The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for May showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 4.6%, compared to the same month in 2015, which was the same level achieved in April. Capacity climbed 5.5%, which pushed the average load factor down 0.7 percentage points to 78.7%. […]
Travel expert and organiser of Akwaaba African Travel Market, Ikechi Uko said urgent government attention is needed to save the air travel industry. Let’s start with what the economy has done to domestic passenger traffic. What is your evaluation of the market? From my experience in the past two weeks going to Abuja and Enugu, […]
Of all the airports built by the state governments, only the ones in Asaba and Uyo could be described as busy. Before it was downgraded, the Asaba airport was recording many flights from four airlines a day. Flights largely from Lagos and Abuja and the airlines were recording high load factor. The airport filled a […]
