Business and Technology Reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Nation Media Group
Traffic on intra-African air routes is currently almost as high as on flights connecting the continent to the Middle East, but Boeing projects that the latter will grow far more strongly over the next two decades.
In 2024, intra-African air travel recorded about 77 billion revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), a measure of how many paying passengers airlines carry over a given distance, highlighting steady demand on regional routes despite long-standing connectivity gaps and high operating costs.
