Single African Air Transport Market
The Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is a project of the African Union to create a single market for air transport in Africa. Once completely in force, the single market is supposed to allow significant freedom of air transport in Africa, advancing the AU's Agenda 2063.
Single African Air Transport Market | |
|---|---|
Participating countries | |
| Location | Africa |
| Type | Air transport agreement |
| Participants | 34 states |
| Establishment | |
• Yamoussoukro Declaration | 1988 |
• Yamoussoukro Decision | 1999 |
• SAATM launched | 28 January 2018 |
Website au | |
Primarily, the goal of the SAATM is to fully implement the 1999 Yamoussoukro Decision. This means that all participants agree to lift market access restrictions for airlines, remove restrictions on ownership, grant each other extended air traffic rights (first through fifth freedoms, not affecting cabotage rights), and liberalise flight frequency and capacity limits. Both passenger and cargo aviation are included. It also seeks to harmonise safety and security regulations in aviation, based on ICAO requirements. Oversight over the SAATM is exercised by the African Union, its Regional Economic Communities, and the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC).