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[TOP STORY] Africa’s air travel lags as Asia-Pacific soars in premium growth

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‘We're seeing there that in the premium market, there were about 21 million premium passengers. It was a year-on-year growth of 22.8% last year, just in that market,’ says aviation analyst, Linden Birns.

5 Aug 2025 9AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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