The temporary suspension of flights arises from the need to control the spread of the covid-19 pandemic, in particular the new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the disease.
"The dynamics of scheduled flights will change," said the minister, noting that the measure will start to take effect as of 00:00 on January 24, 2021.
"We are going to have a period of just over a week where the objective is to allow as many Angolan and foreign citizens who are in those countries as possible to return," he stressed.
The Government estimates that there are a little more than 11,000 national and foreign citizens living in or working in Angola in these countries.
The other air connections continue to function without any changes, stressed Adão de Almeida, explaining that the difference is that, "even for these connections, the post-landing test becomes mandatory".
The Minister of Transport, Ricardo de Abreu, informed that Lisbon is the place with more passengers of TAAG, the flag company (about 5000), counting São Paulo (Brazil) with a potential of 1600 and Cape Town (Africa of the South) South) 1400.
On the TAP side, he estimated the number of passengers expected to return at 3000.
The other airlines with which Luanda currently connects (Emirates and Qatar Airways, Air France and Lufthansa) maintain their frequencies and regular flights.
Ricardo de Abreu said that a strategy is being prepared to alert passengers about flights, so that they can proceed with pre-boarding testing "and allow some fluidity".
Although there is no need for authorization to enter the country, passengers are required to complete a travel registration form, he added.
