminal<br />
has 340m 2 covered space The air terminals<br />
(1 and 2) are 22,000 m 2 (236,806 sq ft)<br />
and designed to handle 2,500,000 passengers<br />
per year.<br />
Seychelles International Airport<br />
Aéroport de la pointe Larue as it is known<br />
locally is on the island of Mahé, Seychelles<br />
near the capital city of Victoria. It forms part<br />
of the administrative districts of La pointe<br />
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