April 2019

Air connectivity gaps even before COVID-19

AFRICA AIR CONNECTIVITY

Countries with 1% better air cargo connectivity engage in 6% more trade

Cut flowers was the 2nd most exported product in Kenya

Air cargo flies over 120’000 tonnes of Kenyan flowers each year,

sustaining 90’000 jobs

2010

2017Kenya’s flower exports

POST COVID�19 AIR CONNECTIVITY

2009 2019

3.5x Robust air transport industry

Air connectivity relative to population

Key driversFavourable business environment

Demographics and economic growth

+132%

Disruptions to air connectivity in top 5 most connected countries in Africa

But it’s relative connectivity that matters for economic growth

April 2019

April 2020

October 2020

2014�19+30%

AFRI

CA’S AIR CONNECTIVITY

TRADE947

thousandtonnes air

cargoflown

TOURISM72M

internationaltouristarrivals

53%of which

arrive by air

970city pairs

Air connectivity decimated by COVID-19 100

city pairs

South Africa and Egypt best absolute connectivity in Africa

20142019

PRE COVID�19 AIR CONNECTIVITY

South AfricaEgypt

MoroccoEthiopia

Algeria

Air connectivityabsolute score

Air connectivity relative to population

MoroccoSouth AfricaEgypt

AlgeriaEthiopia

2019

+22%+32%

+51%

+93% +32%

-94%

IATA’S AIR CONNECTIVITY INDEX measures how well connected a country’s cities are to other cities around the world critical for trade, tourism and other economic f ows.

See report titled “Air Connectivity: Measuring the connections that drive economic growth”(www.iata.org/economics)

April 2020

-94%

EgyptS. Africa

-98%

Morocco

-72%

Ethiopia

-96%

Algeria

450

300

150

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Ethiopia has grown the fastest among African aviation markets, in terms of air connectivity relative to population