Africa Air Connectivity

AFRICA AIR CONNECTIVITY

IATA'S AIR CONNECTIVITY INDEX measures how well connected a country's cities are to other cities around the world critical for trade, tourism and other economic flows.

See report titled "Air Connectivity: Measuring the connections that drive economic growth" (www.iata.org/economics)

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thousand tonnes air cargo flown

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				+30%

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	72M		53%
international	of which
	tourist	arrive
	arrivals	by air

Countries with 1% better air cargo connectivity engage in 6% more trade

Kenya's flower

exports	2017 +132%
2010	Cut flowers was the 2nd most
	exported product in Kenya

Air cargo flies over 120'000 tonnes of Kenyan flowers each year, sustaining 90'000 jobs

PRE COVID�19 AIR CONNECTIVITY

Air connectivity gaps even before COVID-19

April 2019

970

city pairs

Air connectivity score destination-weightedseats (000s)

120		South Africa and Egypt best
+22%	absolute connectivity in Africa
				+32%	2019		2014
80		+51%
40		+93%	+32%
			S. Africa	Egypt Morocco Ethiopia	Algeria

But it's relative connectivity that matters for economic growth

Air connectivity	2019	Air connectivity
relative to
absolute score		population
South Africa		Morocco
Egypt		South Africa
Morocco		Egypt
Ethiopia		Algeria
Algeria		Ethiopia

Ethiopia has grown the fastest among African aviation markets, in terms of air connectivity relative to population

Air connectivity relative	Key drivers
to population	Favourable business
3.5x	environment
industry
	Robust air transport
2009 2019	Demographics and
economic growth

POST COVID�19 AIR CONNECTIVITY

Air connectivity decimated

by COVID-19100 city pairs

April 2020

City pairs figures rounded to the second digit.

Air connectivity score destination-weightedseats (000s)

450

300

150

Disruptions to air connectivity in top 5 most connected countries in Africa

April	April	October
2019	2020	2020

-94%	-94%	-98%	-72%	-96%
S. Africa	Egypt	Morocco	Ethiopia	Algeria