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Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport (formerly known as Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport) (IATA: COO, ICAO: DBBB) is an airport in the Cadjehoun neighborhood of Cotonou, the largest city in Benin, in West Africa. The airport is the largest in the country, and the primary entry point into the country by air, with flights to Africa and Europe.
Air France flight AF 028 landing in 2011 at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, US. Air France was founded on 7 October 1933 as a merger of several French aviation companies. The network started with destinations across Europe, to French colonies in North Africa [clarification needed] and farther afield. [2]
Benin has a total of 578 km (359 mi) of single track, 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge railway. Benin does not, at this time, share railway links with adjacent countries - Niger possesses no railways to connect to, and while the other surrounding countries, Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso, do have railway networks, no connections have been built.
Dedicated services are less common than Rail&Fly alliances, due to the level of service provided. Often checked through luggage is provided between the air and rail journeys, dedicated carriages or entire trains are provided to airline passengers, and service is to the same level expected on board an aircraft, including meals and refreshments.
Rail construction began around 1900, with regular services commencing in 1906; rail operation was taken into government control (from private companies) in 1930. [ 1 ] Benin does not currently share railway links with adjacent countries, although at least three are planned, and the link into Niger is already under construction. [ 2 ]
Europe’s most famous train, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, will launch an annual trip from Paris to Portofino, starting in June 2024.