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Travel - International Air Burkina Faso’s national airline is Air Burkina (2J). Other airlines serving Burkina Faso include Air Algrie, Air France and Air Ivoire. There are regular flights from Paris and Brussels to Ouagadougou. Approximate flight times There are no direct flights from the UK or the USA. To Ouagadougou from London (via Paris) is 8 hours 15 minutes; from New York (via Paris) is 12 hours 20 minutes. International airports Ouagadougou (OUA) is 8km (5 miles) from the city. Taxi and bus services are available to the city. Airport facilities include banks, post office, shops, restaurants and car hire. Borgo, 16km (10 miles) from Bobo Dioulasso, handles mainly domestic flights (see Travel – Internal). Departure tax None. Rail The only route is the international line from Abidjan, Cte d’Ivoire, running through to Ouagadougou. There are around three trains a week between the two capitals. The line has recently been taken over by a French company. Work is underway to extend the line from Ouagadougou to Tambao on the Mali border, but this project may have to be cancelled to meet foreign debt requirements. Road Routes are from Benin, Cte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Togo, although these are often barely adequate. Regular bus services run during the dry season, from Bobo to Bamako in Mali, and from Ouagadougou to Niamey in Niger and to Abidjan in Cte d’Ivoire. The road from Ghana is being improved. Bush taxis also serve most routes. |