African Aviation Service Limited says Emirates Airlines recorded the biggest patronage in Africa in 2021 raking in $837.6 million in revenue.
Emirate Airlines emerged as the most patronised airline based on the total amount of revenue realised on African routes in the 2021 financial year.
Other airlines on the list include South African Airways, British Airways, Saudi Arabian, TAAG-Angola Airlines, and Air France.
According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of African Aviation Services Limited, Mr Nick Fadugba, the aforementioned six airlines earned a total of $2.138.8 billion from 10 African cities in 2021 with Emirates taking the highest revenue on the continent.
The report further listed the top 10 highest revenue air routes in Africa to include Johannesburg-Dubai, Johannesburg-London, Cairo-Jeddah, Luanda-Lisbon, and Cape Town –Johannesburg.
Additionally, the list includes Cairo-Dubai, Cape Town – Dubai, Abidjan-Paris, Cape Town-London, and Mauritius-Dubai.
Interestingly, no Nigerian route is included despite the seeming exodus from the country and high patronage of air transport.
Meanwhile, the report noted that the Johannesburg – Dubia route recorded the highest revenue in 2021 with $315.6 million. Johannesburg – London followed with $295 million to rank in the 2nd position. Cairo-Jeddah raked in $242 million to rank in the 3rd position while Luanda to Lisbon recorded $231.6 to place in the 4th position.
The list includes Cairo-Dubai with $181.3 million, Cape Town-Dubai with $176.7 million, Abidjan-Paris with $175 million, Cape Town – London with $174.6 million while Mauritius-Dubai earned $164 million to rank in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th positions respectively.
Cumulatively, airlines generated $2.1 billion in 2021 from all the top ten African air routes.
