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Opinion piece denounces cost of flights between Paris and Moroni

By , based on Masiwa Comores

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An opinion piece by former Comorian director general of civil aviation Ahmed Mohamed criticises the cost and complexity of travel between Paris and Moroni. It calls for a national strategy to improve air services and connectivity for the Comoros, but announces no concrete measures.

In an opinion piece published by Masiwa Comores, Ahmed Mohamed, former director general of civil aviation and national meteorology, denounces the cost of air travel between Paris and Moroni. He says ticket prices are a heavy burden for Comorian families, students, workers, entrepreneurs and the diaspora.

The author also mentions connections and scheduling constraints that make these journeys more difficult. He presents the route as an issue for an archipelago whose human and economic relations partly depend on exchanges with France.

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