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Dissertation Proposal Form SECTION A: REGISTRATION INFORMATION Name: Click or tap here to enter text. Email: Click or tap here to enter text. Program (DBA; MBA, BBA): Specialization: Promoter: Proposed Dissertation Defense Cohort (Choose One) ☐January 2020 ☐May 2020 ☐ June 2020 ☐September 2020 ☐January 2021 SECTION B: DISSERTATION OUTLINE Type below each topic I. Proposed Dissertation Title: The title (tentative) should be precise to allow the reader to comprehend the subject matter of the work. The African Airline Industry in times of Covid-19: Losses and Opportunities II. Research Question or Hypothesis: State clearly what your research interest is. Define your research question/hypothesis and the main objectives of your research (100 words). The main research objective of this dissertation is to find out if the most powerful countries in Africa (such as Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco and Egypt) could take advantage of the fact that major international airlines are taking a step back from internal African flights, due to Covid-19 economic crisis. The main hypothesis is that these countries (and their national airlines) could take this situation as an opportunity to start operating their own flights from within, with no help from the outside world, and even creating a “pan African” airline. General Objective and Research Question: To find out if COVID-19 could be an opportunity for the future of African Airline Industry and internal tourism. Is there a future in which is possible to travel from any African country to another without having to use a European or middle eastern airline? Specific objectives 1. To analyze how Covid-19 economic crisis is impacting the African operations of the main players of the airline industry. 2. To perform an African wide diagnosis to understand current economic landscape, social background, and the tourism industry. 3. To explain the problematic that is currently happening when it comes to travelling from northern Africa to Southern Africa. 4. To identify opportunities within the main diagnosis, and to examine the investment and returns these could bring to the African countries involved. 5. To provide recommendations on how to proceed to capitalize the identified opportunities. This form must be approved for a candidate to register for the dissertation. It is the student’s responsibility to find a Faculty Promoter with whom to complete this form. It is also incumbent upon the student to make sure that all academic and administrative criteria have been met. The form must be completed, signed by the respective parties, and submitted to the Dissertation Coordinator for approval. Please type on this form. Handwritten forms will not be accepted. EX AM PL E III. Review of Literature/Background: Make a synthesis of the contributions made in your research field by accredited scholars. Describe how your intended research will complement and expand on the current literature, and what contributions you intend to make to the existing knowledge (500 words). The main research area will be on how internal flights between African countries have been during the past years, and how much involvement there was from other international companies like Qatar Airways, Emirates Airways and Air France, to name a few, and how many flights were made between African airlines to see how much opportunities there are if all non-African airlines. I plan on analyzing how many flights have to make a stop outside the continent and come back in everyday in order for tourists or business men to arrive from one African country to another. I plan on researching tourism forecasting arrivals and departures when it comes the main African destinations in order to see the evolution over the past years and how much opportunities it could give to new airlines or to current African airlines if they invest more. Studies about how African tourism is the second fastest growing in the world. Almost 70 million tourists visited Africa in 2018 and that was a 7% rise from the previous year (CAPA, 2020). The increased investments opportunities that people are starting to realize are what are encouraging most of the tourists in the continent. Countries like South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda and Morocco have taken huge initiatives to create conferences and exhibitions that are creating big tourism spikes. Another example of how tourism and business is improving in the continent is from Ethiopia which is becoming the new transport hub of eastern Africa and the fastest travel country in the continent and is even starting to think of overtaking Dubai as the international Gateway to Africa. Morocco is actually the African country who is considered the gateway to Africa and the country with most tourists in the continent because of its geographic position that allow the country to be a gateway to Africa from Europe and the west. Studies about how international airlines are monopolizing African flights and how many African big airlines exist today and how much room do they have to grow. The only African airline with over 100 aircrafts (and also happens to be the leading airline in the continent) is Ethiopian Airlines. Then comes Egypt Air, a big airline but it operates more Asian destinations. After comes South African Air followed by Royal Air Maroc, which is actually the oldest and largest African airline with 97 destinations with a concentration on European destination and French speaking African countries. When it comes to the top 10 airlines in Africa, 4 of them are non-African airlines and they are Emirates, Air France, Saudia and British Airways. Lastly, a very important fact is that 40% of people who travel in Africa travel with non-African Airlines which is a huge problem that could end up being an opportunity now that most of those airlines have taken a step back with the current pandemic (Pulse Nigeria, 2020). I will also review academic literature related to tourism development and promotion (both in general and in Africa), such as the works of Oumnia Boutaleb. IV. Research Methodology: Clearly indicate the methods and techniques which you are planning to use to gather information and investigate the identified problem. To address the