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Nigeria Records 21m Passenger Traffic In 2014 – Expert
Passenger traffic for
inbound and outbound destinations rose to 21 million in 2014, exceeding the record of the previous year by over 30 per cent.
This was attributed to robust economic activities, the rebasing of the nation’s economy, which made it the largest in Africa and the choice of the country as investment destination due to a growing democratic climate.
The steady growth of passenger movement in air transport was interrupted by the tragic Dana Air flight crash in June, 2012, which led to significant reduction in flight movement as fear gripped many Nigerians who now chose to travel by other means, especially by road.
This explained why less number of passengers travelled to domestic destinations in 2013, when compared with the records of 2011 and the growth was stunted until late 2013, when there was discernible increase in passenger movement.
Last year, about 14 million people travelled on domestic destinations while seven million travelled on international destinations.
Industry analyst, Mr Francis Ayigbe, attributed the increase to steady restoration of passenger confidence in domestic travel, especially with the absence of air crashes.
He added that the upgrade of airport facilities created in the travelling public a mind-set of safety, prompting more people to travel by air.
Executive Chairman of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Captain Nogie Meggison, acknowledged the growth of passenger traffic in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s passenger traffic is climbing up now, it dipped in 2013 after the Dana accident in 2012, but it has picked up again and it has gone upto about 20 per cent and it is growing steadily. We are looking at a figure close to between 14 and 16 million passengers on domestic service, international passenger traffic in about six or seven million”, Meggison said.
He noted that the growth was evidence that the nation’s economy is growing and more Nigerians are being empowered economically.
According to Meggison, “Aviation as they say is a barometer to check the economy of any country. One of the ways to check the economy of any nation is to know its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and one of the ways of knowing is to check the passenger traffic”.
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