TABLE OF CONTENTS The traffic of Passengers recorded a tremendous increase between 2015 and 2016. The total number of passengers transported by air in Cameroon rose from 1 275 040 to 1 I. AIR TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE...........................................................P3 326 800. For regular commercial flights, departing passenger II. FLIGHT MOVEMENT........................................................................P4 number witnessed an annual growth of 26%, increasing from 635 559 passengers at departure of flights in 2015 to III. PASSENGER FLOWS.......................................................................P5 801 402 in 2016, for both paying and non paying passengers. IV. FREIGHT TRAFFIC..........................................................................P5 At the regional and international networks passenger traffic V. AIRPORT TRAFFIC............................................................................P6 grew from 1 023 800 in 2015 to 1 153 702 international passengers in 2016. This progress showed an annual growth rate of up to 40% (5720152-515266) increase in VI. PERFORMANCE OF AIR TRANSPORT COMPANIES ............................P7 departing passengers for all segments of international flights. ANNEX ...........................................................................................P 8 In the same light the traffic of cargo and mail transported via air to and from Cameroon recorded an exponential growth rate of 76%, rising from about 15 000 tons of freight carried in 2015 to 25 505 tons in 2016. I. AIR TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE IN CAMEROON IN 2016 Elaborated after the exploitation of data collected at the airports, this edition of The Bulletin Statistiques of the CCAA presents the traffic of air transport activity in Cameroon during the year 2016. It gives an overall view of national and international commercial and non commercial traffic in terms of aircraft movements, passenger flows, freight and mail tons transported via Cameroon airports. Director of publica!on ‐ Mme Avomo Assoumou Paule épse KOKI Advisor of publica!on ‐ Allabira Mamadou Director of wri!ng ‐ Akkum Ritzentelar Edi!ng Director ‐ Bernice ruphine épse Mbandem Writers Penyin Theodore, Bell Jean Victor Design and prin!ng AFRÉDIT, 222202615 3 II. FLIGHT MOVEMENTS During the year 2016 aircraft movements witnessed a drop of -4 % from a total of 27 504 movements, both landings and takeoffs, down to 26 461. For flight movements beyond the borders of Cameroon, this regression stood at -3%. However, as concerns regular commercial flights, traffic of flight takeoffs progressed by 5% rising from 10 533 departures in 2015 to 11 046 in 2016. Again, further analysis show that this progress is highly felt in terms of Regional and International flights (flights beyond CEMAC sub region) with a progress rate of 10% for aircraft takeoffs from the international airports of Douala and Yaounde-Nsimalen. The growth in international flight movement can be attributed to the intensification of operations by regular airlines like Ethiopian Airlines that has started serving the Yaounde-Nsimalen International airport (NSI). Whereas the regression observed in domestic flight movement can be due partially to the operational difficulties observed by CAMAIRCO, the lone regular operator at the national level and also to the rehabilitation works at the Douala international airport (DLA) that grounded flights for three weeks. This equally accounts for the sharp progress recorded at the level of NSI. 4 III. PASSENGER FLOWS The traffic of Passengers recorded a general 13% was observed for passengers at the regional and international networks, increase of 4% year on year, rising to a total indicating an increase of 129 902 passengers of 1 326 800 terminal passengers in 2016, up in absolute terms, up from 1 023 800 in 2015 from 1 275 040 passengers transported the to 1 153 702 international passengers in previous year. For regular commercial flights, 2016. This progress showed an annual departing passenger number witnessed an growth rate of up to 40% increase in annual growth of 26% growing from 635 559 departing passengers for all segments of passengers at departure of flights in 2015 to international flights. (Tables attached) 801 402 in 2016, for both paying and non paying passengers. About a total of 262 239 It is worth mentioning that statistics at passengers transited via the airports in arrival of flights remain largely under Cameroon for all types of flight. estimated as most operators particularly the According to the network type, passengers national carrier, CAMAIRCO, still hesitate to transported via the domestic route network declare the number of passengers at landing. dropped by -31%, meanwhile a growth rate of IV. FREIGHT TRAFFIC The traffic of cargo and mail transported via air to and from Cameroon recorded an exponential growth rate of 76%, rising from about 15 000 tons of freight carried in 2015 to 25 505 tons in 2016. The growing trend observed in freight traffic is largely due to the activities of new entrant cargo carriers like Air Cargo Global that continue to intensify their activities in Cameroon and also due to the continuous amelioration in the compilation process of freight data, notably the inclusion of figures from DHL which were not available in 2015. 