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Presented by Tefera Mekonnen,TEFERA Director ,Air Transport(AFCAC)

AIRLINES ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2018; LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA 11– 14 OCTOBER 2018

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xpected outcomes/benefits of full ll im imple lementation of YD and establishment of a SAATM

• Updates on States party to the Solemn

Commitment -SAATM

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illars and Components of Operationalization the S SAATM

• Conclusion

OUTLINE

FAST TRACK PROGRAMS AND INITATIVES (FLAGSHIPS) AGENDA 2063 Program 3

AFRICAN PASSPORT AND FREE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE SINGLE AIR TRANSPORT MARKET (SAATM)

Program 9

CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA

• Program 5

 Grants the free exercises of 1st,2nd,3rd,4th and 5th freedom traffic to Eligible Airlines;  Liberalizes tariffs;  Allows unrestrictive frequency and capacity;  Allows designation of Eligible African airline by multinationals ;  Ensures fair competition , consumer protection, etc.

Expected outcome of full implementation of YD and establishment of a SAATM

Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Capo Verde, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Togo and Zimbabwe.

26 States party to the Solemn Commitment to SAATM

Fourteen Member States of the SAATM

signed Memorandum of Implementation(MoI) :- Benin, Capo Verde, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Togo. The MoI will serve as a multilateral instrument that ensures all provisions of BASAs are compatible with the YD among States party to SAATM thus any restrictions removed in line with the YD provisions.

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Outcomes of the 4th Ministerial Working Group meeting, Lomé, Togo-28th of May 2018

Twelve countries also undertook bilateral

consultations on harmonization of their respective Bilateral Air Services Agreements (BASAs) aimed to remove all restrictions that are incompatible with the YD .

Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and

• Togo. Cabo Verde and Burkina Faso

reported that they already have YD compliant BASAs with all the States that attended the meeting. Outcomes of the 4th Ministerial Working Group meeting, Lomé, Togo Cont’d

Outcomes of the 4th Ministerial Working Group meeting, Lomé, Togo -28th of May 2018

• Decided a Memorandum of

Implementation (MoI) be enforceable by any Member State that is signatory to the Solemn Commitment for the establishment of the SAATM

• The MoI remains open for accession

by the other Member States of SAATM and to those that will accede to it on a later date

Burundi ; Comoros; DR Congo; Djibouti; Egypt;

Eritrea ;Ethiopia; Kenya; Libya; Madagascar ;Malawi; Mauritius; Rwanda; Seychelles; Sudan; Swaziland; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

CEN-SAD Community of Sahel-Saharan States;(17/29) ; ECOWAS( 13/15); EAC( 2/6 ); IGAD (2/7); SADC(5/15)

SAATM = 6/21 & MOI=2/21

Angola; Botswana; DR Congo; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Seychelles; South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

SADC(5/15)

 More States are showing interest to join SAATM (11-26 )  All legal Instruments of the YD are endorsed by the AU summit and ready for publication  AUC established a joint Action plan to SAATM involving all Partners; CONCLUSION

 AFCAC utilizes all avenues to encourage more States join SAATM and sign the MoI;  MoC with RECs are being signed concluded already with EAC and COMESA  Awareness and Capacity building programs on Regulatory Instruments are to be launched soon with RECs  YD day celebration on 14 November