Single African Air Transport Market

De Single African Air Transport Market be one of de project way de Africa Union dey wan create so say e go create a single market of air transport for Africa insyd. If dem complete am, de single market go allow significant freedom of air transport for Africa, wey e go dey advance AU dem Agenda 2063.

Primarily, de goal of the SAATM be say dem dey wan implement de 1999 Yamoussoukro Decision. Meaning say all de participants agree say dem go komot market access restrictions give airlines, comot restrictions for ownership top, grant each other extended air traffic rights (first one be thru fifth freedoms, way no dey affect cabotage rights), den liberalize flight frequency den capacity limits. Both passenger den cargo aviation dey mong. way e dey wan harmonize safety den security regulations for dey aviation sector insyd, based on ICAO dema requirements top. Ebe de Africa Union, ein Regional Economic Communities, den de African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) wey dey watch over de project.

 Participation 
Twenty-three member states of de African Union originally agree make dem join de SAATM as starting participants. As of July 2022 na der be 34 countries wey dey participate:

 Benin
 Botswana
 Burkina Faso
 Cameroon
 Cape Verde
 Chad
 Central African Republic
 DR Congo
 Congo
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Egypt
 Ethiopia
 Equatorial Guinea
 Gabon
 The Gambia
 Ghana
 Guinea
 Guinea-Bissau
 Kenya
 Lesotho
 Liberia
 Mali
 Morocco
 Mozambique
 Namibia
 Niger
 Nigeria
 Rwanda
 Senegal
 Sierra Leone
 South Africa
 Swaziland
 Togo
 Zimbabwe

 Evaluation 
Some African government den airlines criticize de project, especially dem smaller airlines, as well as de Ugandan government, dem dey allege say de agreement go make de big airlines dominate de market, wey e go stifle competition.

De African Development Bank, den some other analysts, predict say de SAATM go make flights cheaper, bunch passenger volumes den economic benefits.Smulian, Mark (11 April 2018). "Development bank prepares aviation plan for Africa". PublicFinance International. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018. 

De International Air Transport Association commend de Africa Union say dem launch de single market, but warn dem say dem go do bunch work before dem go fit implement am effectively.

Abdérahmane Berthé, secretary general give de African Airlines Association, say that de COVID-19 pandemic help make dem implement de SAATM.

 San see 

 Africa portal

 African Continental Free Trade Area
 African Union Passport
 European Common Aviation Area

 References 

 External links 
 Official website
 SAATM information page at IATA.org
 African Civil Aviation Commission website
Category:Economy of de African Union
Category:Aviation insyd Africa
Category:Aviation agreements