Africa has 731 airports and 419 airlines with an aviation industry that supports around 6.9 million jobs and $80 billion in economic activity. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) alluded to the fact that the continent is set to become…
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA), the umbrella body for African airlines painted a gloomy picture of the continent’s carriers stating that African airlines’ traffic decreased by 59% in June compared to the same month in 2019. AFRAA was established in…
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated global aviation. The fallout is being severely felt across the African continent. Even before the pandemic, only 9% of the continent’s air traffic was intra-African. It’s common to hear stories that the fastest, easiest, and…
The US airline industry faces a hurdle found nowhere else, a Scope Clause that limits regional airlines to protect pilots at the Big Three Network airlines, American, Delta, and United. While this limit is seen as a sort of tyranny…
The Covid-pandemic that currently rules the airline industry will result in reduced demand for commercial airliners up to 150 seats in the next ten years. A new market cycle will force airlines to focus on versatility, operating efficiency, and profitability,…
We had an opportunity to do a Q&A with Mr. Jasmin Bajic, CEO of Croatia Airlines. Does Croatian Airlines agree that air travel recovery starts with regional flying? Yes. We believe that travel will start on a local basis, domestic…