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…
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…
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…
African airlines are said to be the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic that has affected carriers and global economies. Airline revenues have collapsed. Fleets are grounded. Extreme actions are being taken just to survive. The continent’s airlines are in…
African airlines are in dire straits and the carriers on the continent are small, weak, and fragmented. Many African countries restrict their airspaces to prop up state-owned air carriers. That’s why it is notoriously difficult for private airlines to succeed…