In March, US-based JetBlue Airways cancelled 63 flights as it had no crew and it reportedly had another 117 flights to which it had no-one rostered.
This fast-arriving international pilot shortage will soon hit African airlines.
Despite their slow return to pre-Covid-19 levels of flying, African airlines will not be immune to this looming pilot shortage as they struggle to prevent their most senior pilots, plus engineers and air traffic controllers, taking up lucrative offers elsewhere.