Air Afrique is a now-defunct commercial airline whose key feature was its Pan-African identity. It was jointly founded in 1961 by 11 newly independent former French colonies, each of which realized that it did not have the capability to operate an international airline on its own, but that a multinational project with like-minded partners was feasible. At its heyday, the company served destinations throughout Africa as well as several cities in Europe and North America. Already suffering from funding and management issues, it was finally driven to bankruptcy by the hit to international travel in the wake of 9/11.
The purpose of this challenge is to imagine other cases of small and/or developing countries pooling their resources to start large-scale commercial projects, not necessarily limited to air transport.
The purpose of this challenge is to imagine other cases of small and/or developing countries pooling their resources to start large-scale commercial projects, not necessarily limited to air transport.