The African continent is rallying to ensure that air transport system is at the forefront of all their collective objectives to realize Africa as a single economic bloc. The continent with 1.3 billion people, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of almost…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released October data for global air freight markets showing that Africa is staging the strongest increase in demand for air cargo amid a slow recovery in the global air freight market. According to the…
Taking a flight between cities in different African nations is often expensive, circuitous, and unpleasant. But with many countries having solemn commitment to the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) that is expected to liberalize air transport with Africa’s vast…
Low-cost carriers were before COVID-19 starting to slowly – very slowly – penetrate Africa’s regional international market. LCCs currently only account for about 0.2 percent of international capacity within Africa, making it one of the last frontiers for the global…
Air access is key to growing tourism markets in Africa. A number of African airlines are improving air links within the continent and West African region following a shift from regional aircraft to smaller aircraft especially Turboprops. This has brought…
African airlines are expected to see a reduction in air traffic of 55% in 2021 occasioned by the impact of COVID-19 to the continent’s carriers. This is a sharp decline from 2019 when capacity grew by 21.5% according to statistics…