AASA ceo, Chris
Zweigenthal, has been given
the 2019 Ato Girma Wake
Lifetime Award in recognition
of his contribution to the air
transport industry.
The award was presented
to Chris at the AviaDev Africa
2019 summit in Cape Town.
Chris has led AASA for the
past 10 years, prior to which
he was its deputy ceo. A civil
engineer by profession, he
began his airline career in
1988 with SAA.
Chris said there was
significant opportunity to
take African aviation on to
the global stage, with the
region forecast to have the
highest growth after Asia
over the next 20 years.
While this was forecast
to be 4-5% for the next 20
years, from a low base of
2% of global market share,
there was no reason why
African aviation could not
experience double-digit
growth, he said.
