Liberalisation seeps into African aviation policy – when what is needed is a flood of new services

Africa has huge growth potential, particularly if liberalisation accelerates. But challenges remain in some of the region's major markets. The continent's largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, continues to pursue rapid expansion in 2015 while SAA and EgyptAir restructure, and LCCs are starting to make inroads as cracks appear in the protectionist barriers to entry.