TAAG Angola Airways boosts capacity, justifying Angola's investment in airport infrastructure

Angola has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years renovating, upgrading and building new airports throughout the country which were damaged during the nation's destructive 27 year civil war following independence from Portugal in 1975.

The investment is beginning to pay dividends with flag carrier TAAG Angola Airlines increasing capacity by nearly 40% in the past year. But competitor Fly540 Angola is struggling to make headway in a market beset by bureaucratic red tape and corruption.

And despite Angola being one of the world's strongest performing economies, owing to its vast oil reserves and diamond mining industry, the benefits of the nation's wealth are yet to flow through to the general population.