AIR TRANSPORTATION DATA (Q1 & Q2 2018)
The first two quarters of 2018 saw mixed performance in the various items that make up airport transportation in Nigeria. The total number of passengers who passed through Nigerian airports reached 3,845,853 in the first quarter of 2018 – a 33.51% year-on-year growth from the same quarter of 2017; and 3,657,555 in the second quarter of 2018 – a smaller year-on-year growth of 15.24% from the same quarter in 2017. Consequently, there was 4.9% decline in passengers for Q2 2018 when compared to the preceding quarter. Total aircraft traffic declined year-on-year for both Q1 (1.48%) & Q2 (10.17%) when compared to the corresponding quarter in 2017. In the first half of 2018, aircraft traffic totalled 96,659, a 5.9% decline from total aircrafts recorded in the same period last year. A significant year-on-year decline in air cargo traffic via Lagos for both Q1 2018 (49.8%) and Q2 2018 (65.4%), led to an overall year on year decline of 37.8% for the first half of the year. However, a growth of 25.6% was recorded between Q2 2018 (28,920,555 aircrafts) and the preceding quarter. Similarly, there was a 34.2% increase in total mail traffic recorded in the first half of 2018 when compared to the same period last year.