Asmara,Eritrea International Airport

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• Francisco Alcazar

  06 January 2018

  Small, safe and clean airport

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• Awet Andebrhan

  24 December 2017

  In no service for the majority of Eritreans.

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• Daniele Giordano

  29 August 2017

  Checks at check-in are accurate but not exaggerated and invasive as in other airports, duty free is equipped with not many stores but provided with everything a tourist seeks.

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• Stephen Chase

  19 August 2017

  Best East African airport!!

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• Fre Mele

  12 July 2017

  Nice friendly peopeople

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• Eng'r. Aimen Idris

  07 July 2017

  Where airplanes parks down Asmara period

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• Sunshine Nu

  09 April 2017

  a very funny Airport it is completly forbidden for Eritreans from country to get out but if they live out side Eritrea they are welcome to come or out so the funniest thing is 1 or two Airplanes per day lands here in Asmara which is capital city of Eritrea.

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• Nasir Khan Owner

  20 January 2017

  Lovely place

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• Isyah Gebries

  14 September 2016

  The safe airport and clean airport.

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• Merih Tekle

  01 August 2016

  It's a very small airport. There were 3 flights leaving within a span of 3 hours; 1am, 2am and 4am and airport staff were struggling with the influx of passengers. It is reccommended that you arrive exactly 4 hours prior to takeoff, as you will definitely need it.
  
  The lineup to enter begins outside, where it is commonplace for persons to cut in front of you. You'll likely stay in this line anywhere between 30 min to an hour, depending on how many persons decide to cut.
  
  Upon entering, your check-in and carry-on luggage go through a security scanner. You then go through a metal dectector; despite it going off the security agent gives you a a useless quick pat down and you're good to enter. You're then greeted by an airport employee whom begs for you to give him whatever nakfas you can spare. A 50m walk later you enter the airport.
  
  Upon entering, you are accompanied by airline companies to your left and right that is convienently opened during very late hours. Then comes the check-in. The difficult part for me was finding out which line i was suppose to enter (Qatar Airways) as there was no signage for that particular airline. After asking a fellow passenger i was reassured. Judging by the number of passengers waiting in line (5) i thought it would take no longer than 15 min or so to pass through; wrong! Apparently their were persons that were overweight and did not want to pay the fee in two lines. Given that there are no atms or interac machines in the country (save for himbol financial) if you so happened to not have enough cash you were SOL. Luckily, after 30 min she was able to fork over the cash. This incident seemed to be commonplace since other lines boasted similar wait times.
  
  You are then asked to present your boarding pass and passport to an agent whom quickly looks at it and directs you to customs.
  
  Customs officer looks at your passport, asks you where you stayed and a phone number then asks for your exit visa (another ordeal altogether). After presenting all relevant information and documentation he stamps your passport and boarding pass (huh). You can then pass through where immigration agents stand and wait for to present your documents once again, they begin to interrogate you and question what the customs agent had done. (Why not simply ask the agent they're simply 5 feet away from you)
  
  Your check in luggage is then taken through a scanner again and finally you're directed to the waiting hall.
  
  You then present your boarding pass to the agent and are directed to the bus to take you to the plane.
  
  Once on the plane i find that there is a mixup with seats and that i was to be seated somewhere else. Others had boarding passes that were hand written, which had angered airline staff. It was obvious that airport staff had taken short cuts to simply toss people onto the plane. Luckily for them they were upgraded to business class. Had i arrived just a minute earlier i too would of been lucky enough to bask in such glory.
  
  The ordeal all together is long and tedious, facilities are poor and staff are poorly trained in security matters. A new airport is needed to accomodate passengers.

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• OGUZ 439

  30 July 2016

  My brother Sirak is in Asmara. The Hday Street is very beautiful and the sights, too. But the airport is very small but that´s no problem.

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