Western Europe-North Africa routes display a unique and previously unseen pattern

As was the case across the rest of Africa, airline service patterns are closely linked to colonial and cultural ties, but the points of European origin are decidedly different. Not only are secondary airports like Orly and Gatwick represented, but regional airports in France also make the list. The region has also been hard hit in the past year by popular uprisings with Tunisia, then Egypt and finally Libya dramatically affected by the changes, with impressive socio-political upheaval still in process.

This is the latest in a series of route analysis articles by CAPA.