CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[Jerry]

What's happening at the CAA? They've managed to publish November pax figures within 3 weeks. It's only 2 weeks since October's were published.

I'm sure they'll make up for it next year with December's figures coming out in April!

 

[Finger66]

LHR up yet again, and what is happening to the route in Summer 18!
BHD is good because of great frequency and choice so appeals to leisure and business
ABZ good to see an increase of only reliability was the same
NQY is a little disappointing. Any reason?
SOU could be to do with J41 unreliability compared to Saabs last year
GLA the less said the better
GCI will just need to carry on working through summer as never a year round route

Not going to pick on all international destinations but the CDG increase should be alerting that BE/AF codeshare we crave
AMS will be even higher next November when there are fewer connections via LHR

Overall they are very positive figures and at a time when we are looking for some positives at LBA

 

[lbaspotter]

Haven't seen the December 2017 figures yet as not checked the CAA website.

But local press are reporting that the 4 million barrier has been officially broken for the first time ever with 4,078,069 passengers passing through the terminal building during the 12 months of 2017..

 

[a300boy]

I will be glad when it is 10 million but happy to see another milestone passed !

 

[Finger66]

Let's hope this time next year we are still celebrating 4m. It may be a tough year

 

[a300boy]

I will be glad when it is 10 million but happy to see another milestone passed !

 

[Bigman]

December stats are out and we were up 1.3% to 200,421. Rolling year now 4,074,500. Must be the first time we have hit 200k in December.

Donny were down 3.9%.

 

[lbaspotter]

December stats are out and we were up 1.3% to 200,421. Rolling year now 4,074,500. Must be the first time we have hit 200k in December

And that's without the Monarch based operation.
We all know Jet2 added extra capacity to Tenerife. Ryanair must be the biggest contribor to this growth, what with the 3rd based aircraft now operating a full weekly programme this winter.

 

[Finger66]

Great news especially considering the ZB demise. Just maybe 2018 wont be quite as bad as we are perhaps fearing

 

[Tarn Spotter]

There were 41 flights less in December 2017, say an average of 150 a flight if Monarch or similar, a loss of 6150 passengers, yet 2573 more passengers passed through the terminal an impressive performance.
With the best skiing weather for many many years, and the likely hood the season will be the longest ever, this should be good news for ski related passengers, as will the encouragement of the winter Olympics, inspire others to hit the slopes.
Easter will be in March figures instead of April last year, so the first quarter should be good.

 

[Seasider]

I have looked at the performance of Flybe on the Dusseldorf and it makes for interesting reading.
Pax were down 36% in November - 4517 to 2893; down 43% in December - 5224 to 2986, apparently not very good. But when you look at the load factor (not yield) it looks better. November 2893 on 52 flights (sectors) equates to an average 55 which is 74%. December 2986 on 48 flights (sectors) equates to an average 62 which is 84%. January (quietest month) figures are not available yet.

 

[Finger66]

That is a pretty good LF in my eyes. Let's hope Flybe (or is it To be Stobart Air!!!) do realise the LBA potential and start some of the routes we want them to.

 

[White Heather]

Load factors of up to 84% in the first two months of operation for any airline is excellent, although in this case it isn't a new route entirely to LBA and passengers booked on Jet2 were, I believe, transferred over to Flybe. With the summer to come, when more passengers are likely, it bodes well for the route. It would be nice to think that one day it might be upgraded to an E170, which in turn might boost passenger number further, given there are some folk who believe propellers on an aircraft mean it is old, unreliable and unsafe. I guess that will depend on Flybe adding jet equipment to their Dusseldorf base in the future, or even better, opening an LBA base and operating the route with an LBA based aircraft.

 

[oldendays]

I remember some years ago Mike Rutter (FlyBe director) speaking about Leeds Bradford becoming a base. He said something like LBA having been a bellwether for FlyBe and that it was a case of when, not if. Let's see.

 

[Aviador]

I remember some years ago Mike Rutter (FlyBe director) speaking about Leeds Bradford becoming a base. He said something like LBA having been a bellwether for FlyBe and that it was a case of when, not if. Let's see.

I recall the same article, I think it was in the YEP during the days when it was a proper newspaper.

 

[Finger66]

The timing for such a base just seems so right to me.......

 

[White Heather]

Today, the postman brought me the latest Consultative Committee meeting minutes - which I had previously reported on in December. However, lurking within the minutes were the passenger figures, which surprisingly includes the January 2018 figures. So, despite the loss of Monarch and their single winter based aircraft, LBA's figures for January have still managed a small increase, similar to that for December. Total pax for the month amounted to 177,830, an increase of 1.49% over January 2017. Total pax for the fiscal year to date amounts to 3,629,486, with 2 months to come. That is an increase of 11.75% for the year to date and, significantly, every month of the year has seen an increase in passengers compared to last year. Given the loss of Monarch, and the 50% reduction in British Airways flights, it will be interesting to see if the airport can maintain these increases. After an increase in April of last year of 19.36%, that particular month will take some matching and could potentially see the first negative figure for over a year. Time will tell, but it looks certain that LBA will just squeeze past the 4m pax passengers figure for the year ended March 2018 - the first time ever that LBA has hit that figure over a fiscal year.

 

[Bigman]

OK, the CAA January stats are out. We were up 1.2% to 177,291. Rolling year is now 4,076,568, up 12.1%.

 

[Tarn Spotter]

Figures really good when you see 142 flights less in Jan 2018, then January last year which must have carried in excess of 14K passengers, yet in the month, fewer aircraft flights not only absorbed this figure, but carried 2102 more passenger then January 2017 a great performance.

 

[White Heather]

OK, the CAA January stats are out. We were up 1.2% to 177,291. Rolling year is now 4,076,568, up 12.1%.

Didn't you read the post directly above yours Bigman?