A nice document from The French Treasury about the future of aviation in East Africa and Indian Ocean pusblished in March 2023. Only in French (sorry). A nice document with some data (before, during and after covid)
https://www.tresor.economie.gouv.fr/Art ... d342240be6
Here are some parts
The most dynamic region of the sub-Saharan continent in terms of air traffic, the AEOI represented, in 2019, 38% of passenger traffic and 80% of the continent's freight volume. Air flows currently remain concentrated around the two main regional airport hubs: Bole Airport in Addis Ababa and Jomo Kenyatta in Nairobi. The development of the airport sector, due to its strong integration with the tourism sector, is considered strategic for many countries in the region which wish to position themselves as new passenger or logistics hubs (Rwanda, Djibouti). If new projects, sometimes very large-scale, are envisaged, some face financing difficulties, in a context of gradual withdrawal of donors from the sector. France remains an important partner, through the provision of financing and the presence of its companies, active in diversified segments (engineering, equipment supplies, airport services).
Burundi
A landlocked and small country, Burundi depends entirely on Bujumbura airport for its international air connectivity. Given the state of existing airport infrastructure, the needs of rehabilitation and extension are important. Projects exist but their implementation is structurally limited by the lack of possible external financing in the country.
Kenya
The increase in passenger and freight traffic over the past two decades has led to significant investments in airport infrastructure, supported by the Kenyan government's desire to make of Kenya and Nairobi International Airport in particular a passenger and cargo air transport hub. These ambitious objectives, justified by the desire to open up and revitalize certain regions of Kenya, have also leads to the construction of oversized infrastructure that remains underutilized. The French offer in the airport sector is particularly diversified, ranging from participation in design and construction works rehabilitation undertaken at Nairobi and Mombasa airports to airport services.
Uganda
If considered strategic for the development of the Ugandan economy, infrastructure airports of the country are paradoxically insufficiently developed, with regard to the needs and objectives growth sectors. The country has 46 airport facilities, including Entebbe International Airport, its only international airport and 13 regional airports that are not very dynamic and unsuitable. The authorities are carrying out a proactive policy in favor of strengthening infrastructure, by developing structuring projects, projects that could offer opportunities for French companies.
Rwanda
In 2019, Rwanda is the 5th country in terms of passenger traffic in the East Africa-Indian Ocean region. after Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Mauritius. With 1.56 million passengers in 2019, Rwanda reached approximately two-thirds of the capacity of its current Kigali International Airport. The airport project Bugesera International Airport with an initial capacity of 8 million then 14 million passengers per year in a second phase and financed mainly with Qatari funds could allow Rwanda to establish itself as a of the main airport platforms on the continent.
Tanzania
With a portfolio of airports that is gradually modernizing and the revitalization of the airline public Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL), civil aviation in Tanzania has experienced growth without precedent over the past five years. As part of the Tanzania Development Vision 2025, the sector aviation has been identified as a pillar of development in Tanzania, largely due to its role essential in the development of tourism. Massive investments in airport infrastructure, associated with renewal of ATCL, have led to significant changes in the sector. The French offer in the sector airport is particularly diversified, ranging from participation in design studies, construction work rehabilitation, the provision of airport services
Djibouti
A small country, Djibouti is entirely dependent on Ambouli airport for its air connectivity. international. The development prospects of the airport sector are constrained, in the segment passenger, by traffic whose progression is capped due to low national demand and isolation of Djibouti in relation to the African hinterland. Djibouti appears to be targeting air freight and sea-air intermodality in order to to establish itself as the region’s first logistics hub
Ethiopia
A landlocked country with a difficult geography, Ethiopia finds, in the airport sector, the way to unite its territory around the Addis Ababa hub while allowing it to position itself strategically on the corridors intra-African and Europe-Asia flows. The growth of the sector, which has become essential to external positioning of the country, is taking place at the pace of the expansion of the national company Ethiopian Airlines, whose interests are, aligned with national airport activity, since the transfer of management of the country's airports to this last in 2017. Investments estimated at USD 5.5 billion over 30 years would be necessary to propel Ethiopia as the main air transport platform in Africa, which raises questions about the financing of such projects despite the financial strength of Ethiopian Airlines.
Somalia
Under United Nations mandate since 1993, management of Somali airspace was transferred to aviation Somali civilian life in 2018. The return of international airlines and the government's desire to reconstitute the national airline constitute weak signals of revival of the air sector, subject today with strong constraints.
Sudan
With the third largest airspace on the continent, Sudan has not succeeded in its airport transformation. So much his passenger and goods traffic is in regular decline – accentuated by the Covid crisis, which had seen its airports closed from mid-March to the end of July 2020. Slowing traffic, a long period of isolation under the Bashir regime, American sanctions, a deterioration of the post-Covid economic situation have not made it possible to finance port infrastructure, in particular the creation of a new airport in Khartoum and the rehabilitation of regional airports, in a country where transport problems are chronic. It's about however, in a sector where the presence of French equipment manufacturers and service providers is historic.
Comoros
The Comoros archipelago is distinguished by a certain isolation due largely to the poor development of its airport sector. The weakness of its infrastructure, the low tourist numbers on the island and the absence of bringing its international airport up to standard are all factors explaining the low number of connections direct air travel. Aware that the development of the sector is essential in achieving the objective of economic emergence, the government plans investments in the sector
Madagascar
The Malagasy airport sector is structured around two main airports (Ivato and Fascène) which have been awarded under concession to a private consortium: Ravinala Airports. Passenger volume, which fell during the health crisis, remains generally weak in comparison to the size and reception potential of the country. Ten more Regional and/or national airports are managed by a private company: Adema. Given the size of the country and the issues of road connectivity, the landscape is also structured around a multitude secondary aerodromes, some of which are managed by private economic actors who operate in the mining, industrial and agri-food sectors and who are the main users.
Mauritius
In an island context, Mauritius airports constitute one of the main levers for development tourism but also an important exchange interface for Mauritian residents with the rest of the world. Thus, each year they welcome more passengers than the country has inhabitants. In a post- health crisis, the preservation of the sector and its development for the years to come are established as major national issues
Seychelles
The Seychelles airport sector is structured around two main airports (Mahé and Praslin) which concentrate the vast majority of international and domestic passenger traffic. Passenger volume, which fell during the health crisis, restarted strongly in 2021 without reaching the pre-crisis level. Ten more aerodromes are managed by the public operator IDC, and three by private operators. IN Groupe and Egis contribute currently in efforts to modernize the sector through digital identification services and updating the modernization plan for Mahé international airport
Rwanda Aviation News (Drones, Air Force, Civil Aviation, Space, Air Balloon): https://www.facebook.com/RwandAn-Flyer-153177931456873
). But how many pax for Africans Airlines ?
