African Airlines Record 13.6% Jump in Passenger Traffic   The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for April 2025 global passenger demand with African airlines recording a 13.6% year-on-year increase in demand. Capacity was up 8.9% year-on-year. The load factor was 76.3% (+3.1 ppt compared to...

African Airlines’ Passenger Traffic Crashes By 65% - IATA   The International Air Transport Association says African airlines’ passenger traffic has fallen by 65% due to the increasing impact of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. A new report by IATA, the global airline body, said traffic in...

March Domestic Demand Recorded Upsurge - IATA         The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that passenger traffic rose in March 2021 compared with February 2021. However, total demand for air travel in March 2021 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was down 67.2 per...

The harsh economic climate that the country is currently experiencing has made the aviation sector to record a decline of nine per cent in activities in the second quarter of this year, according to figures published by the National Bureau of Statistics. The NBS in...