Africa’s single aviation market: The progress so far

Tchouamou Njoya, Eric (2016) Africa’s single aviation market: The progress so far. Journal of Transport Geography, 50. pp. 4-11. ISSN 0966-6923

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Abstract

To promote the development of air transport at the continental level, several policies were introduced, leading to the Yamoussoukro Decision (YD) in late 1999, which had the liberalisation of the intra-African aviation spaces as its main objective. Even though notable progress has been achieved towards more market-oriented aviation policies, at the pan-African level some markets are still restrictive and inconsistent with the YD, particularly with respect to the granting of 5th freedom rights. This paper aims to examine recent developments in the aviation sector in Africa, with a focus on the implementation of the YD. The obstacles to liberalisation are discussed and several measures for facilitating Africa’s move towards multilateral open skies are investigated. These include, among others, a greater collaboration and co-operation among African airlines, as well as between African airlines and foreign ones; redefinition of the role and responsibilities of different institutions which are instrumental in implementing the YD and some further issues such as ownership guidelines.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications J Political Science > JZ International relations
Schools:	Huddersfield Business School
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Depositing User:	Eric Tchouamou Njoya
Date Deposited:	20 Apr 2017 09:09
Last Modified:	27 Mar 2018 16:45
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/31717

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