A total of twenty-eight African countries have signed the Single African Air Transport Market of the African Union to allow for a review of air transport agreement between them and the Federal Government.
The Director of Air Transport Regulation of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Edem Oyo-Ita (retd), says the liberalisation of air transport is an opportunity for domestic airlines as well as the industry to grow.
Some of the countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Capo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt amongst others.
These countries, according to the International Air Transport Association, represent over 80 per cent of the existing aviation market in Africa.
With the new agreement, many more carriers within the continent are expected to begin flight services into Nigeria.