5 V. AIRPORT TRAFFIC It goes without saying that most of the air traffic in Cameroon is manifested at the Douala international airport which continues to grow as a m ajor hub in the central African sub region. As in the previous years, this airport recorded about 53% of international passenger flows to/from Cameroon. Nevertheless, while fr eight traffic developed a positive trend at this airport in 2016, both air craft movement and passenger flows stagnated at a rate of -19% respectively, compared to the figures of the previous year. This downward trend could partially be attributed to the temporal suspension of activities at the airport in March 2016 for rehabilitation of the runways. On the other hand Yaounde-Nsimalen international airport recorded tremendous growth in terms of aircraft movements (33%), passenger flows (64%) and freight transported (14%) respectively, compared to the previous year 2015 (see Table 2). The deviation of activities from the Douala international airport (DLA) for reasons above, the launching of regular flights to this airport by Ethiopian Airlines and the organization of the crowd pulling Women African Nations’ Cup in Cameroon accounted for this positive trend. As concerns share of passenger traffic per airport, DLA covers about 53% share of international passengers transported via Cameroon while NSI follows with about 47%. The figures of Maroua and Garoua remain largely negligible. For domestic traffic share, NSI tops the chart, covering 37% of national passenger flows, while DLA seconds with 25%, Maroua 22% and Garoua 16%, traffic at Bafoussam airport is gradually picking up. A greater proportion of traffic at Maroua and Garoua is linked to non regular commercial and non commercial flights such as military and humanitarian flights in connection with security threats posed by the BOKO HARAM insurgency at the northern parts of the country. 6 VI. PERFORMANCE OF AIR TRANSPORT COMPANIES About seventeen (17) regular commercial airlines operate international air transport services to and from Cameroon, in addition to five (5) non regular operators and cargo carriers like DHL, Air Cargo Global and Air Atlanta Icelandic. International air transport activity is largely dominated by the merger European companies that fly the Cameroon destination, with Air France topping the lead (about 20% of the market share), followed by Brussels Airlines and Turkish Airlines. Leading regional airlines such as Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Asky Airlines and Air Cote d’Ivoire continue to tighten their grip in the Cameroon air services market. The national flag bearer CAMAIRCO was plagued by operational difficulties but is expected to regain steam with the acquisition of new aircraft previewed under its restructuring plan with the government. Details of these traffic results are illustrated in the tables and figures attached as Annex. 7 ANNEX TABLE 1 : SUMMARY OF TRAFFIC RESULTS PER AIRPORT FOR THE YEAR 2016 Airport Nature of flight Movements Passengers Pax in Transit Freight & Poste Bafoussam Nat 55 828 75 - Total 55 828 75 - Douala Nat 2 840 42 846 31 644 87,11 CEM 5 113 157 057 35 450 171,01 Reg 3 672 244 940 62 167 1 023,13 Int 1 031 212 475 53 513 19 095,31 Total 12 656 657 318 182 774 20 377 Garoua Nat 3 415 26 997 2 802 52,02 CEM 227 284 185 - Reg 1 - - - Int - - - - Total 3 643 27 281 2 987 52 Maroua Salak Nat 1 300 36 266 435 22,51 CEM 215 2 867 75 0,67 Reg 4 - - - Total 1 519 39 133 510 23 Ngaoundere Nat 213 4 436 683 0,03 CEM 3 61 23 - Total 216 4 497 706 0 Yaoundé-NSI Nat 3 581 61 725 17 152 7,51 CEM 949 13 751 3 391 18,92 Reg 2 159 106 231 29 480 49,31 Int 1 683 416 036 25 164 4 977,69 Total 8 372 597 743 75 187 5 053 TOTAL Nat 11 404 173 098 52 791 169 CEM 6 507 174 020 39 124 191 Reg 5 836 351 171 91 647 1 072 Int 2 714 628 511 78 677 24 073 Total 26 461 1 326 800 262 239 25 505 National Nat 11 404 173 098 52 791 169 International CEM+Reg+Int 15 057 1 153 702 209 448 25 336 TOTAL Nat+Int 26 461 1 326 800 262 239 25 505 Nat: National Reg: Regional Int: International (Africa - CEMAC) (world – Africa) 8 TABLE 2 : EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL TRAFFIC (BOTH LANDING AND TAKE-OFF) PER AIRPORT AND ROUTE SEGMENT FOR 2015 AND 2016 Airports ROUTE SEGMENT MVT