Business and Regulatory Environment of African Aviation Industry

This report provides an analysis of the African aviation industry, focusing on its business and regulatory environment. The report highlights the current state of the industry, including the number of airlines, airports, and passenger traffic, as well as the challenges and opportunities within the African aviation market. It discusses key aspects such as the low passenger traffic compared to other regions, the impact of visa regulations, and the influence of airline alliances. The report also includes financial aspects, like the turnover of the aviation industry in the African region. The report concludes with a review of relevant literature and provides references for further study. The analysis is structured to provide a comprehensive overview of the industry and its future prospects.

AFRICAN AVATION INDUSTRY
Aviation Business & Regulatory Environment
World's 12% population is in the Africa region, but only
2% population is uses aviation services. This is too less
in the caparison of other region's aviation business.
Countries which are comes under the African region are
mainly undeveloped, so locals are not able to afford the
tickets of airlines.
Global passenger traffic flow
Global passenger is also too low in the Africa region. Only
14 countries are providing visa facility to arrival out of 54
countries in the Africa region. Currently global passenger
traffic flow in Africa region is 5.1% which approx 62.2
million.
Size of aviation industry by region
The size of the aviation industry is too smaller in the
current time but according to the IATA (International
Air Transportation Association), in the next 20 years the
aviation industry of the Africa region will grow very
fast, because nowadays many African countries started
to build their connections with many developed
countries in the world.
Indications of turnover, profit and loss
The turnover is $80 billion of the aviation industry in
the African region. It is not much higher according to
the population of the Africa region.
Key airlines and airports
Currently 419 airlines working in the Africa region, and this
also has only 731 airports to date. South African Airways,
Ethiopian Airlines, and Kenya Airways are some major
airline companies in the Africa region.
Industry structure to include alliance networks
Overall structure of the aviation industry is not much big.
There are only few airline companies are only currently
working in the African Region. Alliance have been done
by South African Airways and Ethiopian Airlines to grow
up the aviation industry of the African region.

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