'Africanisation' of South Africa's international air links, 1994-2003

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2006

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Elsevier

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In the first decade of democratic rule in South Africa scheduled commercial passenger flights across the country�s borders more than doubled. Additional flights served new African air passenger markets and secondary airports in established markets. Overseas flights increased more slowly, serving a diminishing number of overseas countries and cities. In 1994 the Republic was linked directly by air with more overseas than African countries and cities; within a decade the pattern reversed. The changing geography of South Africa�s international air links reflects developments in the international airline industry, and South Africa�s increasingly prominent political and commercial role in Africa.

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Aviation, Geography, South Africa, Economic, Trading

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Pirie, G. (2006). 'Africanisation' of South Africa's international air links, 1994-2003. Journal of Transport Geography, 14 (1) ,3-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2004.10.006