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Dissecting Africa’s aviation resilience amid challenges

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The 81st International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting in New Delhi, India may have come and gone, Africa’s aviation took the centre stage and came under scrutiny as the event highlights growth potential, opportunity and challenges, writes, WOLE SHADARE Crossroads, challenges Last week, the 81st International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) press conference in New Delhi, India, highlighted key insights into the continent’s aviation landscape, revealing promising opportunities and formidable barriers. With…

Africa, Middle East record lowest mishandled baggage numbers

Posted on June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Global traffic increases 8.2%, mishandled luggage drops to 6.3% The Middle East and Africa’s air transport sector kept pace with global passenger surges in 2024, achieving remarkable baggage results despite increasing system demands. According to the newly released SITA Baggage IT Insights 2025, the region maintained one of the world’s strongest performances, reporting 6.02 mishandled bags per 1,000 passengers, slightly up from 4.5 in 2023, but still among the best worldwide. The global picture…

Kirby: We Are Excited About Our Business In Africa Despite Slow Aircraft Delivery

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Wole Shadare

United Airlines’ Chief Executive Officer, Scott Kirby, in this interview with WOLE SHADARE at the unveiling of the airline’s United’s Polaris Studio suites in New York, United States, speaks about $150 million in inflight meals, excitement about its operations in Africa, supply chain crisis and how to make the carrier the biggest in the world. United’s Polaris Studio suites you are unveiling today are not only innovative but also creative as they give premium travellers a new…

United expands foothold in Africa, Boeing slow plane delivery hampers expansion

Posted on May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Wole Shadare (New York) One of the United States biggest airlines, United, said it wants to grow more routes in Africa, stressing that one of its desires is to add cities in Africa as part of its growth plans The Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines, Scott Kirby told Aviation Metric in New York, United States, last week at the unveiling of its new United Polaris Studio suites, to give travellers new travel experience in its B787-9 aircraft, said. “We…

‘Africa’s challenged despite potential for growth’

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Wole Shadare

A former Assistant Secretary-General of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Alhaji Muhammed Tukur said Africa as a region, has experienced an increasing demand for air travel, driven by a rising middle class, growing international business relationships, and the increasing importance of tourism. Despite these favourable factors, he noted that the aviation industry in the continent has faced numerous hurdles such as insufficient infrastructure, safety concerns, regulatory inefficiencies, and fragmented air travel networks that often limit intra-Africa…

Africa’s passenger demand growth up by 10% in January

Posted on February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 by Wole Shadare

African airlines saw a 14.9% year-on-year increase in demand just as capacity was up 11.2% year-on-year. The load factor rose to 75.9% (+2.4 ppt compared to January 2024). This was disclosed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in a data released for January 2025 showing global passenger demand. Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 10.0% compared to January 2024. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 7.1% year-on-year….

Africa’s accident rate rose in 2024 with zero fatality-IATA

Posted on February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Delayed, incomplete accident reports deny critical stakeholders safety improvement The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has expressed concern over high accident rates in Africa. This is coming as the industry delivered another year of strong overall performance on safety including showing improvements on the five-year average for several key parameters, but it took a step back from an exceptional performance in 2023. With 10 accidents in 2024, the all-accident rate rose from 8.36 per million…

Addressing Africa’s aviation market share

Posted on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The African aviation market has enormous growth potential but lacks a coordinated policy to tap into the burgeoning market. So many factors have conspired to limit the development of the sector in the continent, writes, WOLE SHADARE Defining the future Despite being home to 12% of the world’s population, Africa accounts for only 2% of the global air traffic market. Not a few attribute the discrepancy to several factors, including limited market access, high operational costs…

African airline cargo demand up 8.5% in 2024, continent accounted for 2% air cargo mkt

Posted on January 29, 2025January 29, 2025 by Wole Shadare

African airlines saw 8.5% year-on-year demand growth for air cargo in 2024 according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) full-year analysis of the air cargo sector’s performance based on traffic and capacity data captured in each region worldwide. On a year-on-year basis in 2024, African airlines saw 8.5% year-on-year demand growth for air cargo; an increased cargo capacity by 13.6% year-on-year achieving a 41.8% cargo load factor (i.e. less than half of the available…

African airlines’ increase demand rises by 12.4%

Posted on January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 by Wole Shadare

African airlines saw a 12.4% year-on-year increase in demand. Capacity was up 6.0% year-on-year. The load factor rose to 72.9% (+4.1 ppt compared to November 2023) according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) which released data for November 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), was up 8.1% compared to November 2023. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK), was up 5.7% year-on-year. The November…

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