Ethiopia to surpass Jo'burg and lead in air traffic

[RVtitem]

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Ethiopia has beaten Kenya to become the regional aviation hub, as it continues to capitalise on its thriving national airline and airport infrastructure.
Data compiled from airline industry reports indicate Addis Ababa is set to overtake Johannesburg next year in the overall volume of international travellers.

www.standardmedia.co.ke/m/article/2000217355/ethiopia-flying-to-top-of-continent-in-aviation-as-jkia-records-slow-growth

[RV Pundit]

KQ woes and Ethiopian Airline super cheap air tickets mean we are losing out. But overtaking Jo'burg won't be easy. Joburg have nearly 18M passenger traffic.

[Empedocles]

KQ woes and Ethiopian Airline super cheap air tickets mean we are losing out. But overtaking Jo'burg won't be easy. Joburg have nearly 18M passenger traffic.

We ditched the new Greenfields terminal due to funny manenos to concentrate the resources on building a useless 2nd runway.

Our capacity to grow our air traffic has been severely limited, even when KQ manages to be offloaded and be better managed.

[Nefertiti]

Air traffic is not a useful indicator of economic activity by itself. Tourist numbers, FDIs, etc have little to do with JKIA as a terminal or KQ national flier. If Kenya is a meaningful destination passenger numbers will grow in quality not just quantity. Nairobi "hub" means people connect through JKIA while offering little real benefit.

Addis is a connection hub, Joburg is a travel destination. Big difference.

[RVtitem]

Air traffic is not a useful indicator of economic activity by itself. Tourist numbers, FDIs, etc have little to do with JKIA as a terminal or KQ national flier. If Kenya is a meaningful destination passenger numbers will grow in quality not just quantity. Nairobi "hub" means people connect through JKIA while offering little real benefit.

Addis is a connection hub, Joburg is a travel destination. Big difference.

Air traffic is not a useful indicator of economic activity by itself. Tourist numbers, FDIs, etc have little to do with JKIA as a terminal or KQ national flier. If Kenya is a meaningful destination passenger numbers will grow in quality not just quantity. Nairobi "hub" means people connect through JKIA while offering little real benefit.

Addis is a connection hub, Joburg is a travel destination. Big difference.

I think a lot is happening in Ethiopia which cannot be shrugged. They seem to have many things well knit together. Tourist revenue grew 20% last year beating combined Kenya+Tanzania revenues.
https://apta.biz/blog/2016/07/15/ethiopias-tourism-revenue-beats-kenya-and-tanzania-combined/

There's also a huge 120 million passenger Greenfield terminal coming up soon...which suggests they have made projections on the growth and future traffic numbers.
www.africareview.com/business-finance/Ethiopia-to-build-new-airport/979184-3399338-f0dtbi/index.html

[Empedocles]

Air traffic is not a useful indicator of economic activity by itself. Tourist numbers, FDIs, etc have little to do with JKIA as a terminal or KQ national flier. If Kenya is a meaningful destination passenger numbers will grow in quality not just quantity. Nairobi "hub" means people connect through JKIA while offering little real benefit.

Addis is a connection hub, Joburg is a travel destination. Big difference.

Air traffic is not a useful indicator of economic activity by itself. Tourist numbers, FDIs, etc have little to do with JKIA as a terminal or KQ national flier. If Kenya is a meaningful destination passenger numbers will grow in quality not just quantity. Nairobi "hub" means people connect through JKIA while offering little real benefit.

Addis is a connection hub, Joburg is a travel destination. Big difference.

I think a lot is happening in Ethiopia which cannot be shrugged. They seem to have many things well knit together. Tourist revenue grew 20% last year beating combined Kenya+Tanzania revenues.
https://apta.biz/blog/2016/07/15/ethiopias-tourism-revenue-beats-kenya-and-tanzania-combined/

There's also a huge 120 million passenger Greenfield terminal coming up soon...which suggests they have made projections on the growth and future traffic numbers.
www.africareview.com/business-finance/Ethiopia-to-build-new-airport/979184-3399338-f0dtbi/index.html

Greenfield was to be Kenya's new terminal, cancelled beginning of this year:

KQ's ill fated project Mawingu was to make JKIA a premier continental hub, competing against Addis. Our mismanagement of KQ and JKIA put that dream to rest.

[RV Pundit]

Some of those figures from Ethiopia are hard to believe. I doubt they can bet Kenya in tourism leave alone combine Kenya and TZ. Why would a tourist be visiting Ethiopia.

[Kadudu]

Ethiopia has no tourism culture. I doubt if those are numbers are "tourists". I suspect these are passengers using Addis airport on transit end up being counted as tourists. A country without beaches and game parks that do not have proper infrastructure can never attract a sizeable number of tourist.

Some of those figures from Ethiopia are hard to believe. I doubt they can bet Kenya in tourism leave alone combine Kenya and TZ. Why would a tourist be visiting Ethiopia.

[RV Pundit]

Seen figures like 600,000k tourist. I wouldn't take any service sector stats from Ethiopia seriously. But stuff that are physical can be confirmed...tonnes of cement, wheat, tuff,maize, steel, power and constructions projects....

Ethiopia has no tourism culture. I doubt if those are numbers are "tourists". I suspect these are passengers using Addis airport on transit end up being counted as tourists. A country without beaches and game parks that do not have proper infrastructure can never attract a sizeable number of tourist.