Open Skies for Africa

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No AccessDirections in Development - Infrastructure1 Feb 2013Open Skies for AfricaImplementing the Yamoussoukro DecisionAuthors/Editors: Charles E. SchlumbergerCharles E. Schlumbergerhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-8205-9SectionsAboutPDF (1.4 MB)Other FormatsePUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:In Africa, where poor roads, ports and railway infrastructure often constrain the rapid and efficient transportation of goods earmarked for export as well as passengers, air transport holds both a potential for growth and a role for the economic development of the continent by fostering trade and foreign investments. However, Africa's air transport industry has always been a relatively small player when compared with the global industry. After independence, most African states created their own flag carrier, which primarily served on a few intercontinental routes, while the domestic market remained thin. Several early attempts to unite various small African carriers did not bear fruit. As a consequence, the domestic air service market remained inefficient, underdeveloped, and uncompetitive.In order to address these shortcomings, on 14 November 1999, African Ministers responsible for civil aviation adopted the Yamoussoukro Decision on the liberalization of access to air transport markets in Africa. This pan-African treaty widely liberalizes air services on the African continent, and most African countries are bound to it. However, more than twenty years after the declaration of intent, and ten years after adopting formal liberalization of air services, full implementation of the liberalization has not been achieved, and many consider the treaty a failure. Nevertheless, in certain regions, as well as on various bilateral relationships, liberalization of African air services has indeed done significant progress, and several operators do benefit from it.This book highlights the shortcomings of the 20 year-old effort towards liberalization of air services in Africa, by analyzing pending or completed implementation steps both on a pan-Africa level, and within the various regions. A special focus is made on the challenges posed by the poor aviation safety and security standards in most African countries. Finally, the book measures the impact that certain policy steps of the Decision had, and evaluates the economic significance of air transportation and its full liberalization in Africa. It concludes that the process of liberalizing African air services must continue, and it provides policy recommendations for the way forward. Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byRegional Collaboration for Aircraft Accident Investigation as Impetus for Aviation Safety in AfricaSouth African Yearbook of International Law21 June 2023Emergence of the Low-Cost Carrier Model in Africa27 May 2023Air Transport Regulation: A Perspective on Africa's Regulatory Framework27 May 2023Remediating sub-Saharan Airline challenges and limitationsJournal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, Vol.1631 March 2022Privatization and Deregulation of the Airline IndustryTransformation through Trade: Using Exports and Regional Integration to Drive Future Growth2 July 2020Challenges and Solutions to Air Transportation in Guinea: A Case Study on the Revival of the National AirlineJournal of Asian and African Studies, Vol.54, No.66 May 2019Development of air cargo trade in Africa: Case of MoroccoSupply Chain Network and Logistics Management15 August 2018Fare elasticities of demand for direct and indirect flights in sub-Saharan AfricaApplied Economics Letters, Vol.24, No.821 July 2016Low Cost Carriers in the Middle East and North Africa: Prospects and StrategiesSSRN Electronic JournalOpen Skies over the Middle EastThe World Economy, Vol.38, No.1114 August 2015Enhancing Connectivity through Services Trade Reform18 June 2015Two Case Studies:: Mexico and South Africa20 November 2014Transferability of the LCC Model to Developing Countries: A Framework20 November 2014Opportunities and Challenges for LCC Development:: The Case of East Africa20 November 2014Open Skies over the Middle East15 August 2014What is International Aviation Law?The International Law Regime for Trade in Air ServicesInternational Airline Groups in AfricaSSRN Electronic JournalAfrican gateways: measuring airline connectivity change for Africa's global urban networks in the 2003–2009 periodSouth African Geographical Journal, Vol.94, No.213 December 2012 View Published: June 2010ISBN: 978-0-8213-8205-9e-ISBN: 978-0-8213-8206-6 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsAfricaRelated TopicsLaw and DevelopmentPrivate Sector DevelopmentTransport KeywordsAFRICA AIR TRANSPORTAFRICA AIR SAFETYAFRICAN AIR CARRIERSAFRICA AIR TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENTLIBERALIZATION OF AIR SERVICESAFRICA REGIONAL AIR SERVICESYAMOUSSOUKRO DECLARATIONECONOMIC IMPACT OF AIR SERVICESYAMOUSSOUKRO DECISIONAIR TRANSPORT POLICY PDF DownloadLoading ...

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