Travel - International
Air
Madagascar’s national airline is Air Madagascar (MD) (website: www.airmadagascar.mg).
Approximate flight times
From Antananarivo to London is 13 hours 50 minutes (including connection in Paris). There are regular flights from Madagascar to the Comoro Islands, Kenya, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.
International airports
Antananarivo (TNR), is 17km (11 miles) from the city. Airport facilities include a restaurant and bureau de change. It is linked by a regular bus service to the Air Madagascar office and the Hilton Hotel (the centre for Madagascar Airtours). Taxis asking special higher rates are also available at the airport. Further airports are at Arivonimamo (international standby airport), which is 45km (28 miles) from the capital, Mahajanga (links to East Africa and the Comoro Islands), Nossi Bé (links to the Seychelles) and Toamasina (links to Mauritius and Réunion islands).
Departure tax
None.
Sea
International tour operators promote Madagascar as a stopping place on extended cruises of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Expensive private cruises can be arranged from Europe and the USA. Toamasina is the main port.
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