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Aviation experts and partners in Africa have underlined the importance of leveraging the benefits of airline consolidation to drive air transport sustainability in Africa. As the industry crisis characterised by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the aviation experts emphasised that partnerships and closer cooperation would deliver huge benefits for African airlines. The experts spoke at a high-level …
AFRAA, in partnership with Lufthansa Consulting and Kenya Airways will hold a high level virtual workshop on Airlines Consolidation on 14 September 2021, in virtual format. According to AFRAA, this important workshop for airline CEOs, C-level representatives and African air transport decision makers at policy level will provide an in-depth background of consolidation of airlines and an awareness of the …
The Covid-19 pandemic continues its devastating effects on the aviation, travel and tourism industry. The number of Covid-19 infection cases globally continues to increase in absolute terms though the rate of infection is on the decline in all world regions in April compared to prior months. The number of infection cases worldwide exceeded 165m as at 20 May 2021. …
African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Airports Council International Africa (ACI Africa) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to materialize their cooperation. Under the framework of the MoU, AFRAA and ACI Africa will mutually support the development of the air transport industry in Africa through collaborative actions to address safe, secure, seamless, environmentally-friendly and affordable air travel, among others. The …
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have published a report on the financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on African airlines and insights for the recovery from the liquidity crisis. This follows a survey that was jointly conducted by the two organizations to quantify the indebtedness of African airlines from COVID-19 impacts which forms …
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Raphael Kuuchi as Director Government, Legal and Industry Affairs in consulting capacity effective 01 January 2021. Mr. Kuuchi joins AFRAA from IATA where he served as the Association’s Special Envoy to Africa on Aero-Political Affairs for 2 years and IATA Vice President – Africa for 4 years. He …
The Yamoussoukro Decision (YD), Africa’s main hope for speedy aviation development and sustainability of increased contributions of the aviation industry to Africa’s economic development, was further repositioned for successful implementation last year with the designation of November 13 every year as the official YD Anniversary Day celebration. The second edition of the YD-Day celebration held 13 November 2020, jointly …
By Roland Ohaeri Unprecedented The air transport industry in Africa has experienced a number of major disruptions over the last few decades, including health and economic crises that temporarily set back the industry. But none was as devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic, which struck at a period when about 4 billion passengers globally and about 150million passengers in …
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and ACC Aviation Group recently announced a strategic partnership for the provision of market-leading services that will support the development of Africa’s aviation industry. According to AFRAA, the strategic partnership forms the basis for AFRAA’s membership services initiative, “AFRAA Consulting-Powered by ACC”, with the global aviation company lending their expertise across a range of …
In light of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic that has adversely affected the travel and tourism sectors, the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) announced the postponement of its 9th Aviation Stakeholders Convention to 2021. According to AFRAA, the decision was informed by AFRAA’s May 2020 impact assessment which shows that recovery is expected to start gradually from Q3 2020 while …
