During the presentation of the Ministry's 2026 budget From Transport to the National Assembly on November 28, 2025, the government announced the launch of feasibility studies for the construction of a new airport in the metropolitan area of Douala.

The Government of Cameroon relaunches a project world class airport in the Douala metropolis. The studies of feasibility will begin in 2026, in a context of late modernization of infrastructures and great ambitions for air transport. According to the magazine Invest In Cameroon, the responsible minister specified that these studies focus on “building a world-class airport.”

The announced objective is to strengthen connectivity of the country, but also to support the economic activity of a strategic coastline which constitutes its main coastline, and which concentrates a large share of trade. Simultaneous modernization of infrastructures Existing, the launch of studies for the future platform is then in sight. that the government has already undertaken major work to modernize Douala international airport. A renovation program of 144 million euros, including 100 million euros financed by The French Development Agency (AFD), is in progress.