Regulations and Government
Regulatory Confusion Blocking Bizav Progress in Africa
African aviation officials still try to impose inappropriate rules for commercial airlines on the continent's growing business aviation community.
From left, Patrick Nkurikiyimfura, managing director of Akagera Aviation (Rwanda); Susan Mashibe, CEO and founder of Via Aviation (Tanzania); Nuno Pereira, managing director of Bestfly (Angola); and Dr. Alex Izinyon, president and general counsel of Izy Air (Nigeria) at Aviation Africa 2017 in Kigali.
From left, Patrick Nkurikiyimfura, managing director of Akagera Aviation (Rwanda); Susan Mashibe, CEO and founder of Via Aviation (Tanzania); Nuno Pereira, managing director of Bestfly (Angola); and Dr. Alex Izinyon, president and general counsel of Izy Air (Nigeria) at Aviation Africa 2017 in Kigali.

The business aviation industry in sub-Saharan Africa faces several challenges to profitable and efficient operations, according to speakers at late February’s Aviation Africa conference held in the Rwandan capital Kigali. Consensus among speakers was that the failure of African civil aviation authorities (CAAs) to comprehend the nature of business aviation is a significant part of this problem.