African Airlines Association
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The African Airlines Association (French: Association des Compagnies Aériennes Africaines), abbreviated AFRAA, is a trade association of African airlines. AFRAA was founded in Accra, Ghana, in 1968, and is, as of February 2021, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The primary purpose of AFRAA is to establish and facilitate co-operation between African airlines.[2]
Abbreviation | AFRAA |
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Formation | 1 April 1968; 56 years ago (1968-04-01) |
Legal status | Association |
Purpose | Airline trade association |
Headquarters | Kenya |
Location | |
Coordinates | 01°19′30″S 36°50′20″E |
Region served | Africa |
Membership | Airlines |
Official language | English, French |
Abdérahmane Berthé[1] | |
Main organ | General Assembly |
Website | www.afraa.org |
The formation of the African Airlines Association was the result of historic developments and economic imperatives. In the early 1960s, a great number of African States acceded to independence and created their own national airlines. Most of these airlines became members of the International Air Transport Association.
AFRAA had its conceptual beginning in 1963, when a number of African airlines, taking the opportunity provided by the IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) began holding consultation meetings prior to the IATA AGMs to discuss matters of interest to African airlines and to adopt common positions. This was the first step towards the creation of AFRAA. From that first step in Rome in 1963, the establishment in 1968 in Accra, of a regional organisation for the articulation of regional views and promotion of co-operation was undertaken by 14 founding members.