Why Africa’s air travel growth is stunted –Seshibe, South African Airways CEO

By Chinelo Obogo     
talktonelo@yahoo.com
The Acting Chief Executive of South African Airways (SAA), Matshela Seshibe, has blamed Africa’s slow air travel growth on a plethora of factors.
Top on his list is the high cost of air travel across Africa.
To fix this, he has called for urgent government action to bring it down, warning that the continent’s aviation sector cannot grow under its current tax and charges regime.
Seshibe said this on Wednesday at the May edition of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) SkyConnect Leadership Dialogues, where he explained how cost has become a burden facing African carriers. He said a passenger flying from South Africa to São Paulo (...