Transport and Communications

 

      2000 2001 2002 2003
Air transport          
      International          
  Aircraft movements 2,242 2,251 2,829 3,204
  Passengers off ('000) 157 160 173 163
  Passengers on ('000) 158 159 181 174
  Passengers in transit ('000) (1) (4) 4 4 0 0
  Freight off (tonnes) 4,592 3,954 4,366 3,748
  Freight on (tonnes) 1,801 1,759 2,105 1,429
     Domestic          
  Passengers ('000) 289 264 268 242
        of whom visitors ('000) 134 130 127 119
             
Sea transport          
    ('000 metric shipping tonnes)        
  Imports   564 518 397 689
  Exports (5)   108 71 4,495 4,500
  Transhipment (fish) 55 48 69 81
             
Communication          
  Telephone exchange lines (no.)(3) 20,641 21,376 21,249 21,191
        International calls (hours)(3) 111,748 114,910 117,251 88,032
  Telex subscribers (no.) 34 32 24 11
  Telefax subscribers (no.) 634 899 590 0
  Cellular mobile telephone         
  subcribers (no.)(3) 24,509 44,116 44,731 49,229
  Payphones (no.)(2) 231 179 205 177
  Internet accounts (no.) 1,285 2,055 3,332 2,713
             
  Local Press        
  Dailies   1 1 1 1
  Weeklies   2 2 3 3
             
      2000 2001 2002 2003
Road transport          
      Motor-vehicles registered  9,508 8,977 9,507 9,994
  Private    5,931 5,441 5,938 6,158
  Commercial 2,267 2,230 2,358 2,405
  Taxi   250 248 261 285
  Self-drive   789 778 724 933
  Motor cycle 55 63 33 42
  Omnibuses 216 217 193 171
             
Road traffic accidents 2000 2001 2002 2003
    Number of accidents 1,065 1,086 1,096 1,068
  rate (per 1,000 popn) 13 13 14 13
   rate (per 1,000 motor vehicles) 112 121 115 107
             
Private cars per 1,000 hholds(6) 332 304 291 294
             
Length of roads (Kilometres) 443 453 456 458
  Surfaced   390 400 437 440
  Unsurfaced 53 53 19 18
             
Vehicles per kilometre of road 21 20 21 22
           

 

                           

   
(1)Refers to passengers who do not pass through immigration control
(2)Includes both coin/card operated phones
(3) Includes for both Cable & Wireless and Air Tel subscribers
(4)Includes for both Atlas & Kokonet subscribers
(5) Starts using TEU  (Twety-foot equivalent units) in 2002
(6) Number of households relates to 2002 census

 

 

 

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