ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL AIR PASSENGERS’ MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA
ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL AIR PASSENGERS’ MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: This study examined the international air transport passengers handled with the main aim of analysing the variation in trend of passengers transported and the problems confronting the airports. Six (6) International airports were selected based on geo-political representation and passengers’ movement between 2004 and 2017 were collected from Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). These data were analysed using descriptive statistical tools of mean and standard deviation while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to establish the variation of passengers’ movement. It was revealed from the results that, the movement trend is uneven and asymmetrical in nature, characterized with up and down movement. More so, Daily utilization capacity of the airports depicted that DNMM has a high capacity (1,779) and DNAA a fair capacity (514) and other airports are underutilized. This invariably showed that there is no variation in the international air passengers’movement at the airports (F = 2.589, p-value >0.05) which is not significant. Stricter policies and regulations, establishment of indigenous and national carrier, closure of airports that are not viable economically, employment of aviation professionals to curb the problems of bad management and insecurity were recommended for the study.

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