Potential impacts of liberalisation of the EU-Africa aviation market

Eric Tchouamou Njoya () and Panayotis Christidis
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Eric Tchouamou Njoya: University of Huddersfield

No JRC106855, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: Intercontinental air services between Europe and Africa are mainly governed by bilateral agreements negotiated between the individual countries of the EU and the various African governments. This paper provides an overview of the regulatory trends and development of air transport between EU and Africa, focussing on passenger traffic developments over the past five years and discusses the impact of liberalisation between Africa and the EU on the degree of concentration in airport traffic shares. Results indicate a growing role of Dubai and Istanbul and a decreasing role of European hubs as gateways to Africa. While Johannesburg, Cairo, Nairobi and Lagos remain the main international hubs in Africa, regional airport hubs have emerged in Algiers, Dar es Salaam and Casablanca. Liberalisation of EU-African aviation markets is likely to result in the emergence of further African regional hubs.

Keywords: Transport economics; transport policy; aviation; air transport; EU; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2017-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-com, nep-int, nep-reg and nep-tre
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