STATS: Intra African Air Capacity

In our final edition of The HUB for 2011 we bring you some statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in individual domestic markets, regional capacity within continents and traffic between particular parts of the world. All the data shows weekly flight capacity for the week commencing January 14, 2012.

AIRLINES

AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AFRICAN MARKET (non-stop weekly flights)

Rank

Airline

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

South African Airways

2,320

14.0

14.0 %

2

EgyptAir

966

6.1

7.4 %

3

Ethiopian Airlines

802

5.6

6.1 %

4

Kenya Airways

768

3.7

5.8 %

5

Arik Air

740

3.1

5.6 %

6

Royal Air Maroc

488

43.6

4.0 %

7

Kulula (Comair)

358

14.0

3.7 %

8

British Airways (Comair)

464

6.1

3.7 %

9

Air Nigeria

368

5.6

3.1 %

10

Aero Contractors

396

3.7

3.0 %

(Others)

7,201

673,034

43.6 %

TOTAL

14,871

1,543,862

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AIRPORTS

AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AFRICAN MARKET (non-stop weekly departures)

Rank

Airport

Weekly Flights

Weekly Seats

% Capacity

1

Johannesburg OR Tambo International

1,612

197,684

12.8 %

2

Cape Town International

736

97,174

6.3 %

3

Lagos Murtala Muhammed

637

84,150

5.5 %

4

Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International

711

65,139

4.2 %

5

Durban International

476

59,024

3.8 %

6

Cairo International

468

58,709

3.8 %

7

Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International

403

53,032

3.4 %

8

Addis Ababa Bole International

306

39,464

2.6 %

9

Casablanca Mohammed V

242

32,456

2.1 %

10

Accra Kotoka International

228

25,014

1.6 %

(Others)

9,052

832,016

53.9 %

TOTAL

14,871

1,543,862

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Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…