saatm Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/saatm/ Latest news and insights from the aviation and travel industry in Africa Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:28:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://airspace-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-African-Airspace-Logo-Favicon-01-32x32.png saatm Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/saatm/ 32 32 Uganda Eyes the Single African Air Transport Market to Cut Air Travel Costs https://airspace-africa.com/2023/04/28/uganda-eyes-the-single-african-air-transport-market-to-cut-air-travel-costs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uganda-eyes-the-single-african-air-transport-market-to-cut-air-travel-costs https://airspace-africa.com/2023/04/28/uganda-eyes-the-single-african-air-transport-market-to-cut-air-travel-costs/#respond Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:28:28 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=9716 Uganda is looking to join the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) in a bid to reduce the cost of air travel. This was revealed during a stakeholders’ meeting in Kampala, where representatives from the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority and the Ugandan Ministry of Works and Transport convened to discuss the draft National Civil Aviation [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2023/04/28/uganda-eyes-the-single-african-air-transport-market-to-cut-air-travel-costs/feed/ 0 AFRAA Secretary General Calls for Collaboration to Overcome Challenges in SAATM Implementation https://airspace-africa.com/2023/03/02/afraa-secretary-general-calls-for-collaboration-to-overcome-challenges-in-saatm-implementation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afraa-secretary-general-calls-for-collaboration-to-overcome-challenges-in-saatm-implementation https://airspace-africa.com/2023/03/02/afraa-secretary-general-calls-for-collaboration-to-overcome-challenges-in-saatm-implementation/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 06:43:07 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=9247 The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is a flagship project of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, aimed at creating a unified and liberalized air transport market in Africa. The goal is to enhance connectivity and reduce air transport costs, thus promoting economic growth, tourism, and trade. SAATM was launched in January 2018, with 23 [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2023/03/02/afraa-secretary-general-calls-for-collaboration-to-overcome-challenges-in-saatm-implementation/feed/ 0 Unified Single Air Transport gains traction in Africa https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/29/unified-single-air-transport-gains-traction-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unified-single-air-transport-gains-traction-in-africa https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/29/unified-single-air-transport-gains-traction-in-africa/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:08:16 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=8489 A progressive lessening of restrictions seeking to create a single unified air transport market in Africa, is building as 17 African countries have agreed to test the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) initiative, out of the total of 35 country signatories that represents 80 percent of the existing aviation market in Africa. The flagship [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2022/11/29/unified-single-air-transport-gains-traction-in-africa/feed/ 0 ASECNA and European Space Agency Sign Cooperation agreement for satellite navigation in Africa https://airspace-africa.com/2022/07/04/asecna-and-european-space-agency-sign-cooperation-agreement-for-satellite-navigation-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asecna-and-european-space-agency-sign-cooperation-agreement-for-satellite-navigation-in-africa https://airspace-africa.com/2022/07/04/asecna-and-european-space-agency-sign-cooperation-agreement-for-satellite-navigation-in-africa/#respond Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:04:06 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=6982 European technology that allows satellite navigation signals used to safely guide aircraft down for landing in the majority of Europe’s airports will now be put to use across Africa and the Indian Ocean following, signatory agreements between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the African aviation safety agency (Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation [...]

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