African aviation at crossroads

摘要

Before the Covid-19 pandemic decimated African air travel demand in 2020, the continent's aviation sector had been grappling with long-running challenges to opening up the seemingly vast opportunities on offer in the market. In the years before the crisis, industry bodies such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and African Airlines Association (AFRAA) had been lobbying for African states to embrace liberalisation and move towards an open skies that was similar to that in Europe and the USA.