Donsin Airport: the first flights expected at the end of 2025, Resp

Ouagadougou: The Director General of Donsin Airport Project Management (MOAD), Zakaria Siéba, assured Tuesday that the first flights at Donsin airport are expected at the end of the year 2025. Everything will be done to ensure that the first planes take off or land at Ouagadougou-Donsin international airport before the end of 2025, in accordance with the deadlines set by the authorities, indicated the Director General of MOAD, Zakaria Serge Lando Siéba. Mr. Siéba spoke on Tuesday in Donsin, during a press visit to the airport site. According to Zakaria Serge Lando Siéba, this new deadline from the authorities can be respected because, he explains, 'there is significant progress in the achievements of the new airport. As of March 2024, the average execution rate of works under public project management stands at 86%. » This level of execution concerns, among other things, the aeronautical roadways which include the landing-takeoff runways, the aircraft exit roads, the technical building which includes the control tower, the technical block, the administrative and military buildings , roads and the airport fence, explained the general director. The first manager of the Airport Construction Project Management Unit also took the opportunity to express his gratitude to the Transition authorities who are helping the MOAD to overcome the bottlenecks encountered in the construction of the works. . As a reminder, the Donsin airport construction project (35km from Ouagadougou) was born from the desire of the authorities of Burkina Faso to provide the country with a modern airport infrastructure that complies with national and international standards in this area. However, for almost a decade, the site has experienced several shutdowns. In August 2023, Burkina terminated the concession agreement with the French group Meridian for serious breaches, we recall. Source: Burkina Information Agency