Expanding airlines in Africa

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The development of aviation in Africa faces several challenges, ranging from high taxes to government mismanagement, but despite these barriers new airlines are starting and existing carriers are expanding their route network. Russell Padmore analyses the prospects for African airlines, with insights from aviation experts, like Patrick Edmond at Altair Advisory, Alan Peaford, Editor in Chief of African Aerospace Magazine and Sally Gethin, from Gethin's In Flight News. We hear if the introduction of the Single African Air Transport Market agreement will create the open skies that allowed aviation to prosper in Europe. Alan Kilavuka, the chief executive of Jambojet in Kenya, talks candidly about the challenges of operating a low cost airline in Africa. We also hear from Judith Tyson at the Overseas Development Institute how expanding aviation will help economies across the continent, by creating jobs and enhancing transport infrastructure. (Picture: Entebbe Airport Kampala. Copyright Getty Images.)