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Air Travel Is Still Inaccessible to Many in Africa Despite Rising Demand

Andrew Sheivachman

Photo Credit: African travelers want to fly and spend on ancillaries, but their flight options remain limited. Here, workers tend to a sculpture at Cairo International Airport in Egypt. Flickr / Captain Orange

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Demand for air travel in Africa is on the rise. The introduction of the pan-African passport in 2018 could help connect the continent and ease travel concerns, but only if airlines begin offering more route options to consumers.

While quickly developing continents like Asia and South America tend to garner all the headlines about the massive increase in global travel, Africa is slowly maturing as demand for travel is increasing in its more developed nations. Travel-tech company Sabre surveyed 1,600 people in Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa who had traveled by air in the last year for its "The African Traveler Report." What the survey found is a continent that still faces strong headwinds when it comes to the accessibility of air travel, but remarkably robust signs of increased travel spending at the same time. “The results suggest that while travel is inaccessible to many and is difficult for those who do travel, there

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