SOUTH AFRICA’S

Gauteng City-Region’s Global Aviation Connections
International aviation flows reveal
key linkages to major African and
European metropolitan areas. In
2014, approximately 36 percent (8.7
million) of the city-region’s aviation
passengers traveled to and from
international destinations. 80 The most
common final origins and destinations
outside of Africa are London,
Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, and
New York.
Map 3: Gauteng City-Region’s global aviation linkages, persons, 2014
North
America
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South America
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0.9m
2.9m
0.1m
Europe
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GCR
Africa
3.0m
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Asia
1.4m
0.3m
Oceania
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Source: Brookings analysis of Sabre data.
Table 6. Largest metropolitan corridors (final origin/destination), 2014
Rank City Country Total passengers
Share of Gauteng City-
Region’s total passengers
1 Cape Town South Africa 6,718,700 31.5%
2 Durban South Africa 2,150,494 10.1%
3 London United Kingdom 889,041 4.2%
4 East London South Africa 846,458 4.0%
5 Port Elizabeth South Africa 740,332 3.5%
6 George South Africa 469,111 2.2%
7 Harare Zimbabwe 261,223 1.2%
8 Lagos Nigeria 242,532 1.1%
9 Bloemfontein South Africa 226,657 1.1%
10 Amsterdam Netherlands 223,817 1.0%
11 Frankfurt Germany 219,500 1.0%
12 Paris France 211,283 1.0%
13 Windhoek Namibia 198,541 0.9%
14 New York United States 189,896 0.9%
15 Mauritius Mauritius 180,866 0.8%
Source: Brookings analysis of Sabre data.
Economic growth in other African countries has spurred connectivity to growing cities such as Harare,
Lagos, Windhoek, and Mauritius. Between 2004 and 2014, total inbound and outbound passenger traffic
increased by 6.7 percent annually to these four markets. 81 Passenger flows are also growing quickly
to major Asian cities (typically from a small base) such as Fuzhou (25.9 percent annually), Beijing (18.4
percent), Istanbul (14.1 percent), Phuket (12.1 percent), and Seoul (11.9 percent).
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