<<These agreements establish the foundation for a deeper relationship with Air Senegal International, currently the fastest growing airline in West Africa. It will also give Kenya Airways an important foothold in the expansive West African market," said Jason Kapkirwok, KQ Director for group strategy and industrial affairs.>> Very significant development especially in light of Air France's strategy to acquire troubled Francophone-based airlines such as Air Afrique and Air Ivoire. French monopoly of the west african skies would be undesirable and an expensive proposition for the travelling public. Air Senegal entered into a partnership with Royal Air Maroc to form Air Senegal International (51%,49%) to compete with Air France fill the void left by the demise of Air Afrique. Regional economic integration practiced. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~