Between 11th and 13th December, AFRAA (African Airlines Association) will host the 54th Annual General Assembly in Dakar, Senegal.

In this podcast, Maureen joins me to preview the event and provide an outline of what AFRAA's current priorities are for its members.

Together we discuss:

🌍 How AFRAA's member airlines are performing?

🛫 The top 3 pressing issues AFRAA are occupied with currently?

🤝 Why the theme of the AGA is "Acing the roadmap to sustainable African aviation"?

🗣️ Who are some of the industry speakers speaking at the AGA?

Finally, we look into 2023 to discuss AFRAA's outlook for the industry's prospects. Will it be the year that we finally see liberalization coming to the continent?

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This podcast was recorded on 7th November 2022 during World Travel Market in London.

Joining Jon Howell was Bronwen Auret, Chief Quality Assurance Officer at South African Tourism. SAT has been a long-term partner of AviaDev Africa and is one of the tourism authorities in Africa that really understand the value and impact of airlift on their success. Together we discussed:

🛫 how SAT support airlines starting or expanding services to the country 🌍 the domestic market focus during covid. Is the market still performing well and how are capacity issues affecting demand ✈️ How SAT support the air access teams in each province If you enjoyed the podcast, hit the share button now and send it to someone you feel would benefit from listening.

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This podcast was recorded on location during the 52nd AASA AGA in Hermanus, South Africa.

We meet George Mothema, the CEO of BARSA to discuss:

• George's background and the progress made in his first 12 months at the helm
• How BARSA views the recovery so far? What else needs to be done to ensure a sustained recovery?
• What are the current objectives of BARSA?
• George's first live BARSA conference coming in 2023. What it aims to achieve and who will be in attendance

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This episode is a special joint episode recorded on location at the stunning Kruger Shalati, train on the bridge.

I was joined by Kojo Bentum Williams, CEO of VoyagesAfriq travel media and host of the VA Tourism Podcast, which you can find here

Together we took the opportunity to discuss the symbiotic relationship between aviation and tourism and why there is still a disconnect.

Together we discussed:

🏖️ the tourism and aviation relationship from the tourism standpoint?

🌍 Whether the focus on domestic and regional tourism markets will endure post-pandemic?

🛫 How we move forwards to get these industries talking more than they do now?

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🌍 This episode was recorded 13th October, live and on location at the 52nd AASA AGA, in Hermanus, Western Cape.

✈️ The Safair fleet continues to expand and the airline recently secured the right to serve 11 regional destinations.

Together, Kirby and I discussed:

🛫 The next steps. What needs to happen to make the regional routes a reality?

🤝 How airport and destination partners can support Safair to bring the airline to their destination

✈️ The fleet plans. Will Safari stick with the 737 family?

🤝how have the airline partnerships that were built during Covid supported the airline's growth trajectory?

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🌍 In this episode, we head to west Africa, specifically Togo to speak with a friend of AviaDev, Nowel Ngala, Commercial and Ground Operations director at ASKY Airlines, a private and profitable airline with a strategic partnership with Ethiopian airlines.

In the podcast, we discuss:

🛫 Why now is the right time to start services to Sao Tome and Principe

💡 How has 2022 been overall? Has the recovery been above the expected level?

✈️ Fleet plans for the airline. Will ASKY keep a uniform fleet?

🔮 How ASKY views the competitive market in the region, specifically the anticipated launch of Nigeria Air?

You can connect with Nowel here

🔮 Today we are taking a leap into the future as we attempt to understand the opportunity offered to African aviation from new technologies, specifically e-flight.

At AviaDev in June 2022, the NACO team delivered a thought-provoking session on this topic, which can be viewed here

Accompanying the podcast is a white paper on the subject, which can be downloaded here

In the podcast, we discuss:

💡 What inspired the report and what it sets out to understand?

🌿 The sustainable technologies available currently

✈️ Why e-flight, rather than SAF or hydrogen power craft?

🛫 How close we are to commercialised electric flights?

🚧 What are some of the barriers holding back the implementation?

💰 How will we fund the infrastructure required at an airport level?

🌍 What sort of connectivity could this technology offer Africa?

💡 How do we make it a reality? Is it simply a mixture of collaboration and cash?

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In this episode, we visit the beautiful country of Namibia to preview the upcoming Namibia Aviation and connectivity forum, which will take place November 16-18 in Windhoek.

I am joined by the CEO of the Namibia Airports Company, Mr Bisey Uirab and Verengai Ruswa, the Project Lead for the event.

In the episode, we cover:

🛫 The current aviation landscape in Namibia and the path to post-Covid recovery

🛫 What the new strategic partnership and equity investment in FlyNamibia by Airlink means for the country

🛫 How the airport company's strategy has evolved

🛫 Why now is the right time to host the aviation forum and what it aims to achieve?

🛫 The topics to be discussed and some of the speakers that will participate?

🛫 How the team will ensure the findings and results of the deliberations are actionable.

🛫 To find out more, you can visit the event website https://www.namibiaaviationforum.com/

Connect with Verengai here

Follow the event on LinkedIn here

✈️ The 21st September 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of Africa World Airlines (AWA)

🌍 AWA is a domestic and regional airline operating a fleet of Embraer ERJ 145s from a base in Ghana.

Sean Mendis was employee #1 at the airline. In this episode, Sean tells the full story of how the airline was conceived, structured and how it has become the success we know today.

This is a must-listen for anyone wanting to understand the complexity and difficulties of setting up an airline in Africa.

To see the images, you can also watch the episode on youtube

You can connect with Sean here

In this podcast, I am joined by Aaron Munetsi, CEO and Tatum Kok, Aviation Analyst from the Airlines Association of Southern Africa.

In the podcast, we discuss:

✈️ Aaron's first 12 months at the helm of AASA

✈️ How to manage a group of stakeholders that are in constant co-opertition?

✈️ How AASA is engaging airlines from outside the region

✈️ The recovery of the industry. Are we on track and what more needs to be done to support?

✈️ The state of connectivity in the region and initiatives to open skies, borders and improve collaboration

✈️ The overall theme of the upcoming Annual General Assembly and what to expect

The AGA will take place at the Arabella Hotel 13-16th October 2022. #myafricandream #aasa

You can find out more about AASA by visiting the website www.aasa.za.net and following on LinkedIn and Twitter

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