With positive targets to attract more tourists from the United States, Europe, and Asia to visit Africa, most African countries are lacking airline services oriented from the continent. Most African countries with best tourist attractions have given up their skies to the Middle East and European-registered air carriers to fly there with full domination of the continent’s airspace. The three airlines connect the African continent to other key tourist markets in the United States, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe. To make the air travel industry profitable, African countries need to liberalize air traffic, according to IATA and the African Union, aviation experts said. Industry experts often criticize African countries for having more bilateral open sky agreements with partners outside the continent than with African partners.

Source: Ethiopian News August 31, 2017 03:11 UTC