ANNUAL REPORT AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS 2010/11 FINANCIAL YEAR Released by Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana Department of Air Transport August 2011
ANNUAL REPORT: AIR TRAFFIC STATISTICS FOR THE 2010/ 11 FINANCIALYEAR 1.0 Introduction This report presents the Air Traffic Statistics for the 2010/11 financial year which commenced on April 2010 and ended March 2011. The statistics reported covers aircraft and passenger movements, cargo and over flights movement statistics. The report covers six main airports operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana ( CAAB), namely Sir Seretse Khama International Airport ( SSKIA), which is located in the capital city Gaborone, Maun, Ghanzi, Francistown, Kasane and Selebi Phikwe. Maun and Kasane airports in the northern part of the country play a vital role in providing air transport service for tourism in the Okavango Delta and Chobe area. SSKIA is designed to handle B -747 or equivalent class aircraft and the terminal building is designed to handle a Typical Peak Hour Passenger of 976, both domestic and international. There are 19 government airfields around the country, however the statistics presented in this report does not cover such airfields. Four foreign international air carriers operate scheduled passenger services to Botswana, and these are: Kenya Airways, South African Airways and South African Express Airways operating at SSKIA, and Air Namibia operating at Maun international airport. Domestic scheduled services are operated by Air Botswana, a domestic carrier which operates from Gaborone, Francistown, Maun and Kasane. The international travel is mainly between Gaborone and Johannesburg, Maun Johannesburg, Kasane Johannesburg, Francistown Johannesburg, Gaborone Harare, Gaborone Nairobi and Maun Windhoek. Aircraft and passenger movement data is received from CAAB s offices located at the airports. Data is recorded daily on the aircraft movement log sheets. The data is then summarized to monthly statistics and is submitted to CAAB Head Office for collation. International and Domestic air traffic statistics are classified according to; scheduled, non-scheduled and private operations. Air cargo and mail statistics is collected from Air Botswana at SSKIA where it is mostly concentrated. 2.0 Aircraft and Passenger Movement by Airport The 2010/11 aircraft and passenger movement statistics by airport is shown in Table 1. International aircraft movements account for 24.9% whereas the domestic movements account for 75.1% of the total movements during the reporting period. Sir Seretse Khama International Airport dominated (10,320) the international aircraft movements followed by Kasane (3,599). Maun recorded the largest number of domestic aircraft movements (38,455) followed by Kasane airport. This may be attributed to a higher number of non-scheduled aircraft movements in Maun due to tourist activities in the region. Selibe Phikwe and Ghanzi had the least total aircraft movements compared to other airports. International passenger movements are higher at SSKIA ( 307,421) followed by Maun airport (44,330). Maun handled the largest proportion of the domestic passenger movements with a total of 163,380 followed by SSKIA (102,539). The pattern of passenger movement mirrors that of aircraft movements, showing SSKIA dominating the international movements and Maun dominating the 2
domestic movements. Overall Maun had the highest number of aircraft movements (56.3%) and SSKIA had the highest number of passenger movement (54.9%). The reason for this is that Maun attract tourists who use smaller aircrafts whereas Gaborone, the capital city, is the center for both domestic and international scheduled travel hence the higher passenger movements. Table 1: Air transport activity by Airport 2010/11 Financial Year Sir Seretse Francis Selibe All Khama Maun Kasane Town Phikwe Ghanzi Airports Aircraft movements International 10,320 3,320 3,599 1,014 195 27 18,475 Domestic 5,757 38,455 8,910 2,166 248 238 55,774 Total 16,077 41,775 12,509 3,180 443 265 74,249 Percent 21.7 56.3 16.8 4.3 0.6 0.4 100 Passenger movement International 307,421 44,330 18,984 9,886 673 79 381,373 Domestic 102,539 163,380 56,448 41,709 523 383 364,982 Total 409,960 207,710 75,432 51,595 1,196 462 746,355 Percent 54.9 27.8 10.1 6.9 0.2 0.1 100 Figures excludes military movements 2.1 Comparison of the 2009/10 & 2010/11 Air Transport activity Table 2 below compares the aircraft and passenger movement statistics for 2009/10 with 2010/11 financial year. Sir Seretse Khama and Kasane airports experienced growth rates of 7.8 % and 19.2% respectively of the aircraft movements. The rest of the airports experienced a decline in aircraft movements. The highest decline was in Maun with 30.9%. Overall aircraft movements declined by 17.6% in 2010/11. Three airports, SSKIA, Kasane and Francistown experienced an increase in passenger movement of 8.9%, 28.4% and 9.3% respectively in 2010/11. Passenger movements declined by 13.4% in Maun and 34.4% in Ghanzi. The total passenger movements generally increased by 3 % from 2009/10 to 2010/11 financial year. Table 2: Comparison of Air transport activity by Airport 2009/10 & 2010/11 Financial Year Aircraft movement Passenger movement 2009/10 2010/11 Growth rate(%) 2009/10 2010/11 Growth rate(%) Sir Seretse Khama 14,917 16,077 7.8 376,574 409,960 8.9 Maun 60,489 41,775-30.9 239,766 207,710-13.4 Kasane 10,494 12,509 19.2 58,764 75,432 28.4 Francistown 3,358 3,180-5.3 47,223 51,595 9.3 Selibe Phikwe 455 443-2.6 1,460 1,196-18.1 Ghanzi 346 265-23.4 704 462-34.4 Total 90,059 74,249-17.6 724,491 746,355 3.0 3
