Africa’s air passenger traffic is at 73.8% of pre-pandemic levels, with robust recoveries from three of the continent’s four sub-regions being dragged down by the loss of flight capacity in southern Africa.
Speaking at the Aviation Africa 2022 summit in Kigali, Kamil Al-Awadhi, Iata Regional Vice President for Africa and Middle East, pointed out that air traffic in East Africa had risen to 93.4% of July 2019 levels and North Africa to 93.1%, while West Africa had already surpassed…