{"id":180527,"date":"2022-04-20T14:54:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T13:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=180527"},"modified":"2022-04-20T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T13:56:27","slug":"nbs-travellers-through-nigerian-airports-increased-by-43-to-13m-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/20\/nbs-travellers-through-nigerian-airports-increased-by-43-to-13m-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"NBS: Travellers through Nigerian airports increased by 43% to 13m in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has stated that about 13 million passengers travelled through Nigerian airports in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The figure represents a growth rate of 43.41 per cent from\u00a09 million recorded in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed on Wednesday by the NBS in its<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> recent Air Transportation report for 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the report, the total number of arrivals in 2021 stood at 6.5 million, which was higher compared to the 4.9 million recorded in 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Also, departure stood at 6.5 million in 2021 compared to 4.2 million in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The reports added that 2.2 million international passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 2021, as against 1.4 million passengers in 2020. It represents a 57.61 per cent growth rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It further said the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja recorded a total of 4.76 million domestic travellers, accounting for 37 per cent of the total passengers in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It was followed by the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos State with a total of 4.09 million domestic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/15\/train-attack-fg-begins-negotiations-with-abductors-of-passengers\/\">passengers<\/a>, accounting for 31 per cent of the recorded domestic travels in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For foreign movement statistics, the report said arrival in 2021 was 1.1 million while passengers\u2019 departure stood also at 1.1 million, making a total of 2.2 million foreign movements in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Breakdown of the foreign movement statistics showed<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0that arrival in Q1 2021 was 212,977 while passengers\u2019 departure stood at 222,453 in the same quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Similarly, second-quarter 2021 recorded 220,171 (arrival) and 232,501 (departure).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In Q3 2021, passengers\u2019 departure stood at 285,189, and arrival was 318,841. 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