African Airlines Struggle As Governments, Airports Welcome World’s Airlines

Experts say African airlines such as Ethiopian Airlines (below), currently the most profitable among the four best-performing national carriers–the other three being Kenya Airways (above), Egyptair and South African Airlines–need to cooperate more on business strategy if they are stop losing market share to European, Middle Eastern and even U.S. carriers.

By Peter Shaw-Smith • Contributor - Middle East

November 15, 2013

Africa’s airlines need to wake up to competition from outside the continent, form alliances that allow players both big and small to interact for the greater good, and realize that governments are often no longer interested in protecting domestic carriers (as they see economy-boosting tourist arrivals as a more important priority), according to Nick Fadugba, CEO of African Aviation Services. “Africa’s aviation industry is now at a critical juncture,” he said. “The ability of African airlines to bring in large volumes of tourism and business traffic is not meeting the expectations of some governments in terms of their economic requirements; that’s why foreign airlines are playing an important role in helping to grow Africa’s economy.”

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