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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: Ina Paiva Cordle
Feb. 21--Miami will have air service to South Africa before the end of next year, and maybe even to Kenya and Nigeria, if years of courting airlines from the African continent pay off.
Miguel Southwell, Miami-Dade Aviation Department's assistant director of business development, just returned from 10 days in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria -- his second trip to the region in two years. During the visit, a South African carrier that asked not to be named yet committed to beginning four weekly flights to Cape Town, South Africa by the end of 2006, Southwell said.
"Miami has the same geographical and logistical advantage with Africa as it does with Latin America and the Caribbean," he said. "It's the first U.S. airport you get to."
During his trip, Southwell met with airline planning directors, as well as airport, tourism and government officials, travel agents...
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