Air Traffic Rises, As 11,190 Aircrafts Ply Nigeria’s Airspace

The Nigerian airspace has witnessed an increased traffic compared to its 2014 statistics, as a total of 11,190 aircraft have passed through the country’s airspace between January and April this year (2015), indicating a growth from 10,291 the same period in 2014.

It was gathered that the increase in over-flyers was related to a number of factors, of which safety of the airspace and the confidence reposed in the airspace managers by airlines, is a key factor.

“There is confidence now and people are seeing that our navigational equipment have improved and this is leading to them going through here and that also cuts their time of travel and this is good for us and the airlines as well, as it saves them time.

“There is the possibility of further increase of over-flyers especially from this period down to September, which people see as the peak period, as more people will travel for holidays and other things,” a Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) personel said.

Statistics obtained from NAMA)also showed a figure of 899 more over-flyers as a direct comparison between both years. In all, there were 298 airlines that flew through the nation’s airspace between January and April this year. Month-by-month analysis indicated that in January, the country’s airspace recorded 2,833 over flyers, February – 2,607, March – 8,014 while April stood at 2,736 over-flyers.

The data, which also indicated that the Air France Group, recorded a total of 1,125 over-flyers within the period, had 801 frequencies in January, 255 in February, 294 in March and 275 in April. Other airlines with high frequencies are South African Airways with a total 914 flights. The breakdown indicated that the airline had 217 in January, same number of frequencies in February, 247 in March and 288 in April. Also, Ethiopian Airlines Corporation came third with 816 frequencies.

The breakdown are as follows; 227 in January, February had 108, March 248, while April had 288 frequencies. Royal Air Moroc was fourth on the statistics with a total 676 frequencies. In January, it had 177, February – 145, March 172 and April it had 179 frequencies. Next on the table was Emirates Airlines with 492 frequencies in four months; January 187, February 127, March 115 and 118 frequencies in April. Also, Asky Airlines with 461 closely followed Emirates. Asky Airlines recorded 70 frequencies in January, 121 in February, 141 in March and 1298 in April. Others are Kenya Airways with 442 frequencies in four months; Ceiba Intercontinental S.A had 389; Privatair (South Africa) had 340 frequencies; Brussel Airline Fly also from South Africa recorded 321 frequencies; Camair-Co, 291, while Turkish Airlines had 281 frequencies.

Others were Iberia-Lineasaereas De Espana with 266; Etihad 244; Egypt Air, 206; Air Namibia, 205; Government of Niger, 195; Tap Air Portugal, 195; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, 190; Air Mobility Command (AMC), 178, while Trans Air Congo had 175. Air Cote D’Voire had 170; Deutsche Lufthansa AG, 165; Condor Air/Lufthansa, 134; British Airways Plc, 132; Qatar Airways; 127, Cargolux Airlines, 115 and Cronos Airlines with 104 frequencies in four months, among many others.

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on Aug 21, 2015

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