mentioned topic, the proposed methodology will have a highly quantitative component within the research. As a first methodological phase, it will be necessary to make a complete context about the Airline industry in Africa emphasizing on the big African and international companies and exploring the possibility of creating a common African airline. Of course, this context must incorporate a robust space to talk about the tourism sector, the economies and security problems the African continent encounters. Second, by checking out global and industry reports, the thesis will revolve around COVID- 19 and how it impacted African tourism in general but will be focused more on the airline industry. As primary research, I will conduct a survey with businessmen and tourist who have been in Africa and who generally travel in the continent, in order to explore the perception of current travelers and potential customers of new initiatives. I will interview 2 experts (to be determined) in African tourism and airline industry to complete the diagnose and explore ways to materialize opportunities. EX AM PL E Overall, an analytical exercise will be carried out to backup with evidence conclusions and proposed recommendations. V. Selected Bibliography: Please indicate a representative list of the main bibliographical sources you intend to utilize for your dissertation (no more than 20). Please provide full citations. □ Boutaleb, O. (2020). Face au Coronavirus, l’Afrique se prépare au pire. Rabat: Policy Center for the New South. □ “Africa Aviation Outlook 2020: Performance Lags, Pending Integration.” CAPA - Centre for Aviation, centreforaviation.com/analysis/airline-leader/africa-aviation-outlook-2020-performance- lags-pending-integration-504774. □ “Here Are the 10 Largest Airlines in Africa.” Pulse Nigeria, 2 July 2020, www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/here-are-the-10-largest-airlines-in-africa/lf60d8m. Accessed 13 Sept. 2020. □ Ciku Kimeria. “Africa’s Tourism Industry Is Second Fastest Growing in World.” Quartz Africa, Quartz, 28 Sept. 2019, qz.com/africa/1717902/africas-tourism-industry-is-second-fastest-growing- in-world/. □ “Tourism in Africa Is Slowly Coming of Age.” Africa Renewal, 15 Aug. 2012, www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/august-2012/tourism-africa-slowly-coming-age. Accessed 13 Sept. 2020. □ “COVID-19 a ‘disaster’ for Africa’s Growing Tourism Industry.” Euronews, 21 July 2020, www.euronews.com/2020/07/21/africa-s-tourism-industry-ready-for-recovery-euronews-debate. Accessed 13 Sept. 2020. □ “Impact of COVID-19 on African Aviation and Economies Is Worsening.” Www.Iata.Org, www.iata.org/en/pressroom/pr/2020-08-13-03/. Accessed 13 Sept. 2020. □ Valladao, A. (2020). L’aeronautique au Maroc. Rabat: Policy Center for the New South. I. Research and Writing Timeline: Indicate your expected research timetable: starting date, research time, data analysis time, writing time, editing time, date of first draft submission, expected defense time. You may use a Gantt chart. □ No. Activities Days Start Date End Date Responsibilities 1 Research for Proposal 5 07.09.2020 12.09.2020 2 Preparation of proposal form 1 12.09.2020 13.09.2020 3 Review of proposal form 3 13.09.2020 16.09.2020 4 Editing proposal form 2 16.09.2020 18.09.2020 5 Registration of Topic 1 19.09.2020 19.09.2020 6 Approval of Topic 10 20.09.2020 30.09.2020 7 Research process 20 01.10.2020 20.10.2020 EX AM PL E 8 Introduction draft 3 21.10.2020 24.10.2020 9 Draft 10 25.10.2020 04.11.2020 10 Dissertation draft review 1 04.11.2020 05.11.2020 11 Editing dissertation draft 2 5.11.2020 7.11.2020 12 First draft submission and review 3 7.11.2020 10.11.2020 13 Edit final draft 7 10.11.2020 17.11.2020 14 Send the final version 1 18.11.2020 18.11.2020 15 Review final version 4 19.11.2020 23.11.2020 16 Edit final version 3 24.11.2020 27.11.2020 17 Final version submission. 28.11.2020 5.12.2020 18 Defense registration 07.01.2021 10.01.2020 VII. Ethics: How does your research relate to the ethical aspects of your subject matter? This research involves ethical aspects as it attempts to improve a whole continents tourism sector and more specifically the airline industry of the continent which employs hundreds of thousands of Africans which makes up for millions of people who are surviving or making a living through tourism. Promoting internal growth in this sector is maybe the only solution the continent has to help get back to normal after all this pandemic has done, where hundreds of thousands have lost their jobs. VIII. Signature of Student: Click or tap here to enter text. Signature Date SECTION C: APPROVALS Role Name Signature Date Promoter Dissertation Coordinator Academic Coordinator (for your respective program) EX AM PL E The grade for the entire dissertation project is a composite grade allocated by the defense panel and takes three areas into consideration: • Form (20%): the structural organization of the Dissertation document (grammar and vocabulary; writing and reporting; technology; style) • Content (60%): the academic accuracy and value of the project (executive summary; research question & objectives; background; main body; conclusions) • Defense (20%): the manner and methods used (visuals; content; questions & answers) EX AM PL E Section A: Registration Information Section B: Dissertation Outline Section C: Approvals EUDRES - EU RESEARCH Final Assessment Task brief & rubrics Instructions ▪ This assignment consists of writing a proposal for your own research project. ▪ You must use the “Dissertation Proposal Form” template, placing your writings in every appropriate section. ▪ Save your document with the filename: FINAL_xxxxxxx (where xxxxxxx is your last name). Task Your proposal must include the following elements in each corresponding section of the proposal form: II. Research Aim (10%) Explain the main aim of your research in a short paragraph (max 100 words) Research Question (10%) A research question must be included. The research question is the core element of the research project. It must cover the complexity of the research topic (max 50 words) Research Hypothesis (10%) A research hypothesis is a potential explanation to the research question, or a potential model to be tested (in other words, what you imagine, your guess,