Yamoussoukro Decision by 44 African Union (AU) member States to open up the sky for free movements, this year marks 20th anniversary, but without much success to celebrate.
Yes, air travel on the continent is fairly easier now than it was at the turn of the century. Today, most Africans hardly need to round-trip through Europe or Asia to visit friends and family in neighbouring African country. Those nightmarish journeys of two to four days are now possible in two or three hours by direct flights.
The Bilateral Air Service Agreement provides for reciprocity by the number of flights and destinations. Nigeria, with the second largest market in Africa after South Africa, has at least 90 of BASA pacts with less than 20 serviced in return by the local carriers. He gave examples. “Asky Airlines is doing four frequencies to Lagos daily. But their home country, Togo, said they would not allow us in because their government is protecting Asky. It took them a year to reply us. Later, they apologised when I threatened to go to court to stop their airlines from coming to Nigeria.
“Again, why should an airline fly multiple destinations into Nigeria? Ethiopian Airlines flies into five destinations daily when you cannot even fly into any of their airports. Why not restrict them to just two, while our local airlines cover the other routes? That is not within the control of the airlines but of the government,” Onyema said.
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