Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)

Air Traffic Analysis-December 2015

Southern
Africa

West Africa

Indian Ocean
Islands

East & Central Africa

Far East

Middle East

Europe

Passengers and Aircraft Movements

Arrivals
Amsterdam 17,755
Brussels
London 12,036
Paris
6,013
Zurich
3,659
Other Europe
6,482
Total Europe 45,945
Dubai 29,085
Jeddah
2,274
Other Middle East 16,008
Total Middle East 47,367
Mumbai
8,792
Bangkok
6,462
Other Far East
3,760
Total Far East 19,014
Addis Ababa 17,106
Bujumbura
2,406
Dar-Es-alaam
8,114
Entebbe 15,757
Kigali
5,714
Kinshasa
3,108
Other East & Central Africa
5,774
Total East & Central Africa 57,979
Mauritius
1,049
Seychelles
1,399
Zanzibar
5,230
Other Indian Ocean Islands
2,934
Total Indian Ocean Islands 10,612
Abidjan
1,366
Douala
50
Lagos
2,398
Accra
2,718
Other West Africa
4,591
Total West Africa 11,123
Johannesburg 18,429
Harare
3,044
Lilongwe
954

Passengers
Departures Transit
9,715
4,282
6,581
3,683
2,409
2,701
1,267
703
4,092
79
24,064
11,448
21,202
7,375
1,189
926
15,397
820
37,788
9,121
3,017
5,665
1,238
4,652
1,596
2,010
5,851
12,327
11,490
2,399
1,032
1,007
4,366
4,256
7,659
6,652
3,737
2,315
258
1,806
1,852
4,618
30,394
23,053
711
364
541
760
3,072
2,329
607
3,531
4,931
6,984
305
962
154
1,417
1,039
3,217
816
1,782
514
1,260
2,828
8,638
6,176
8,206
700
1,908
591
1,269

Air Traffic Analysis-December 2015

Total
31,752
22,300
11,123
5,629
10,653
81,457
57,662
4,389
32,225
94,276
17,474
12,352
7,366
37,192
30,995
4,445
16,736
30,068
11,766
5,172
12,244
111,426
2,124
2,700
10,631
7,072
22,527
2,633
1,621
6,654
5,316
6,365
22,589
32,811
5,652
2,814

Arrivals
60
57
31
21
67
236
120
45
150
315
60
34
21
115
174
45
149
308
99
47
200
1,022
12
18
136
53
219
17
12
42
33
64
168
197
58
24

Aircraft
Departures
145
2
85
37
12
80
361
123
52
170
345
57
32
21
110
184
37
150
263
103
31
187
955
12
16
135
93
256
15
20
39
27
36
137
150
39
45

Total
205
2
142
68
33
147
597
243
97
320
660
117
66
42
225
358
82
299
571
202
78
387
1,977
24
34
271
146
475
32
32
81
60
100
305
347
97
69

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North Africa
Domestic traffic

Arrivals
Lusaka
3,626
Cape Town
6
Other South Africa 10,144
Total Southern Africa
36,203
Cairo
1,158
Khartoum
1,465
Juba
5,766
Other North Africa
2
Total North Africa
8,391
Other International
1,017
Total International 237,651
Mombasa 41,678
Kisumu 14,271
Malindi
5,838
Lokichoggio
19
Eldoret
7,201
Wajir
6,931
Kitale
Other Domestic
3,819
Total Domestic 79,757
Grand total 317,408

Passengers
Departures Transit
541
2,245
1,032
2,913
9,040
16,541
1,356
93
514
634
3,017
630
1
1
4,888
1,358
2,535
1,123
122,319
90,593
28,224
5,350
12,445
1,568
5,426
417
5,123
3
56
1
3,226
10
54,500
7,349
176,819
97,942

Total
6,412
6
14,089
61,784
2,607
2,613
9,413
4
14,637
4,675
450,563
75,252
28,284
11,681
19
12,327
6,988
7,055
141,606
592,169

Arrivals
66
1
159
505
13
39
136
4
192
24
2,796
536
254
115
1
200
257
298
1,661
4,457

Aircraft
Departures
47
94
375
22
27
132
3
184
281
3,004
507
270
110
149
3
258
1,297
4,301

Total
113
1
253
880
35
66
268
7
376
305
5,800
1,043
524
225
1
349
260
556
2,958
8,758

The number of passengers served by JKIA in December 2015 grew by 6.8% from the
figure registered same month in 2014 to reach 592,169. Over the same period, aircraft
movements improved by 6.1% to 8,758. The amount of cargo handled improved
marginally to 21,182.1 tons over the period under review.
Looking at sector performances, the European destinations continued to register declines
in traffic, particularly Amsterdam, London, Zurich and Brussels. This was however,
ameliorated by some appreciable growth on other routes such as Istanbul and Frankfurt.
The domestic sector saw a decline on the JKIA-Mombasa route, but good performance
particularly on the JKIA-Ukunda and JKIA-Malindi sectors, driven by the operations of
Jambo Jet. The JKIA-Kisumu was almost at the same level as last year.
In terms of aircraft movements, the international counter registered about the same
traffic level as last year in the period under review. The domestic sector improved
substantially mainly as a result of increased scheduled flights on the Ukunda, Malindi,
Kisumu and Eldoret sectors, riding on the activities of the budget carriers such as Jambo
Jet and Fly540 COM.
Cargo traffic during the month under review improved marginally mainly as a result of
some improvements in exports to Europe.
JKIA registered 1.5%, and 1.1% growth in passenger and aircraft movements
respectively but a drop of about 0.2% in cargo movements in the first half year ending
December 2015 when compared to the traffic handled same period last year.