DEVELOPING AIR LOGISTICS HUB IN AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF CAIRO AIRPORT

Abstract

Africa and Europe have the best air connections, thus it's feasible that some volumes going to industrial sites, which are often in Asia, may have to pass through Europe first due to poor air connections or for consolidation reasons. As a result, this paper seeks to establish Egypt as an air logistics hub in Africa. Egypt has been selected as the African hub in this study because of its geographical location in the middle of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, making it a desirable and advantageous place for the hub. The study's findings demonstrated that African hubs had significantly higher levels of connection and temporal coordination than European hubs. International courier firms would be best to engage in Africa as there are several obstacles owing to the difficulty in accessing information for development and the region's poor infrastructure. Additionally, as no African airport appears to have a clear advantage according to the literature analysis and reports, this article will analyze the best way to establish an aviation hub in Africa. As a conclusion, it will be simple to compare the competitive advantages of international airport hubs with those of African hubs and have a clearer understanding of the challenges that Africa faces.