2.2 Aircraft Movement trend by type of movement - 2010/11 Financial Year Figure 1 shows the trend in aircraft movement from April 2010 to March 2011. Both International and domestic movements reached a peak in August 2010 and then dropped gradually until November 2010. Afterwards, the trend shows an upward and downward movement until March 2011. Figure 1: Aircraft movement trend -2010/11 Financial year 12,000 10,000 Ai rcraf t mo veme n 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 - Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 month year International Domestic Total Figure 2a and 2b below indicates the trend in aircraft movement by airport during the 2010/11 Financial year. Maun, Kasane and SSKIA reached a peak in August 2010. Maun then declined sharply in September 2010. The lowest movements were in February 2011 in most of the airports and this is also reflected by the overall total in Figure 1. Figure 2a: Aircraft movement trend by airport -2010/11 Financial year 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 A i r cr a f t m o v e m 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 N ov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 M onth Y e ar F/town Kasane M aun SSKIA 4
Figure 2b: Aircraft movement trend by airport -2010/11 Financial year ai rcr af t m o v e m 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 m onth year S/Phikwe Ghanzi 2.3 Passenger Movement trend by type of movement -2010/11 Financial Year Figure 3 below indicates that both domestic and international passenger movements reached a peak in August 2010 and declined gradually until November 2010. The graph further reveals that the lowest number of passenger movements were observed in February 2011. Figure 3: Passenger movement trend - 2010/11 Financial Year 90,000 80,000 Passenger mo veme n 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 - Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 month year International Domestic Total Figure 4a shows that SSKIA had the largest number passenger movement followed by Maun airport. The trend shows a peak in October for SSKIA, August for Maun and Kasane, September for Francistown. Figure 4a further reveals that from October 2010, passenger movement generally declined in all airports and rose in March 2011. Figure 4b indicates that Selibe phikwe and Ghanzi airports peaked in November 2010. 5
Figure 4a: Passenger movement trend by airport -2010/11 Financial Year Passenger mo veme n 50000 45000 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Month year F/town Kasane Maun SSKIA Figure 4b: Passenger movement trend by airport- 2010/11 Financial Year passen g e r mo v e m e 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 month year S/Phikwe Ghanzi 3.0 Aircraft Movement by type of Operation Figure 5 indicates aircraft movement by type of operation. Scheduled international aircraft movements are higher (10,216) compared to non- scheduled and private service operations, accounting for 55.3% of the total international movements. Non-scheduled aircraft movements are dominant (47,642) compared to scheduled and private operations. This is attributed to a high number of non- scheduled flights in Maun area. For both international and domestic movements, private flight operations are the least. Overall non- scheduled flights movements are higher compared to scheduled and private operations. 6
Figure 5: Aircraft movement by type of Operation 2010/11 Financial Year 60,000 54,340 50,000 47,642 Ai rcr af t mo v e m e 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000-16,049 10,216 6,698 5,833 1,561 2,299 International Domestic Total 3,860 Scheduled Non-Scheduled Private 3.1 Aircraft movement by type of Movement, Operation and by Airport Table 3 compares aircraft movement by type of movement and operation between the six main airports. International scheduled aircraft movements are higher at SSKIA (8,087) followed by Maun airport, whereas international non-scheduled movements are dominated by Kasane airport (3,052) followed by Maun airport. SSKIA airport had the highest number of private passenger movement followed by F/Town airport. SSKIA had the highest number of domestic scheduled passenger movement, whereas domestic non scheduled movements are dominated by Maun airport followed by Kasane. SSKIA also leads the private domestic movements followed by Francistown airport. Overall SSKIA leads the scheduled and the private passenger movements whereas Maun dominates the non-scheduled passenger movements. 7
