Aviation industry experts have identified factors that inhibit the plan of the African Union, supported by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to have open sky for Africa, known as the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) and why it may not work as conceived or promote trade as expected. SAATM is expected to promote […]
Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region It was long conceived that there would come a time when countries in West […]
The plan to expand African air travel market is currently being hindered by intrigues and inter-state rivalry by countries that do not want the actualisation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). These countries, it was learnt, believe that if SAATM is given free reign, as enshrined by the African Union, which enables some […]
In order to encourage intra-African trade that will boost the region’s economy and create jobs, all the major cities in the continent must be connected through affordable air fares to enable more people travel and trade among themselves. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the number of air travel in Africa is lower […]
The CEO of African Aviation Services, industry consultant and organsier of MRO Africa, Nick Fadugba, has called on African states to remove all barriers to air transport on the continent to enhance interconnectivity because as catalyst to economic growth aviation would enhance trade, create more jobs and boost the GDP of countries that fully embraced […]
