ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INHIBITING AVIATION CARGO LOGISTICS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the factors inhibiting aviation cargo logistics in Nigeria. The study adopted multi-stage sampling technique. Air cargo service companies were purposely selected. Eight (8) quoted air cargo companies were stratified and air freight forwarders of each company were equally randomly selected. Three hundred (450) questionnaires were distributed to the respondents and 445 were retrieved. Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to identify the major factors inhibiting aviation cargo logistics in Nigeria. The result showed that increasing fuel price (RII = 0.944), custom bottlenecks (R.I.I = 0.908), high cost of ground handling (R.I.I. = 0.906) and security treats (R.I.I = 0.842) are the most identified factors inhibiting aviation cargo logistics. Furthermore, the result showed that weather conditions and uncertainties at airports were ranked equally hence (R.I.I = 0.640) while changing inventory strategies and mode shifting have the least ranking with (R.I.I = 0.548) and (R.I.I = 0.517) respectively. Conclusively, the study recommended that since increasing fuel price, custom bottlenecks, high cost of ground handling and security treats are found to inhibitaviation cargo logistics, relevant stakeholders and Federal Government of Nigeria should design trade off to accommodate these factors.