AviaDev Africa will now take place from June 29-July 1 in Cape Town, hosted by Wesgro Cape Town Air Access.
The conference was originally intended to take place in Madagascar. However, Jon Howell, CEO and Founder of AviaDev, said the company wouldn’t be able to deliver an event in Madagascar that would meet the high standards expected of it due to the continued uncertainty of the total reopening of the Malagasy borders and restrictions on flight frequencies, alongside the country’s heavy health protocols.
AviaDev Africa is an aviation conference dedicated to the African continent, and considered the premier platform dedicated to growing connectivity to, from, and within the African continent. It aims to bring together airports, airlines, tourism authorities, governments and industry suppliers. It offers attendees the ability to pre-arrange meetings, learn from industry peers and make those important connections. This aeronautical event allows participants to create new air routes from or to a country, but also to develop new collaborations with other airports or to attract new airlines.
“AviaDev Africa was held in Cape Town in 2018 and 2019 and was a resounding success. The Cape Town Air Access model is a blueprint for how route development should be done and we are delighted to be able to bring the event back to the Mother City. The AviaDev community has shared their desire to meet in-person and, with Cape Town’s domestic, regional and international connectivity, we can be back together once again to Connect, Collaborate and Change the African aviation landscape,” said Howell.
Wrenelle Stander, CEO of Wesgro and Cape Town Air Access Spokesperson, said: “Air Access is at the heart of the Western Cape’s wider ambitions for prosperity and economic competitiveness. Since the closure of international travel in 2020, the air access team has worked to recover 21 destinations, of which 10 are in Africa. We are now in a position to strengthen our regional and international connectivity and we feel AviaDev Africa is the perfect partner to support us in this effort. A warm welcome awaits all AviaDev delegates in the Mother City this June.”
