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Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) recorded the highest growth in the number of passengers handled in Tanzania in 2022 and the airport, which recorded a 64.02 per cent increase compared to the preceding year, is in third place regionally.
Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) recorded the highest growth in the number of passengers handled in Tanzania in 2022 and the airport, which recorded a 64.02 per cent increase compared to the preceding year, is in third place regionally. As per Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) data, KIA recorded the highest growth in the number of passengers handled in Tanzania. During the period under review, the number of passengers who passed through KIA jumped from 503,000 to 825,000.
Regionally, the airport, which recorded a 64.02 per cent increase in 2022 compared to the preceding year, is in third place. It was placed behind Entebbe International Airport of Uganda and Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), which recorded increases of 66.02 and 65.24 per cent, respectively. The numbers show that the focus of the country’s tourist attraction efforts is on the Northern tourism circuit, thus KIA surpassing Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA). JNIA recorded a 54.19 per cent increase in passenger numbers, just one place below KIA. JNIA, whose number of travellers climbed from 1.55 million to 2.39 million, remains the busiest airport in Tanzania and second in the region after JKIA.
Tanzania Air Operators Association (Taoa) executive secretary Lathifa Sykes said the numbers show that the focus of the country’s tourist attraction efforts is on the Northern tourism circuit, thus KIA surpassing Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA). Tanzania has great attractions in the Southern part of the country that need to be properly promoted and incentivised to attract more tourists.
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Globally, the aviation industry is rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic more rapidly than expected. In 2022, the number of passengers who used the Entebbe Airport stood at 1.71 million, higher than the 1.03 million recorded in the preceding year. JKIA for its part saw its passenger traffic climb from 3.97 million to 6.56 million. Kigali International Airport on the other side saw an increase of 45.05 per cent to 718,000 passengers. Bujumbura International Airport posted an increase of 41.57 per cent to 235,000. Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (AAKIA) in Zanzibar was at the bottom of the list with figures showing a 40.48 per cent growth.
The year 2022 ended on a high note for the aviation sector in Tanzania as passenger traffic and cargo surpassed the pre-Covid levels.
