Aerospace Diary

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Neelam Mathews Sept 5, 2011 For contenders looking at short and long-haul low cost business model in Africa, the sky is the limit, said   Suresh Nair Regional Manager, India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, AirAsia Group at the Africa Summit held recently. Talking about "How LCCS can open the African Aviation Market-An AirAsia perspective", Nair gave the example of the success story of AirAsia that opened up the Asia Pacific market growing from a 2 aircraft fleet in 2001 to 105 aircraft today, living up to its tagline "Now everyone Can Fly". Today in 9 years AirAsia with 105 aircraft operates more than 140 routes to 78 destinations in 27 countries. Africa is ready for more budget airlines even as the fastest growing airlines in Africa are all LCCs - Air Arabia Egypt, Air Arabia Morocco and 1Time. It has 56 countries, over one billion people, more than half under the age of 25, 2,436 airports, approx. 600+ aircraft and an a verage economic growth of 5.5%. Boeing an...

awin first Aug 18, 2010 By Neelam Mathews Africa will need to add 770 aircraft by 2029 to its current fleet of about 635 to sustain growth, says Embraer’s Outlook on Africa. Regional airlines are strengthening their networks, but the current fleet with an average age of 13 years does not provide efficiencies to sustain expected growth. The 61- to 120-seat jet segment will be essential for sub-regional connectivity, says Embraer. Last year, 62 million passengers flew on Africa’s 98 airlines from 345 airports in 2009. Embraer forecasts a requirement for 220 new jets for Africa in the next 20 years in the 30- to 120-seat segment; 67% will be needed to support growth and 33% to replace older aircraft. The current fleet in this segment will increase from 165 to 280. However, Boeing’s outlook says 110 regional jets will be delivered in the period to Africa. As regional links evolve, they will demand a new airline industry profile that is customer- and profit-oriented, delivering...