Opened and began operating international flights from 1939.
Opened in 1960 and became an international airport in 2009.
Replaced the Francisco Mendes International Airport which served the island from 1961 to 2005, and is now closed. Aristides Pereira International Airport, Boa Vista Island.
Named Sal International Airport until 1975. Nelson Mandela International Airport, Santiago Island.
Opened and began operating international flights from 2005.
Named Praia International Airport from 2005 until 2013.
Replaced the Francisco Mendes International Airport which served the island from 1961 to 2005, and is now closed. Aristides Pereira International Airport, Boa Vista Island.
Airport paved and began operating international traffic in 2007.
Named Sao Pedro Airport until 2011. International passenger traffic is forecast to exceed 250,000 passengers for 2007.
Air passes are obtainable for multiple flights, when buying an international ticket on TACV. Halcyonair a private carrier with Portuguese and Cape Verdean shareholders is commenced operations on inter-island flights during 2007.
TAP and other European carriers provide connections with most European capitals, enabling same day through flights. From the UK, direct routes by Astraeus from London Gatwick and Manchester to Sal ceased in April 2008; their website has not taken reservations since May 2008.
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines opened a route from London Stansted in October 2008 though it was rumoured that flights were being cancelled due to minimum take up though with effect from May 2008, TACV have ceased flights from London Gatwick.
Opened in 1960 and became an international airport in 2009.
Named Rabil Airport until 2011. Cesária Évora Airport, Sao Vicente Island.
Named Sao Pedro Airport until 2011. International passenger traffic is forecast to exceed 250,000 passengers for 2007.
Enquire at the shipping offices in Praia and other Cape Verdean ports. In early 2011, the Kriola, the first of a proposed fleet of ferryboats belonging to the company Cabo Verde Fast Ferry (CVFF) arrived in Praia directly from Singapore.
Named Praia International Airport from 2005 until 2013.
(Source ASA Cape Verde airport authority) Main Airlines serving the country: TACV Cabo Verde Airlines Cabo Verde Express Cape Verde Express Halcyonair Cabo Verde Airways - dissolved in 2013 TAP Portugal TACV flies daily international flights from Lisbon to Sal or Praia and once a week from Amsterdam, Munich, Paris, Las Palmas, Fortaleza and Boston to one or other of the international airports.
Sol Atlántico, in contrast, has greatly increased its fleet of buses, adding several new high capacity buses in 2015.
They will board a nearly-full (or over capacity) bus because they know it is likely to depart soon. In 2015 a project called EcobusCV started running a fleet of dual fuel waste vegetable oil / diesel modified Toyota HiACE minibuses using a scheduled service model between Praia and Assomada.
EcobusCV plans to expand to departures in 30 minute intervals before the end of 2015.
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