Air Passenger Traffic Drops in Q1 2017
Air Transportation Data for first quarter of 2017 released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the total number of passengers who passed through Nigerian airports in the first quarter of 2017 (Q1 2017) was 2,505,612, representing 31.3 per cent drop when compared to the previous quarter and 34.5 per cent decline compared to the same quarter of 2016.
According to the report, passenger numbers and aircraft movement declined due partly to the Abuja Airport closure and other factors not mentioned.
Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos remained the busiest domestic airport in the first quarter of 2017, accounting for 698,165 domestic passengers, or 41.4 per cent of the total followed by Abuja Airport, which recorded 499,149 passengers, or 29.6 per cent of the total.
Port Harcourt was the third busiest, accounting for 189,843, or 11.3 per cent of the total. The report, however, noted that the amount of mail moved through the airports recorded a dramatic increase, almost ten times higher relative to the first quarter of 2016, compensating the sector for the decline in passenger numbers, and led to slight growth of the air transport sector in real terms by 1.5 per cent.
“In the first quarter of 2017, the total number of passengers to pass through Nigerian airports was 2,505,612. Of these, 67.3 per cent were domestic passengers, travelling within Nigeria, and the rest were international, entering or leaving Nigeria. This represents a considerable drop both compared to the previous quarter (of 31.3 per cent) and compared to the same quarter of the previous year (of 34.5 per cent, based on revised 2016 Q1 figures), the report said.
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