Nigerian Airports Record Boost In Cargo Movements

T

he recent designation
of some of the nation’s airports as cargo airports by the Federal Government has led to a major increase in cargo movements across the country.

   The concept of designating some of these airports as cargo airports was borne out of the need by the federal government to facilitate the exportation of agricultural produce and other perishable goods considering the insecurity on the roads.

In the third quarter of 2013, a total of 52,590, 752.65 kilogrammes of cargo was carried through our airports as against 43,582,117.90 in the third quarter of 2012, signifying a 20 per cent growth in 2013.

The airport remodeling project is a key component of the aviation master plan initiated by the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah.  It is designed to modernize all the 22 airports terminals in the country towards restructuring them as centre point of economic activity and investor’s destination.

In another development, South African Airways (SAA), has been awarded the 4-Star Airline ranking for 2014 by Skytrax for the 12

th consecutive year. Skytrax is an independent global airline rating organisation.

SAA also remains the only carrier on the African continent to achieve this high level 4-Star Airline rating, providing excellent  customer service is one of fine strategic objectives of South African Airline’s long-term turnaround strategy, named Gaining Attitude.

Skytrax is the leading independent authority on airline quality and assessment, and completed quality audit checks with SAA examining in detail all product and service delivery area across both international and domestic routes.

The Skytrax Star ranking audit examines more than 800 areas of product and service delivery across both airport operations and the cabin experience.