SOUTH AFRICA's cape Town International Airport (CTIA) last month registered its highest number of international air passengers since the restoration of international air travel in October 2020, reports Johannesburg's Creamer Media Engineering News.
Regarding air cargo through CTIA, this had been slowed by the disruption of international flights caused by countries trying to contain Covid-19.
Strong recovery was recorded in air cargo between Cape Town and the Netherlands last year, which (in tonnage terms) registered a level of 93 per cent of that reported in 2019. This made the Netherlands the top market for Cape Town air cargo last year.
In 2019, it had taken second place, after the UK. But in 2021 second place was taken by Germany, which recorded an 83 per cent recovery in comparison to 2019. The UK came third, with a recovery of only 43 per cent, while Spain was in fourth place, its recovery being 91 per cent.
China was in fifth place, with a recovery of 79 per cent. In weight terms, the air cargo sent to the Netherlands last year came to 5,810 tons, to Germany, 3,113 tons to the UK, 3,108 tons, to Spain, 2,605 tons and to China, 2,398 tons.
'However, the majority of countries are now depicting strong year-on-year growth specifically with regards to the air cargo trade with Cape Town,' said the report the from public-private partnership Cape Town Air Access.
A total of 125 861 international passengers passed through the airport in February, both inbound and outbound. said the report from public-private partnership Cape Town Air Access.
This figure represented 52 per cent of the number of such passengers recorded in February 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic. This month was already promising to be even better. From March 1 to March 6, CTIA registered 31,445 international passengers (both ways), or 58 per cent of the figure recorded during the same period in 2019.
'Domestic terminal numbers increased considerably between December 2021 and January 2022 - with an increase of eight per cent - before dropping slightly in February,' reported Cape Town Air Access.
'However, compared to the same period in 2019, the statistics for February 2022 show a total of 479 942 domestic passengers with a recovery rate of 71 per cent. In 2021 the total domestic passenger recovery came to 50 per cent of 2019 figures for a total of 4.2 million passengers. This was significantly higher than the 2020 calendar year, where only a 38 per cent recovery was achieved for a total of 3.2 million passengers.'
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Regarding air cargo through CTIA, this had been slowed by the disruption of international flights caused by countries trying to contain Covid-19.
Strong recovery was recorded in air cargo between Cape Town and the Netherlands last year, which (in tonnage terms) registered a level of 93 per cent of that reported in 2019. This made the Netherlands the top market for Cape Town air cargo last year.
In 2019, it had taken second place, after the UK. But in 2021 second place was taken by Germany, which recorded an 83 per cent recovery in comparison to 2019. The UK came third, with a recovery of only 43 per cent, while Spain was in fourth place, its recovery being 91 per cent.
China was in fifth place, with a recovery of 79 per cent. In weight terms, the air cargo sent to the Netherlands last year came to 5,810 tons, to Germany, 3,113 tons to the UK, 3,108 tons, to Spain, 2,605 tons and to China, 2,398 tons.
'However, the majority of countries are now depicting strong year-on-year growth specifically with regards to the air cargo trade with Cape Town,' said the report the from public-private partnership Cape Town Air Access.
A total of 125 861 international passengers passed through the airport in February, both inbound and outbound. said the report from public-private partnership Cape Town Air Access.
This figure represented 52 per cent of the number of such passengers recorded in February 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic. This month was already promising to be even better. From March 1 to March 6, CTIA registered 31,445 international passengers (both ways), or 58 per cent of the figure recorded during the same period in 2019.
'Domestic terminal numbers increased considerably between December 2021 and January 2022 - with an increase of eight per cent - before dropping slightly in February,' reported Cape Town Air Access.
'However, compared to the same period in 2019, the statistics for February 2022 show a total of 479 942 domestic passengers with a recovery rate of 71 per cent. In 2021 the total domestic passenger recovery came to 50 per cent of 2019 figures for a total of 4.2 million passengers. This was significantly higher than the 2020 calendar year, where only a 38 per cent recovery was achieved for a total of 3.2 million passengers.'
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