A new report
from the National Bureau of Statistics in Nigeria shows that the air passengers
reduced by 4.9% for Q2 2018 when compared to Q1 2018. The Bureau says mixed
performance occurred in the first two quarters of 2018.
According to
the Bureau, “The total number of passengers who passed through Nigerian
airports reached 3,845,853 in the first quarter of 2018 - a 33.51% year-on-year
growth from the same quarter of 2017; and 3,657,555 in the second quarter of
2018 - a smaller year-on-year growth of 15.24% from the same quarter in
2017.
Total aircraft traffic
declined year-on-year for both Q1 (1.48%) & Q2 (10.17%) when compared to
the corresponding quarter in 2017. In the first half of 2018, aircraft
traffic totaled 96,659, a 5.9% decline from total aircrafts recorded in the same
period last year.
A significant year-on-year
decline in air cargo traffic via Lagos for both Q1 2018 (49.8%) and Q2 2018
(65.4%), led to an overall year on year decline of 37.8% for the first half of
the year. However, a growth of 25.6% was recorded between Q2 2018
(28,920,555 aircrafts) and the preceding quarter.”
The report adds that “there
was a 34.2% increase in total mail traffic recorded in the first half of 2018
when compared to the same period last year.”
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