Cheap Flights to Burundi

Bujumbura Airport, Airlines

Burundi is a small Eastern Africa landlocked country in the Great Lakes region. Despite its troubled past and the rather recent unstable conditions, the country actually offers many different attractions for visitors to enjoy. There is an abundance of natural beauty here including national parks and natural reserves with plant life and wildlife and a variety of culture to experience. The nation’s capital and largest city is Bujumbura and is situated in the west of the country on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. For tourists the main attraction in Bujumbura is the museum, called The Musee Vivant.

Airports in Burundi

Bujumbura International Airport (BJM
Bujumbura International Airport is the nation’s only International Airport situated just outside the capital Bujumbura and serves a miniscule average of 85 400 passengers annually. As a result few tourists are venturing into Burundi. The result is that international tourist flights are almost non-existent. The civil aviation of Burundi is responsible for all air travel and the Bujumbura Airport. The Airport has a tidy asphalt surface, high-quality runways plus sparkling interior decorations. The length of runways of Bujumbura International Airport is 3,600 m. Airport statistics show that in the year 2004 approximately 85,434 passengers were served by this airport with many airlines operating flights here.
Airlines operating Flights at Bujumbura International Airport are;
• Air Burundi- this is the country’s national airline and offers scheduled International and regional flights to Kigali- Rwanda and Entebbe- Uganda but currently appears to be non-operational.
• Kenya Airways
• Rwandair Express
• Ethiopian Airlines; flies via Addis Ababa and Kigali to Bujumbura.
• Brussels Airlines
• KLM
• South African Airways, SAA
• Air Tanzania; also flies via Dar es Salaam and Kigali to Bujumbura.
• American Airlines
Flights from South Africa to Burundi enter the country via Bujumbura International Airport in the capital city. Several airlines offer flights from Johannesburg and have either one or two stops. SAA flies to Burundi with a one stop flight via Nairobi. Kenya Airways, Air Mauritius, Ethiopian Airlines and Emirates have two stop flights.

Best Time to Travel
Burundi experiences an equatorial climate and hence the annual average temperature does not vary a great deal – averaging between 17C and 23C. Burundi’s February to May and September to November are its coolest months, and the most appealing time of the year. The dry season runs from June and August and December to January and you’ll be looking at parched earth some of the time. This is the best time, however, to find a good deal on a Burundi flight and it’s the most pleasant time to travel doubling also as the peak tourist season and is the busiest time of year.