High-cost airlines hurt Africa'saviation sector - News
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It is usually cheaper to fly to another continent than Africa
Recent reports show that high-altitude aircraft in Africa are affecting the continent's atmosphere.
According to the BBC report, the cost of travel in Africa is very expensive, adding that taxes and tickets are still risingfor travelers. In fact, travelingto another continent is cheaper than traveling to Africa.
The high cost, according to the report, makes doing business in Africa expensive and difficult,because air travel is the best way to the continent due to theroad and transport network the railway is not good. "For a quick comparison, flying from Germany's capital, Berlin, to Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, will cost you around $150 (£120) for a direct flight of less than three hours.
"If you travel long distances, say, from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, you will pay between $500 and $850, at least downone shift, which will take "at 8 pm," said the BBC report. TheInternational Air Transport Association (IATA), the international trade body responsible for 83% of global air traffic, has said that if only 12 African capital countries work together to open up their markets, it will create about155,000 jobs. GDP of these countries. more than $1.3 billion.
Kamil al-Awadhi, regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East, said, "Ugboelu directly contributes to the GDP of any country when it works and stimulates the economy." Awadhi added that another reason is that governments do not want to work together, as "each state thinks they know how to handle the situation properly and stick to their remedies even if they doesn't work well."
"At the end of the day, it's a business and there's a level of security that starts to hurt the airline. So there's no point inhaving your own car."
Meanwhile, the state-owned Ethiopian Airlines is trying to change that narrative and generate millions of dollars in hard cash for the country. Fromone of the world's poorest countries to one of the fastest growing economies, the global director of the US investment firm Fairfax Africa Fund, Zemedeneh Negatu, has announced one of the to make the development of Ethiopia in his hands.
He said: "Ethiopian Airlines brings in millions of dollars in hard earned money for the country and it makes every Ethiopian proud to be able to build one of the international companies that success in Africa and for Africans," he said. The Ethiopian-American proposed a plan for "a united African strategy to solve the problem of its poor air servicesif they are to change the African economy".