As of June 2024, there is an ongoing project to build another mega-airport in Bugesera District, Eastern Province, which will be the biggest and the main air gateway for all destinations in the country, in addition to serving as a transit airport for Goma and Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[6] In May 2011, the Rwanda CAA announced that Kigali airport will be upgraded to meet the strong demand.

[8] In 2012, data from Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority shows that passenger traffic through Kigali International Airport grew by 30 per cent to 488,903 last year, up from 377,327 in 2011.

In September 2016, a contract between the Rwandan government and Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção África, S.A., a Portuguese firm, was signed.

After finishing the first phase by December 2018, Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção África, S.A. will subsequently operate the airport for 25 years.

A second phase that is planned to be built after that is supposed to raise the capacity of the airport to 4.5 million passengers per year.

Under the agreement, the Rwandan government won't have to contribute to the costs of construction and operation.

[14] In March 2019, the government confirmed that some works were temporarily put on hold in order for a redesign to take place.

That's why we are looking for a bigger investor.”[16] Media related to Kigali International Airport at Wikimedia Commons