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Ouagadougou reopens after another coup in Burkina Faso

Air Burkina (2J, Ouagadougou) announced the resumption of its commercial flights from Ouagadougou on October 3 following the reopening of airspace in the landlocked West African country rocked by another military coup at the weekend.

Burkina Faso's national airline cancelled all flights on October 1 until further notice after a military junta led by Ibrahim Traore overthrew interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on September 30 over his inability to deal with an Islamist insurgency. Damiba had himself only come to power in a coup just eight months earlier.

Following the events, international airlines cancelled their flights to the country, including Turkish Airlines from Istanbul Airport and Air France from Paris CDG. Brussels Airlines withdrew a flight from Brussels National, that was supposed to have continued to Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, but it served the latter with an alternative flight and said in a statement: "We are monitoring the situation very closely and will decide on the upcoming flights based on further events and updates." Royal Air Maroc...

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