Operators Face Up To African Challenges
Seeing Africa as a potential business aviation hub, ExecuJet is operating three facilities in the country: one at Lanseria, offering 9,000 sq m of hangar space; another at Cape Town International Airport (above) measuring 6,000 sq m and one opened in Lagos in 2012 at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (below) with 4,700 sq m of hangarage.
Seeing Africa as a potential business aviation hub, ExecuJet is operating three facilities in the country: one at Lanseria, offering 9,000 sq m of hangar space; another at Cape Town International Airport (above) measuring 6,000 sq m and one opened in Lagos in 2012 at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (below) with 4,700 sq m of hangarage.

“The African continent has great potential to become a business aviation hub, which led to us opening our facility in Lagos in October 2012,” said Ettore Poggi, ExecuJet Africa’s managing director. “Traditionally, Africa has mainly been a turboprop market, popular with mining companies and the tourist industry. While the mining industry remains a key market for African charter services, there is also now growing demand for business jets beyond South Africa, such as in West Africa where widebody jets are popular. Due to the lack of reliable scheduled flights in the region, business leaders are therefore turning to private jets for their travelling needs,” he continued.

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