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industry with immense contribution to economic growth, job creation, prosperity
and integration of Africa;
5.
AFFIRMS that the following twenty-three Member States have declared their
Solemn Commitment to the immediate implementation of the Yamoussoukro
Decision towards the establishment of SAATM:
1. Benin
2. Botswana
3. Burkina Faso
4. Cape Verde
5. Congo
6. Côte d’Ivoire
7. Egypt
8. Ethiopia
9. Gabon
10. Ghana
11. Guinea
12. Kenya
13. Liberia
14. Mali
15. Mozambique
16. Niger
17. Nigeria
18. Rwanda
19. Sierra Leone
20. South Africa
21. Swaziland
22. Togo
23. Zimbabwe
6.
DECIDES to:
i)
establish SAATM for African Airlines within the framework of Agenda 2063
on this 29th Day of January 2018 among the Member States that have
declared their Solemn Commitment as of to-date and for those that join
later;
ii)
appoint Regional Champions of the Single Air Transport Market;
7.
WELCOMES the launch of SAATM;
8.
FURTHER REQUESTS:
i)
Member States to abolish any provisions in their Bilateral Air Services
Agreement (BASAs) for intra-African air services that are contrary to the
30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, 28- 29 January 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia