DOMESTIC SKIES: Air Capacity in Nigeria

This year marks the return of our popular country by country air capacity statistics series. Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic and international market. We take a look at last year’s schedule as a snapshot and compare seat capacity with the previous year, showing which airlines and airports are growing and which are constraining.

The data is all supplied by OAG Aviation using its OAG Schedules Analyser tool.

DOMESTIC SKIES: SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY IN NIGERIA (non-stop departures; 2013)

Rank

Airline

Available Seats

% Share

% Change v 2012

1

Arik Air (W3)

3,997,458

51.8 %

4.3 %

2

Aerocontractors (NIG)

2,765,570

35.9 %

2.7 %

3

Dana Airlines (9J)

443,700

5.8 %

(-53.9) %

4

Air France (AF)

173,826

2.3 %

(-11.5) %

5

First Nation Airways (FRN)

161,100

2.1 %

(-43.9) %

6

Lufthansa (LH)

155,402

2.0 %

10.2 %

7

Kabo Air (N9)

13,860

0.2 %

(-36.5) %

TOTAL

7,710,916

(-14.0) %

DOMESTIC SKIES: SCHEDULED AIR CAPACITY IN NIGERIA (non-stop departures; 2013)

Rank

Airport

Available Seats

% Share

% Change v 2012

1

Lagos (LOS)

2,805,616

36.4 %

(-14.8) %

2

Abuja (ABV)

2,312,620

30.0 %

(-9.0) %

3

Port Harcourt (PHC)

971,894

12.6 %

(-15.6) %

4

Owerri (QOW)

337,317

4.4 %

(-11.5) %

5

Enugu (ENU)

214,821

2.8 %

(-28.3) %

6

Kano (KAN)

187,609

2.4 %

5.8 %

7

Benin City (BNI)

147,178

1.9 %

(-29.5) %

8

Calabar (CBQ)

140,462

1.8 %

(-33.7) %

9

Uyo (QUO)

127,330

1.7 %

(-33.9) %

10

Warri (QRW)

109,302

1.4 %

(-11.5) %

11

Kaduna (KAD)

57,698

0.7 %

5.4 %

12

Jos (JOS)

49,766

0.6 %

19.7 %

13

Maiduguri (MIU)

46,637

0.6 %

0.0 %

14

Yola (YOL)

45,327

0.6 %

(-13.8) %

15

Sokoto (SKO)

43,193

0.6 %

(-9.9) %

TOTAL

7,710,916

(-14.0) %

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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…