Nigerian airports constitute a huge drain on the purse of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The airport authority manages 22 out of 23 airports that dot the country’s landscape. Eighteen of these airports are categorized as ‘unviable’. The…
The relative sizes of these markets are quite different. But something big transpired over the past year that deserves attention. The first chart shows the number of monthly domestic passengers in both countries. Through March 2020, the US had a…
Regular readers will have seen the monthly videos we have with Professor David Yu in Shanghai. For some time he has been telling us about the rapid recovery in China’s air travel market. We have three charts that illustrate the…
African airlines are in dire straits and the carriers on the continent are small, weak, and fragmented. Many African countries restrict their airspaces to prop up state-owned air carriers. That’s why it is notoriously difficult for private airlines to succeed…
Our monthly call with Sarin & Co in India. This month’s call covers: • Update on India’s Jet Airways bankruptcy proceedings • Latest developments in India’s efforts to establish a local aircraft financing and leasing eco-system • Update on the…
We have processed the flight activity through October 31st and here is our model. There are some neat tidbits in it and please click the double-sided arrow on the bottom right of the model to optimize it for your monitor.…