How to Get to Madagascar?
Madagascar is connected to Paris, Marseille, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Mauritius, Réunion Island, Mayotte, the Comoros Republic, Bangkok, Singapore, Guangzhou, and now Addis Ababa.
Madagascar is connected to Paris, Marseille, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Mauritius, Réunion Island, Mayotte, the Comoros Republic, Bangkok, Singapore, Guangzhou, and now Addis Ababa.
To book your international flights and, if necessary, domestic flights, we recommend contacting our partner Les Matins du Monde in France, based in Lyon.
Airports and Terminals. The vast majority of international flights land at Ivato-Antananarivo International Airport [TNR]. There are also connections from Nosy Be [NOS], Sainte-Marie Island [SMS], Mahajanga [MJN], Tuléar [TLE], Fort-Dauphin [FTU] to Réunion Island [RUN], Mayotte [DZA], or the Comoros [HAH].
Airlines:
- From France, the country is served by Air France and Air Madagascar, the national carrier. Air Madagascar's long-haul flights connect Paris to Antananarivo 3 times per week, while Air France operates 4 times per week. Air Madagascar also operates the Marseille-Antananarivo route. Air Austral can take you to Madagascar via Réunion Island. Direct flights take approximately 10 hours; connecting flights such as those offered by Turkish Airlines via Istanbul or Ethiopian Airlines via Addis Ababa require double the time.
- Air Austral, a French airline based in Réunion Island, offers connections to Réunion, Mayotte, and Moroni (Comoros).
- South African Airways and Kenya Airways serve the island respectively via Johannesburg and Nairobi.
- Air Mauritius operates flights to Mauritius.
- Ethiopian Airlines connects Antananarivo and Nosy Be to Europe.
Domestic Flights. We recommend consulting the detailed itinerary of your trip to plan domestic flights. Détours Madagascar, through our partners, can arrange the booking and issuance of tickets for these domestic flights. Feel free to visit the Tsaradia website. The indicative price for a domestic flight in low season is approximately €150.


