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L’ Lomé-Tokoin International Airport , renamed Gnassingbé-Eyadema International Airport In 2016 [ first ] , (code here: LFW • CODE ICAO: DXXX ), is a domestic and international airport located in Lomé, capital of Togo. Only airport in the south of the country, it serves Lomé as well as the maritime region; To date, it is also almost the only the international airport in Togo. That of Niamtougou, to the north, in the process of modernizing, which certainly officially has this status, still having an embryonic commercial traffic.
The Lomé Tokoin (SALT) airport company has been responsible for the management, operation and development of Lomé airport since 1986. It is a mixed industrial and commercial economy company, with civil personality and financial autonomy. It is created and organized by the decree N O 86-85/PR of May 20, 1986; Its activities actually started in January 1987. Its capital, of five hundred million CFA francs, was distributed between the Togolese State (65%) and the Togo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (35%).
Lomé-Tokoin is located along the avenue de la Paix, five kilometers north-east of the city center (Town Hall of Lomé). The population of the capital having been strongly increased since the construction of the airport, its hold, occupying an area of 413 ha, is today included within the urban fabric which has spread during time. This airport was modernized during the 2010s, as part of the airport, port and road infrastructure renovation project. The parking area is enlarged to receive fifteen large carriers and the new terminal, with a main hall of twenty-four registration counters, is inaugurated the , by the president of Togo Faure Gnassingbé [ 2 ] . Gnassingbé-Eyadema International Airport is in full expansion thanks to the establishment of the International African Airline ASKY (whose headquarters are in Lomé) which made it its main correspondence platform [ 3 ] . In 2019, Asky opened a Johannesburg / Lomé link [ 4 ] .
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The name of Lomé-Tokoin comes from the name of the Lomé district where the airport is: Tokoin. The new name, Gnassingbé-Eyadema, Honore Gnassingbé Eyadema, (1935-2005), a Togolese politician who occupied for 38 years, from 1967 to his death, the post of President of the Togolese Republic.
Companies | Destinations |
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Air Burkina | Cotonou, ouagadougou |
Air Côte d’Ivoire | Abidjan-F.-H.-Boigny |
Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
ASKY Airlines |
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Brussels Airlines | Bruxelles-National |
Intercontinental Ceiba | Damn |
Ethiopian Airlines | Addis-Abeba Bole, Newark-Liberty, New York-John F. Kennedy |
Royal Air Morocco | Casablanca-Mohammed-V. |
Emirates | Dubai, Conakry |
French Bee | In season: Paris-Orly |
Guinea Aviation | Conakry, Kisshi, Kankan |
Edited on 05/16/2020 Updated 12/11/2022
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Facade of Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport in Lomé seen from the parking lot
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport from Lomé – Departure entrance
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport from Lomé – Staircase accessing the starting entrance
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport from Lomé – Escalator leading to the starting entrance
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport from Lomé – Departure entrance view at night
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Aircraft at Gnassingbe Eyadema International Airport from Lomé
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