Modernising Africa’s airport system is a long-haul business, writes Moritz Breickmann, investment director at AIIM, Africa’s largest private infrastructure investor, and board member of airport operator and management company, SEGAP.
Liberalisation of air traffic is only part of a much-needed shift in mindset away from the protectionism that still characterises air transport in Africa.
One of the most pressing issues is the current condition of the continent’s airports, many of which were constructed in the 1960s and 1970s and are now showing their age.
