Airports Record Higher Passenger Movement in Q3 Quarter

The Consumer Directorate of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revealed that more Nigerians travelled in 2017 than in 2016, which was the peak of Nigeria’s economic recession. Available records showed progressive increase in passenger movement both in the local and international travel with a total increase of about 12 percent during the period […]

Despite Recession, Airlines Sold N330bn Tickets in 2016

 Over 11m Nigerians travelled by air Despite the economic downturn, which has eroded the purchasing power of Nigerians, air travel still recorded ticket sales of N330,548,324,796.84 from January to October 2016, a little less than N385,909,897,028. 80 sold between January to December in 2015. It is however projected that the total number of ticket sales […]

Minister of State, Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika Aviation

Aviation Passenger Traffic Down By 0.4% in Q4 2015

  Political uncertainty and economic downturn discouraged international and domestic travel by air that the total passenger traffic declined by 0.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). NBS noted that Q4 witnessed “both a quarterly and a year on year decline, of 0.4per cent and […]