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Air Transport In Africa Essay

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1. Air Transportation in Africa

1.1. Introduction
Air transportation is a characteristic essential for the growth of a country: in fact, it stimulates the convergence of people and goods. Statistics show that the contribution generated by air transport is seven times bigger than the one generated by the road transportation. It creates direct and indirect jobs and has a positive impact also on tourism and service sectors, as well as market opportunities for investors. In 2010 the aviation industry in Africa generated about 7 million jobs (direct and indirect) with a positive impact on travel and tourism and it contributed for USD 67.8 billion of the continent´s GDP-Gross Domestic Product (African Development Bank Group, 2012).
In the African countries, air transport has definitely suffered …show more content…

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"Many African countries need to work on further liberalised access to their skies, and where this has been done in other parts of the world it has led to an increase in trade and tourism, which has a positive impact on growth of local and regional economy" said Hubert Frach, a senior Emirates executive (Enca, 2015).
African skies are not liberalized yet, and this is a current issue for the intra-continental flights. Airlines, instead, should have the freedom of plan and organize their strategies and their schedule without any restrictions, like it happens already in almost all the rest of the world (Graham, Papatheodorou, & Forsyth, 2008).
We have to acknowledge that, even though the awareness for this industry is slowly increasing, aviation is still not a priority for the African government; they are reluctant to open their skies, fearing competition against the national carriers, that in reality are often just symbols of sovereignty more than real viable companies. The description of this problematic situation can be completed with lack of aviation experts, restrictions on visa, lack of facilities, high airport taxes and fees. (African Development Bank Group,

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