Optimism for post-Covid opportunities from African airline chiefs

This week we meet two African airline CEOs who share a belief that now is a time of opportunity for airlines on the continent.Marie-Joseph Malé , the president and CEO of Air Austral, the flag carrier for the French Indian Ocean territories of La Reunion, and Mayotte.Malé puts the COivid 19 pandemic against a number of other challenges the airline faced before lockdown, the strategy during it – and its plans for a bright new future amid greater cooperation among the Vanilla Island communities.Meantime Gidon Novic who revolutionised South Africa’s domestic market against all the odds, when he launched Kulula, is at it again.He explains his plans for a new low-cost carrier as a disruptor in the market.We also hear how West Africa is opening skies among EWACAS members as it looks to recover from Covid 19, as well as all the headlines from across Africa and the Middle East