How To Travel To Asmara

Asmara International Airport As of 2008, Lufthansa serviced Frankfurt three times weekly; Yemenia Airways served Sanaa twice weekly; Egyptair served Cairo twice weekly; and Saudi Arabian Airlines served Jeddah/Riyadh twice weekly. Eritrean Airlines does not operate any flights as of January 2010. Nasair, a private-state joint venture airline located in Massawa, serviced a few regional cities like as Jeddah, Nairobi, Dubai, and Khartoum, as well as local airports Assab and Massawa, as of January 2010. If you do not have a local resident ID, you must pay an airport departure tax of US$20 or €15 in foreign currencies.

If you enter the country without a visa and have an Eritrean ID card in addition to a foreign passport, you must register with the Immigration and Nationality office in Asmara within seven working days after your arrival.

Both Eritrea and Ethiopia retain significant military forces along the border, and all border crossings into Ethiopia from Eritrea remain blocked.