Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Yamoussoukro Decision (YD)”
Exactly one year after African Heads of State launched the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in January 2018, the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) announces that Cameroun has signed the Solemn Commitment. AFCAC, the African Union Commission (AUC)’s Executing Agency (EA) of the SAATM and the Yamoussoukro Decision (YD), remarks: “We congratulate and commend Cameroun …
By Frederic Lamarche Liberalization of air transport is a huge milestone for African carriers. More than ever, they need to review and adapt their commercial, network and fleet strategies to cope with market constraints. And there is an emerging and strong trend which has been too often underestimated during the past decades till today and which will definitely be a …
By Roland Ohaeri The Decisive Step The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) was launched in January 2018 by African Union (AU) leaders to liberalize air services for operators within the continent, and thence redefine Africa’s approach to aviation and air transport development in Africa. To many, so far, the march towards liberalization of air transport in Africa has made …
By Andrew Orr, Ronce Almond, and Cornelia (Connie) Wilson-Hunter The African Union (AU) recently met for the fourth time to discuss the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) in May 2018, an initiative to create a unified air transportation market across all of Africa. SAATM is a flagship project of the AU Agenda 2063. The initiative promises to finally bring …
By Roland Ohaeri Rallying Point – Keeping Africa Together Togo has played a notable and commendable role over the past three decades in the efforts to develop and reposition Africa’s aviation industry. The Yamoussoukro Decision (YD), the globally acclaimed framework to liberalize air transport in Africa and bring the huge benefits of open skies to Africa’s people and economies, was …
By Roland Ohaeri & Kayode Oyero Africa has taken a new step closer to the implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) which was launched by the African Union (AU) at its 30th Summit in January 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In May 2018 in Lome, Togo, the Fourth Meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on the SAATM, …
