Nairobi is the leader of Africa in terms of air travel. (PHOTO/he-star.co.ke)
Nairobi is the leader of Africa in terms of air travel
A new report by ForwardKeys indicates that the city has recorded 22 per cent growth in its domestic air travel capacity, making it become the only African city whose airports are now recording higher domestic growth compared to the international flight capacity.
It also indicated Nairobi airports have 18 per cent as the total scheduled capacity in domestic seats.
According to the Nation, the report also revealed that airports will now handle 31 per cent of long-haul seats internationally as well as 51 per cent of intra-Africa international seats.
"The trend is encouraging for aviation players. As a travel agent, we anticipate a surge in flight bookings in the last half of 2017," said Jumia Travel Kenya country manager Cyrus Onyiego as quoted by the Nation.
"Most inspiring is the contribution of Kenyans and other members of the East African Community to domestic travel."
"It reflects our confidence in our own products with Kenya’s tourism domestic spending recording 59 per cent against 41 per cent foreign visitor spending," he added.