In 2025, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) handled 8.6 million passengers against a design capacity of 7.5m. But the picture is reversed in Dakar.
Kenya Airways says it is “on track” to be to be flying with net-zero emissions by 2050, while the government aims to have two biofuel plants operating by 2028.
Airlines, hoteliers and travel agencies are bullish on a rebound in Q4, while a return to pre-war levels of business is more likely in 2027 or with a clear end to conflict.
The conflict between the South African Civil Aviation Authority over its insistence that piston engine aircraft be overhauled every 12 years, has finally been resolved.
Saudi Arabia has been one of the Middle East’s most significant business aviation markets, supported by government activity, major corporations, royal travel and substantial private wealth.