Gov’t begins flight to Southern Cameroons to appease striking Anglophones

The Government has ordered the Cameroon Airline Corporation (Camair-Co), to re-establish domestic flights to West Cameroon in bid to douse the flaring tempers of the Anglophones.

Camair-Co completed its first technical test flight to the North West Region on Tuesday, July 4.

The Chinese MA60 Mantung, which was given to Cameroon’s military by the Chinese Government and was later added to the Camir-Co fleet by the Government due to inadequate planes, successfully landed at the Bafut Airport.

The Tuesday flight came after several years of neglects of Airports in Southern Cameroons.

The Bamenda Airport just like the Mamfe and Tiko Airports were gradually transformed into plantations and breeding grounds for rodents

Following the successful test flight, Camair-Co will from July 20, begin weekly domestic flights to the Northwest Region from Yaounde and Douala.

 But the flight cost still remains a headache. However, sources at Camair-Co have estimated the flight cost at FCFA 32,000.

Meanwhile, officials of the Cameroon Airline Corporation have assured clients that flight tickets will relatively be cheaper.  

According to the General Manager of Camair-Co, Ernest Ndikoum, people who book for hotel and airfare together will spend less.  

He also revealed that the Bamenda destination is part of the company’s restructuring programme aimed at giving more value to domestic flights, at cheaper rates.

The Camair-Co Bamenda flight, which is due to officially begin on July 20, is set to make use of its three domestic flights.

Meantime, the Bamenda Airport, which was neglected and surreptitiously transformed  into a military camp for the Rapid Intervention Battalion(BIR) has now been given a new facelift following the launch of th Camair-Co domestic flight operations.