The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has urged African governments to boost the post-Covid-19 recovery of their aviation sectors and wider economies by speeding up the implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). Iata, which is the representative body of the global airline industry, also encouraged African governments to ensure that they harmonised the re-opening of their air transport industries by all adopting the ‘Take-Off’ guidance of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO – a specialist agency of the United Nations). “Planning for recovery from Covid-19’s economic destruction also presents an opportunity for governments to draw even greater benefits from aviation by opening African borders for African aviation,” affirmed Iata Regional VP: Africa and the Middle East Muhammad Albakri. “That transformation change could turbo-charge the recovery by strengthening economic ties and creating jobs in ways that only aviation can achieve.”
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