%0 Journal Article %T Strategies for the Airline Industry on the African Continent %A Tilmann Gabriel %J Journal of Transportation Technologies %P 17-49 %@ 2160-0481 %D 2025 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/jtts.2025.151002 %X African Aviation continues to fall short of serving the demands of the fast-growing African population. For major air transport in and out of the African continent, African travellers rely mainly on non-African Airlines. There is, however, one successful airline on the continent at the writing of this paper: Ethiopian Airlines and the Ethiopian Aviation Group. Why are no further successful airlines possible on a continent of 1.4 billion people (25% of the world’s population) and only a 2%-share of global air transport? At the introduction of SAATM, which is anticipated as the start of the domestic African aviation boom, most African countries seem unprepared to build a success story like Ethiopia. Transportation infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa does not start with roads and rail but with runways and airlines. This research investigates the basic requirements needed to equip Africa with a competitive aviation industry that would contribute some 5% to the continent’s GDP and create hundreds of thousands of workplaces. Interviews with African SAATM leaders signal a slowdown in the effort to succeed. The research is also concerned about the lack of inclusion in the implementation of a NetZero CO2 emission scheme in Africa. %K African Aviation %K SAATM %K African Air Transport Industry %K African Airlines %K NetZero %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=138150