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South Sudan & Eritrea Agree Deal To Form New Direct Flights

By:TATENDA KARUWA

https://simpleflying.com/south-sudan-er ... ight-deal/

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Taking a look at aviation in Eritrea and South Sudan, including their new partnership.


Eritrean Airline in Frankfurt, Germany. Tobias Arhelger | Shutterstock

Eritrea and South Sudan have agreed to commence direct flights between the two nations as they both look to develop their aviation sectors.

The Director General of the Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority, Paulos Kahsai, met with the Director of Aviation Safety of South Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority to discuss plans for growing their partnership. According to the Eritrea CAA, South Sudan's Golden Wings Airline has already commenced flights between the two nations.

South Sudan's Juba International Airport and Eritrea's Asmara International are only 872 miles (1,400 km) apart. Given their geographical proximity, the two nations have realized the potential benefits of their partnership. In June, an agreement was signed to establish direct flights between Juba and Asmara, which would be essential for business, trade, and tourism.

Development of aviation in Eritrea

Three days ago, the Kenyan and Eritrean governments agreed to permanently abolish visa requirements for their citizens, which is one of the developments that could boost Eritrea's aviation industry. Asmara International airport (ASM) is the country's largest airport and the only one receiving a scheduled service. It serves flights to and from Dubai International (DXB), http://simpleflying.com/tag/dubai-international-airport Cairo International Airport (CAI), and Addis Ababa International (ADD), http://simpleflying.com/tag/addis-ababa-airport to mention a few.


Asmara International Airport route network. Image: GCMaps

In October, Eritrea participated in the 41st edition of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) http://simpleflying.com/tag/icao assembly in Montreal, Canada, and was represented by Paulos Kahsai. Speaking about the importance of ensuring safety and security in the aviation sector, Kahsai highlighted the country's safety record, saying that since defining its aviation sector in 2000, no accountable accident has been recorded.

Despite a previous crash at Asmara, the director said there were falsities of defamation to cover up the truth through politicizing the aviation issue. He added that with its internal capacity, Eritrea has built an airport in the port city of Massawa that meets the international standards and that the Asmara airport has been developed by putting in the required infrastructure and providing efficient and timely service.

Paulos Kahsai ended his trip by discussing the mitigation of challenges and development of Eritrea's aviation industry with various ICAO stakeholders.

Source: Zawya

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South Sudan abandons US dollar for local currency

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11 2023


People jostle to exchange their old Sudanese Dinars into the newly introduced Sudanese pounds in 2007. PHOTO | FILE | REUTERS

By JAMES ANYANZWA

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/ne ... ar-4119662

South Sudan’s government has suspended the use of the US dollar and instead directed all transactions be executed in the local currency, the South Sudanese pound (SSP), in a move feared to stifle economic activity in the war-ravaged economy.

Most transactions in the country are carried out using the US dollar, largely due to hyperinflation and the volatility of the local currency.

However, the Bank of South Sudan has banned the use of the greenback and directed that all commercial contracts be signed in the local currency.

That is a clear directive from the Central Bank that all the transactions in South Sudan must be done in our currency. So all commercial contracts must be signed in our local currency,

Michael Makuei Lueth, South Sudanese Information minister, said through the Chinese state-run English-language news channel CGTN.

Major blow

The latest directive by the Bank of South Sudan deals a major blow to importers, hotels, restaurants, travel and tour operators, and the operations of regional banks such as KCB, Equity, Stanbic and Co-operative, which are struggling to survive in an economy plagued by hyperinflation and political instability.

The directive on the use of South Sudanese Pound is one of the measures recommended by a committee appointed by President Salva Kiir to help address the country’s economic crisis.

Civil war

A seven-year civil war that ended in 2020 affected the country’s economy because of the collapse in oil production in areas affected by the conflict.

South Sudan is the major oil producer in the East African region, but its near-total dependency on the oil has made the resource a curse.

Due to fees and obligations owed to oil firms, the 170,000 barrel-per-day production means the country only earns value worth 50,000 barrels of oil per day, with the larger amount going into advance payments or contractual obligations.

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