West African Transport Ministers Meet in Ivory Coast to Explore Feasibility of Regional Bag States Airline

Abidjan, Ivory Coast — In a bold move toward advancing the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), transport ministers from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria and Cape Verde met Thursday in Abidjan to explore the feasibility of establishing a regional airline under the Banjul Accord Group (BAG) framework, with an emphasis on leveraging a public-private partnership model.

The high-level meeting marked a critical step in Africa’s efforts to transform the aviation sector…