Nigeria’s Air Passenger traffic dipped by 4.9% in Q2 2018

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.”