IATA reports benefits of liberalising African aviation

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published a report setting out the potential social and economic benefits of intra-African air service liberalisation. The report by economic consultants InterVISTAS, outlines the benefits that would be seen if 12 African nations were to implement the 1999 Yamoussoukro Decision. The 12 nations in the report are: Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda. The Yamoussoukro Decision committed 44 signatory countries to deregulating air services and to opening regional air markets to transnational competition. The implementation of this agreement has been slow, and the benefits have