KEY DATA AFRICA FROM ABOVE FIGURES mproving access, creating jobs, boosting trade – air transport is a crucial local and international develop- ment factor. Yet the African continent remains on the margins of the global air traffic scene. Fares are expensive and intra-African flights are limited. Although a few countries stand out, with successful airpo- I rts and airlines, air transport in Africa still has considerable unrealised potential. Air traffic – A global overview EUROPE NORTH 26.2 % AMERICA + 5.5 % 27.1 % + 3.3 % ASIA & PACIFIC 31.8 % + 8.2 % 4.8 % 2.3 % + 12.1 % + 0.6 % MIDDLE AFRICA EAST 7.6 % + 7.9 % LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN Main air routes worldwide % share of passenger traffic, 2014 % growth of passenger traffic on scheduled services, 2015 Sources: ICAO, 2015; ATAG, 2014 Projected annual growth High airport rate for international traffic taxes in Africa by region, 2012–2032 Djibouti Latin Africa Asia- Europe Middle North World Pacific America & East America 85.9 Caribbean Nairobi Johannesburg Dakar Paris CDG Addis Ababa Frankfurt Singapore 6.3 Cairo Dubai 5.5 5.4 5.1 4.7 32.1 31.2 3.8 23.9 3.0 21 20.1 12 4,4 10.9 8.9 Airport taxes and fees by airport, in euros in % Source: Special edition Africa, Le Monde, 2014 Source: ATAG, 2014 6 PRIVATE SECTOR & DEVELOPMENT Overview of air transport in Africa To and AFRICA FROM ABOVE Alger from Europe Casablanca Tunis FIGURES Enfida 140 Cairo Oran Monastir + 4.9 % Djerba MOROCCO To and from Borg North El-Arab Agadir ALGERIA America Marrakech Charm El-Cheik Hurghada 12 EGYPT + 6.1 % To and from the Middle East Dakar SENEGAL Intra-African 51 + 7.3 % 54 ETHIOPIA COTE GHANA Lagos NIGERIA + 6.7 % D’IVOIRE Abuja Addis Ababa UGANDA Abidjan Accra Port Harcourt Entebbe AFRICA’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS CONGO KENYA IN 2013 THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Nairobi Brazzaville Passenger 18.9 OF CONGO To and transport Kinshasa Mombasa from in 2013, TANZANIA 5.7 South-East in millions Dar El-Salaam Asia 1 4 309,400 Freight ZAMBIA + 6.6 % transport 172,000 in 2013, in tonnes 30,000 Johannesburg Other airports AIR CONNECTIONS Air trac in billion revenue passenger SOUTH kilometres (RPKs) in 2013* AFRICA 140 Durban Air trac annual growth forecast * Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) measure + 4.9 % Cape Town the volume of passengers carried by an airline between 2013 and 2033, in % Port Elizabeth company. Source: Special edition Africa, Le Monde, 2014 Main Total jobs and GDP generated carriers, 2015 by air transport in Africa, 2012 Egyptair Air Algérie Aviation Royal Air Maroc direct 18,341 South African Airways 428 - 12,894 Ethiopian Airlines Indirect Employment (thousands) Kenya Airways GDP ($billion) 12,035 11,035 Tunisair 897 - 27,645 8,029 TAAG-Angola Airlines Induced Air Mauritius 5,894 Air Austral 1,144 - 34,459 3,465 2,664 1,328 Tourism 0,929 catalytic 1,603 6,928 - 80,541 million passengers Source: ATAG, 2015 Source: OAG, 2015 7 PRIVATE SECTOR & DEVELOPMENT.