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19.07.2018 at 13:18
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The Cameroon National Air Transport Company (CAMAIR-CO) achieved a turnover of 12.3 billion CFA francs in the first half of 2018, announced Thursday, its managing director Ernest Dikoum during the an interaction with the press at the company's head office in Douala. This result is up by 7 billion CFA francs in relative value compared to the 5.1 billion CFA francs made in 2017, an increase of 142% in absolute value compared to the period under review
On the basis of the evolution of the traffic, the general management expects a production of 21.6 billion CFA francs in 2018 against 7 billion CFA francs in 2017 , an increase of 14 billion CFA francs, which represents an increase of 208%.
The traffic is in net growth with 157 000 passengers transported during the first six months of the year 2018 against 94 000 passengers during the m
This situation indicates "more promising prospects in the coming months", reassured the Director General, noting that in its operating plan, CAMAIR-CO plans to open other services, including Paris in France, London in Great Britain, Brazzaville in Congo and Bamako in Mali
These new destinations will be added to the open lines in the last two years, including Ndjamena in Chad, Libreville in Gabon, Bangui in the Central African Republic, Cotonou in Benin, Dakar in Senegal, Abidjan in Ivory Coast, Lagos in Nigeria.
One of the reasons which shows that the signals are more and more green for the national airline of the Cameroon focuses on the reduction of the operating deficit which went from 4.1 billion CFA francs in 2017 to 1.3 billion CFA francs in the first half of 2018.
With a fleet composed of six Onefs, CAMAIR-CO is performing well, because not only the domestic services whose average filling rate is 68% and a regularity of 77% for an average punctuality of 74% will be strengthened, but the company has just adopted a new operating system.
These advantages, according to General Manager Ernest Dikoum, are short link time, a reduced and optimized fleet, the leveling of the flow of operations, the deconcentration of the main airports and the development of secondary airports. .
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