加纳的航空业将在 2023 年继续保持稳健的增长轨迹，以确认从新冠疫情挥之不去的影响中全面复苏。

在此之前，自加纳放宽对航空公司恢复运营的疫情限制以来，客流量（尤其是国内旅行）有所增加。

这是由于消费者对航空业的强烈信心发展所总结的多种因素，这取决于安全性，可靠性和可负担性。

来自加纳机场有限公司 （GACL） 的数据显示，2022 年上半年国内客流量达到 438,739 人次。

数据显示，总吞吐量从 2020 年的 423,718 跃升至 2021 年的 722,721 个，是自 2013 年以来的最高水平。

这意味着国内客运量比上一年增加了 70.57%。

作为政府遏制疫情传播的措施的一部分，加纳的国内航空业务在 2020 年 3 月 30 日至 4 月 20 日期间停止。

国内空间由迦纳术略所属的非洲世界航空公司（AWA）和激情航空公司主导。

航线是从阿克拉到五个有机场的地区 - 北部（塔马利），阿散蒂（库马西），西部（塔科拉迪），博诺（苏尼亚尼）和上西部（瓦）。

新纪录

国际航空专家肖恩·门迪斯（Sean Mendis）先生在接受本刊采访时表示，加纳的国内交通量继续大幅增长，预计 2022 年的数字将创下 80 万至 85 万国内旅客乘客人数的新历史纪录。

预计国际交通量也将比 2021 年的数字增加约 25%，达到约 160 万和 170 万份传单。

记录显示，与 2021 年相比，2022 年全球大部分地区的空中交通量显著增长，但仍低于 2019 年疫情之前的峰值数字。

然而，门迪斯表示，2022 年的全球交通量将约为 2019 年约 21 0万的 75%，全球和加纳的预期增长将受到国内乘客表现的推动。

门迪斯先生解释说，去年世界许多地方继续看到某种边境限制，这意味着国际旅行复苏较慢。货运需求也从疫情高峰中疲软，比 2021 年的水平下降了约 15%。

全球展望

专家指出，随着航空公司继续接近2019年的峰值水平，全球 2023 年的前景是增长。这是因为正在消除更多阻碍顺利国际旅行的障碍。

“到今年年底，我们应该看到 2023 年的数字在之前峰值的 10% 以内。

“加纳的前景也很稳健，2021 年国内乘客数量已经创下历史新高。”

他说：“然而，唯一令人担忧的是，由于经济形势仍然不确定，外汇汇率波动极大，2022 年第四季度国内需求略有疲软。

他补充说，如果经济和汇率在 2023 年之前保持稳定，该行业可能会首次出现 100万国内航空旅客旅行。

Ghana’s Aviation Industry to Remain Bullish into the Future

Ghana’s aviation industry will continue on a solid growth trajectory in 2023 to affirm a full recovery from the lingering effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

It follows an increase in passenger flows especially for domestic travels since the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions in the country for airlines to resume operations.

This is due to a combination of factors summarised in the development of strong consumer confidence in the aviation industry, which is hinged on safety, reliability and affordability.

Data sourced from the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) showed that domestic passenger flows hit 438,739 in the first half of 2022.

The data indicated that total throughput jumped from 423,718 in 2020 to 722,721 in 2021, the highest since 2013.

This represents a 70.57 per cent surge in domestic passenger traffic over that of the previous year.

There was a halt in domestic air operations in Ghana between March 30 and April 20, 2020 as part of measures by the government to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

The domestic space is dominated by Africa World Airlines (AWA) and Passion Air.

Their flight route is from Accra to the five regions with airports — Northern (Tamale), Ashanti (Kumasi), Western (Takoradi), Bono (Sunyani) and Upper West (Wa).

New record

An international aviation expert, Mr Sean Mendis, in an interview with the Graphic Business, said Ghana continued to show significant growth in domestic traffic, with 2022 figures expected to set a new all-time record for number of passengers between 800,000 and 850,000 domestic travellers.

International traffic was also expected to increase by around 25 per cent from the 2021 figures reaching approximately 1.6 million and 1.7 million flyers.

He stated that air traffic worldwide in 2022 showed significant growth in most parts of the world relative to 2021, but still below the peak pre-COVID figures in 2019.

Mr Mendis, however, said the global traffic in 2022 would be approximately 75 per cent of the 2019 figures of about 2.1 million.

He said the growth expected in both global and Ghana would be driven by the domestic passenger performance.

Mr Mendis explained that many parts of the world continued to see some sort of border restrictions last year which meant that the international travel recovery was slower.

He said cargo demand has also softened from its pandemic peaks, reducing by around 15 per cent from 2021 levels.

Global outlook

The expert noted that globally the outlook for 2023 was that of growth as airlines continue to inch closer to their 2019 peak levels. This is because more barriers to smooth international travel are being eliminated.

“We should see 2023 numbers within 10 per cent of previous peaks by the end of the year.”

“The outlook in Ghana is also solid, with 2021 having already delivered an all-time record in terms of domestic passenger numbers.”

“The only concern, however, is the softening of domestic demand slightly in the fourth quarter of 2022 as the economic situation remained uncertain and foreign exchange rates were extremely volatile,” he said.

He added that should the economy and exchange rates remain stable through 2023, the industry could possibly see the first ever year with one million domestic air passenger travels.

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