Post-War Redevelopment
During the Liberian Civil War, the main terminal building suffered major damage, and remains vacant and unenclosed. Currently, the terminal facilities consist of two passenger buildings, one for departures by most commercial carriers and all arrivals, and a second, Terminal B, opened in March 2012 exclusively for departures by Air France and Delta Air Lines. Other airside buildings are primarily used by the United Nations, with a VIP facility adjacent to the original, unused terminal.
The airport is clearly the nation's busiest most important aviation facility, with the only connections to Europe and the United States. However, Monrovia's secondary airport, Spriggs Payne, is much closer to the city center, possessing the nation's only other paved runway and featuring international connections served by ASKY Airlines.
Presently, daily commercial traffic consists of only one or two arrivals. The busiest and most frequent connection is to Accra, with four airlines providing at least one flight per day on the route, making it the third-busiest connection from Accra and one of the top 15 route pairs in West and Central Africa, although service on the route has diminished in 2012 with the end of Air Mali's unsuccessful Bamako-Monrovia-Accra service and the demise of Air Nigeria, which for several years had flown from Lagos to Monrovia via Accra five times per week. The route may see new capacity as Starbow Airlines intends to begin flights to Monrovia from Accra before 2013, and reports suggest Egyptair may resume its Cairo-Accra-Monrovia service in 2013.
In October 2012, start-up airline Gambia Bird commenced twice-weekly non-stop services between Banjul and Robertsfield with an A319.
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