Luanda – The private bus transport firm “Macon” will open two inter-provincial routes, during the first quarter of this year, namely Luanda-Saurimo (Lunda Sul province) and Luanda/Kuito (Bié province), ANGOP learnt from the company's director for operations and development, Egíldo Beu.
According to the source, the company aims at meeting the demands of citizens wishing to travel to these regions and is also part of a plan established since the year 2009.
The collective transport firm provinces inter-provincial services on the routes from Luanda to Malange, Waku Kungo, Sumbe, Ambriz, Nzeto, Benguela, Lubango, Uíge and Cabala. It also operates on the Benguela-Namibe, Lubango-Namibe and Lubango-Matala routes.
It also provides services in the country's capital, Luanda, on various routes with a fee of 30 Kwanzas (Angolan currency), almost half a dollar.
Macon is the first private collective transport company of Luanda, since 2001, with a fleet of 310 buses and 1,400 workers.