A Kenya Airways cargo plane at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. Cargo consolidation was cited as an important step to improve the performance of airlines. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
The survival of African airlines depends on collaboration and not competition. This was the general thinking of top executives of African airlines attending a workshop on the future of aviation on the continent.
The consensus of the September 14 workshop hosted by African Airlines Association (AFRAA) was that African airlines should pursue a consolidation model and adopt the concept of “Air Afrique” that would create equitable partnerships between airlines or across a group of investments, co-operation between two or more well-matched airlines, or the formation of a new common airline.
