Senegal meets AFRAA to deliberate on initiatives by AFRAA

The Minister of Tourism and Air Transport of the Republic of Senegal,  Alioune Sarr, met AFRAA Secretary General - Abderahmane Berthé and Air Senegal CEO - Alioune Badara Fall met to discuss initiatives by AFRAA.

Addressing a press conference held in Dakar during the visit, Berthé stated: “AFRAA is pleased to convene top leaders of the air transport industry from across the globe for the Assembly in physical format in Senegal. Deliberations at this year’s Assembly AGA will focus on the theme: “Acing the Roadmap to Sustainable African Aviation”. This will better prepare stakeholders to continue to rebuild Africa’s aviation to make the travel ecosystem more resilient and viable. The Assembly is therefore a critical forum for us to create the much-needed enabling environment for air transport business to thrive and contribute to the continent’s development.

The CEO of Air Senegal, Badara Fall said: “On behalf of his Excellency the President of the Republic of Senegal and the Minister of Tourism and Air Transport, Air Senegal would like to thank AFRAA for choosing Senegal to host its 54th AGA. Hosting the African air transport leaders in Dakar since the advent of the Covid 19 health crisis is special as it offers us a great opportunity to get together again to share our various experiences. We are getting ready to make it a historic summit, one of renewed hope for our sector. There is a lot of potential for African aviation and we need a synergy of actions to release this potential to bring more efficiency to the sector in order to make it sustainable”.

This annual gathering of African airline CEOs was last held in-person format in Mauritius in 2019 and is expected to attract over 500 high profile delegates from the aviation industry in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America.

“AFRAA and Air Senegal are dedicated to ensuring that the air transport industry stakeholders will experience yet another memorable AGA this year in Senegal – the country of Teranga “great hospitality” added Berthé.