Commentary
Promoting African airlines: 10 years later
Ten years ago we embarked on a bold mission to promote the airline industry in Africa. This was predicated on our belief…
Air safety back in the spotlight
Air safety is back in the international spotlight following the recent spate of accidents around the world – from Switzerland, to Côte…
Liberalisation: COMESA’s bold initiative
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is about to introduce perhaps the most liberal regional air transport regime ever…
President Clinton’s ‘Safe Skies for Africa’ initiative
President Bill Clinton’s ‘Safe Skies for Africa’ initiative provides a unique window of opportunity to mobilise the significant political will and financial…
AFRAA’s worthy objectives
Thirty years after its formation the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) is still determinedly championing the interests of African airlines. While successive AFRAA…
Draconian aircraft leasing contracts
Why have the overseas creditors who recently repossessed four Airbus A310–300s from Air Afrique now served a claim on the airline demanding…
Global airline consolidation and Africa
Airline industry consolidation is quickly gathering pace across the world, with carriers in North America, Europe and Asia clearly taking the lead….
Momentous changes at Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways has come a long way since the KLM investment in January, 1996, and its public flotation in June, 1996. The…
European airlines strengthen presence in African market
European airlines, which already carry the lion’s share of international passenger traffic to and from Africa, are continuing to make significant in-roads…
The US FAA comes under flak
Ron Montgomery, the United States Federal Aviation Administration’s Senior Representative for Sub-Sahara Africa, faced a barrage of questions during AFRICAN AVIATION’s Fifth…