Table 3: Aircraft movement type of Movement, Operation and by Airport SSKIA Maun Kasane F/town S/phikwe Ghanzi Total INTERNATIONAL Scheduled 8,087 1,465 439 225 - - 10,216 Non Scheduled 1,195 1,845 3,052 525 68 13 6,698 Private 1,038 10 108 264 127 14 1,561 Total 10,320 3,320 3,599 1,014 195 27 18,475 DOMESTIC Scheduled 2,619 1,484 784 946 - - 5,833 Non Scheduled 2,015 36,789 7,848 783 47 160 47,642 Private 1,123 182 278 437 201 78 2,299 Total 5,757 38,455 8,910 2,166 248 238 55,774 TOTAL Scheduled 10,706 2,949 1,223 1,171 - - 16,049 Non Scheduled 3,210 38,634 10,900 1,308 115 173 54,340 Private 2,161 192 386 701 328 92 3,860 Total 16,077 41,775 12,509 3,180 443 265 74,249 4.0 Passenger Movement by type of Operation Scheduled international passenger movements are higher (358,267), followed by non-scheduled (20,052) operations (Figure 6). For domestic travel, scheduled and non-scheduled operations account for 56.2% and 42.6% respectively during the financial year 2010/11. Overall the number of scheduled operations is dominant in terms of passenger movement. Figure 6: Passenger movement by type of Operation: - 2010/11 Financial Year 600,000 5 6 3,3 5 0 Pa s s e n g e r m o v e 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000-3 5 8,2 6 7 2 0 5,0 8 3 1 7 5,5 4 5 1 5 5,4 9 3 2 0,0 5 2 3,0 5 4 4,4 0 6 7,4 6 0 International D om estic T otal Scheduled N on-scheduled Private 4.1 Passenger movement by type of Movement, Operation and by Airport The same pattern reflected by international aircraft movements features for passenger movements. International scheduled passenger movements are higher at SSKIA followed by Maun airport, whereas international non-scheduled movements are dominated by Kasane airport. SSKIA had the highest number of private passenger movement followed by Francistown airport. 8
SSKIA had the highest number of domestic scheduled passenger movement, whereas domestic non scheduled movements are dominated by Maun airport followed by Kasane. SSKIA also leads the private domestic movements followed by Francistown airport. Overall SSKIA leads the scheduled and the private passenger movements whereas Maun dominates the non-scheduled passenger movements. Table 4: Passenger movement by type of Movement, Operation and by Airport SSKIA Maun Kasane F/town S/phikwe Ghanzi Total INTERNATIONAL Scheduled 300,530 40,353 10,132 7,252 - - 358,267 Non Scheduled 5,222 3,943 8,763 1,824 253 47 20,052 Private 1,669 34 89 810 420 32 3,054 Total 307,421 44,330 18,984 9,886 673 79 381,373 DOMESTIC Scheduled 92,759 54,666 20,436 37,222 - - 205,083 Non Scheduled 7,771 108,543 35,267 3,445 159 308 155,493 Private 2,009 171 745 1,042 364 75 4,406 Total 102,539 163,380 56,448 41,709 523 383 364,982 TOTAL Scheduled 393,289 95,019 30,568 44,474 - - 563,350 Non Scheduled 12,993 112,486 44,030 5,269 412 355 175,545 Private 3,678 205 834 1,852 784 107 7,460 Total 409,960 207,710 75,432 51,595 1,196 462 746,355 5.0 Cargo and mail volume statistics The total amount of cargo and mail handled in 2007/8, 2008/9 and 2009/10 is shown by Table 5. The total cargo volume has been declining gradually since 2008/9. Domestic and international cargo volume declined by 1.1 % and 28.2% respectively in 2009/10. International cargo movement account for more volume (72 %) as compared to domestic cargo movement. The volume of imported goods exceeds exported goods. Of the total international cargo volume, 84.4% were imports and only 15.2 % were exports. The volume of imports and exports declined by 31.6% and 0.7% respectively in 2009/10. Mail handling is mainly domestic volume with an increase of 132.6% in 2009/10. 9
Table 5: Actual Cargo and Mail handled in kilograms (kgs) Cargo 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10 % Change 2008/9-2009/10 Domestic movement 236,652.8 234,588.5 232,087.0-1.1 International movement 899,408.9 818,103.6 587,180.8-28.2 Total 1,136,061.7 1,052,692.1 819,267.8-22.2 International cargo movement Imports 821,981.3 728,276.4 498,014.9-31.6 Exports 77,427.6 89,827.2 89,165.9-0.7 Total 899,408.8 818,103.6 587,180.8-28.2 Mail Domestic movement 1,539.1 963.3 2,241.0 132.6 International movement 45.1 10.8 0.0-100.0 Total 1,584.2 974.1 2,241.0 130.1 Domestic volume includes only the four main airports; Francistown, Gaborone, Kasane & Maun International volume includes the 4 main local airports through Johannesburg, Capetown, Windhoek & Harare 6.0 Over flights movement statistics 2010/11 Financial Year Table 6 below shows that the number of over flight movements was 46,420 during the 2010/11 financial year. June had the largest number of over flights movements followed by July. This may be attributed to the world cup event which took place in South Africa. The movements went up by 3.9% in 2010/11 financial year compared to 2009/10. Table 6: Over flights movement statistics M o n th 2009/10 2010/11 % ch an g e A pr 3,560 3,684 3.5 M ay 3,588 3,921 9.3 Jun 3,732 4,349 16.5 Jul 3,740 4,321 15.5 A ug 4,024 3,684-8.4 S ep 3,807 3,910 2.7 O ct 4,035 3,977-1.4 N ov 3,633 3,928 8.1 D ec 3,513 3,737 6.4 Jan 3,385 3,575 5.6 F eb 3,340 3,432 2.8 M ar 4,342 3,902-10.1 T o tal 44,699 46,420 3.9 10