Getting There
Intercontinental flights arrive at Ivato airport, 12km north of Antananarivo. Air Madagascar is the national carrier, and with recent improvements to the fleet and service, is now relatively efficient.
Africa & the Indian Ocean
Madagascar is well connected with the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Réunion, and reasonably accessible from mainland Africa.
The main hubs for flights to Madagascar are Johannesburg in South Africa and Nairobi in Kenya. There are flights several times weekly between Johannesburg and Antananarivo on Interair, and twice weekly on Air Madagascar.
Travel between Madagascar and Nairobi generally works better if you purchase your ticket directly from Air Madagascar in Kenya or Madagascar.
Air Austral has regular flights between Réunion and Mauritius and Antananarivo and Toamasina return. Long-distance bus companies, such as
MadaBus (
www.madabus.com), operate on the Toliar and Tamatave routes. These mostly use the same stations as the
taxis-brousses and offer better punctuality, comfort and, arguably, safety. However,
taxis-brousses remain the main form of public road transport in Madagascar.
