African Airliners

[Jetsgo]

Does anyone know of any major African airliners other then:
SA South African
Kenya Air
Kalulu
Via DRC (Zaire Airlines)

[SWAFO]

Did anyone know that poverty stricken Africa even had any airlines?

No?

[nem]

Did anyone know that poverty stricken Africa even had any airlines?

Ah. Ha. Ha.

Anyway, other major airlines would be:
Air Algerie
Tunis Air
Royal Air Marocco

At least all the above have more routes than Kenya Air.

[pegase]

Did anyone know that poverty stricken Africa even had any airlines?

No, I did not... And Africans did not know either

Compagnies Aériennes Africaines :

Afriqiyah Airways - Afrique Airlines - Air Algerie - Air Gabon - Air Madagascar - Air Maurice - Air Mauritanie - Air Mauritius - Air Senegal - Air
Seychelles - Air Togo - Air Tunis - Cameroun Airlines - East African Safari - Egypt Air - Egyptair - Gambia Airlines - Air Kenya Airways -
Nouvel Air Tunisie - Royal Air Maroc - Saa South African Airways - Soudan Airways - Taag Angola Airlines - Tunis Air - Tunisair -



Post Edited ( 08-28-05 13:01 )

[Jetsgo]

Thanks alot.

Lol, SA South African uses 747's...... why would they ever need such a large aircraft when 99% of the population can't afford the air fare

[nem]

To fly arrogant rich white bastards to their vacation homes...

[omarza]

Lol, SA South African uses 747's...... why would they ever need such a large aircraft when 99% of the population can't afford the air fare

Hi.. this is not a flame.. just some info... SAA uses A320's, A340' s, B737's, B747's etc and are considering ordering 4xA380's... reason... 99% (as mentioned above) of the population is not poor... yes there are poor people but alot of people have a totally misconception of SA in general. Why did British Airways take over ComAir locally to fly National routes... British Airways (ComAir), Khulula, One Time, SA Express, SAA all fly national routes as well due to demand etc and its growing. I would say SA sits atm between 2nd and 1st world country status even tho it is in Africa.



Post Edited ( 08-29-05 11:52 )

[nem]

yes there are poor people but alot of people have a totally misconception of SA in general

Amen to that. Looking at this thread I also sense some misconceptions about the 3rd world and Africa in general.

[pegase]

We seem to forget that Africa is not a lost suburb at the edge of the world but a full continent with all diversity as well about ressources,
politic situation, human rights and so. Just see how differents can be the European countries on such small continent and see the size of Africa (by
size understand territory AND population).

Even a very poor country will need and have air companies, they need air transports, even more than rich countries covered by rail and road networks..

Also, in poor countries you find always rich, very rich people, simple logic. all the country ressources are in theyr wallet. So don't worry for them,
they will fly in very good conditions.

[Tanz]

We seem to forget that Africa is not a lost suburb at the edge of the world but a full continent with all diversity as well about ressources,
politic situation, human rights and so. Just see how differents can be the European countries on such small continent and see the size
of Africa (by
size understand territory AND population).

Even a very poor country will need and have air companies, they need air transports, even more than rich countries covered by rail and
road networks..

Also, in poor countries you find always rich, very rich people, simple logic. all the country ressources are in theyr wallet. So don't worry for
them,
they will fly in very good conditions.

Yep Pegase...very right!
& for the others...You could be very well surprised by local CAAs & by the amount of people (locals) travelling on regional routes!

N.B: Add Air Tanzania

Cheers

[Jetsgo]

I've been to Cape Verde and the Durban Isles. VERY NICE.

[fruitfly]

pegase wrote:
We seem to forget that Africa is not a lost suburb at the edge of the world but a full continent with all diversity as well about ressources,
politic situation, human rights and so. Just see how differents can be the European countries on such small continent and see the size
of Africa (by
size understand territory AND population).

One of the recent issues of National Geographic had "Africa" as its main topic.
The editor decided to make a precedent: for the firs time the magazine's front page was blank! No front page picture!!!! Imagine!

The explanation was a lot like Pegase wrote - in order not to promote any prejudices, white front page will send a clear message it's a
vast continent full of diversities and couple of the photos can't describe it, even if they do speak thousands of words.

I'm sure it was the only fair thing to be done. Here it is, it's called "Whatever you thought, think again!":

https://www.subscribengm.com/online/join...ORD=africa



Post Edited ( 09-01-05 11:31 )

[jboweruk]

South Africa is quite a rich country actually. It's the richest of all the African nations by far (just look at their military and compare it to their
neighbours). It stands to reason then that they would also have the richest airline in Africa.

[Jetsgo]

When I started this topic I didn't mean to imply that I think Africa is an extremely poor nation, just that alot of their airlines use 747's
and I found it strange that they have such a high demand for air transport for locals (Africans, not the wealthy as described above)