CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[Jerry]

Thanks Jerry - am i right in saying Doha was about 145-146 per flight?

116. I believe they cut 6 flights for the month.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

116. I believe they cut 6 flights for the month.

Ahh right. Cheers for that.

 

[Jerry]

Not exactly a spectacular month but it is the first year of ops though no doubt both Qatar and the airport will have expected to do better. I know next year is a while away but it'll interesting to see if and by how much the route grows month on month next year.
One thing is apparent though is that despite many peoples fears KLM don't seem effected and AMS keeps on growing!

 

[aviatorconcorde]

Not exactly a spectacular month but it is the first year of ops though no doubt both Qatar and the airport will have expected to do better. I know next year is a while away but it'll interesting to see if and by how much the route grows month on month next year.
One thing is apparent though is that despite many peoples fears KLM don't seem effected and AMS keeps on growing!

I did hear on the train this morning someone suggesting to go to the upcoming rugby world cup via Doha.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

CAA Stats October 2018
140,086 passengers used the airport in October up 4.3% on 2017. The rolling year was 1,566,230 passengers up 7.9% on 2017.
Atms were 1547 up 1.9%.

The management's forecast of double-digit growth this year might have been a touch optimistic. November and December will need to produce some spectacular results if 10% is to be achieved in 2018. Anything around 8%, the current growth level over the past 12 months, would still be a very decent performace.

 

[Jerry]

The management's forecast of double-digit growth this year might have been a touch optimistic. November and December will need to produce some spectacular results if 10% is to be achieved in 2018. Anything around 8%, the current growth level over the past 12 months, would still be a very decent performace.

I would imagine that their prediction was based on Qatar Airways doing better in May June and October than it has done now. But still if they can get 8% that will still be good growth.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I would imagine that their prediction was based on Qatar Airways doing better in May June and October than it has done now. But still if they can get 8% that will still be good growth.

Yes it would, but as recently as 24 October the airport's CEO was still making this statement in the news section of the airport website.

With strong monthly results such as September’s 7% increase and 8% passenger growth for the rolling 12 months, we are well on track to deliver the double digit growth projected at the beginning of the year.

 

[Jerry]

Yes it would, but as recently as 24 October, the airport's CEO was still making this statement in the news section of the airport website.

With strong monthly results such as September’s 7% increase and 8% passenger growth for the rolling 12 months, we are well on track to deliver the double digit growth projected at the beginning of the year.

Well hopefully the CEO's prediction happens!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Well hopefully the CEO's prediction happens!

It could still be done but as I said earlier it would need some spectacular results in the last two months of the calendar year.

 

[Jerry]

It could still be done but as I said earlier it would need some spectacular results in the last two months of the calendar year.

Well Alicante with Vueling will be 3 weekly and there will be Qatar Airways to give the airport a boost and KLM has also been growing well but the Flybe operation may well be down a bit so it'll be interesting to see if it happens.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Well Alicante with Vueling will be 3 weekly and there will be Qatar Airways to give the airport a boost and KLM has also been growing well but the Flybe operation may well be down a bit so it'll be interesting to see if it happens.

Qatar seems the the potential main growth source and with the Holiday Season approaching December in particular might take the airport's annual passenger figures close to double-digit growth.

I was speaking to our driver into MEL on our journey to that airport coming home and he spoke well of Qatar's reputation at MEL. When we departed MEL at 2230 earlier this week with Emirates to Dubai there was an Etihad service to Abu Dhabi and a Qatar to Doha scheduled to leave at the same time.

 

[Seasider]

He may have meant that double digit growth in one month, not the whole year, would be achieved.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

He may have meant that double digit growth in one month, not the whole year, would be achieved.

Both the airport company chairman and the airport CEO have been predicting double digit growth for the whole of the calendar year of 2018 and October's statement was a confirmation that they still see it as a realistic target. If they don't quite reach that by the end of the year they will still have enjoyed a very successful twelve months.

Incidentally, the CWL CEO is a member of the distaff side of the airport family. She is Deb Barber, a former RAF group captain who specialised in air traffic control whilst serving in the air force and who, I believe, was in charge of the entire air traffic management unit of the RAF at the time she retired from military service.

 

[Jerry]

Summer 2018
Now that summer 2018 is over and October stats are in i thought i'd have a look at how many passengers each airline have carried through CWL in the summer. Due to overlap on routes though i had to combine TUI, TCX and Balkan and Flybe and Ryanair together and Flybe/Ryanair is missing Octobers BHD numbers so i'll adjust that when i can. Also note these figures don't include one off charters, they are for the regular airlines that operate into CWL and base at the airport.
April
Flybe and Ryanair 53,094
TUI 15,575
Vueling 19,687
Eastern Airways 3089
KLM 12,083
May
Flybe and Ryanair 53,846
TUI, TCX and Balkan 65,974
Vueling 24,640
Eastern Airways 3264
KLM 12,042
Qatar Airways 2965
June
Flybe and Ryanair 56,092
TUI, TCX and Balkan 81,327
Vueling 22,785
Eastern Airways 3252
KLM 12,614
Qatar Airways 4491
Blue Islands 474
Iberia Express 1075
July
Flybe and Ryanair 59,079
TUI, TCX and Balkan 80,533
Vueling 23,112
Eastern Airways 3488
KLM 13,010
Qatar Airways 10,160
Blue Islands 629
Iberia Express 2340
August
Flybe and Ryanair 62,956
TUI, TCX and Balkan 84,157
Vueling 24,023
Eastern Airways 2582
KLM 12,851
Qatar Airways 11,568
Blue Islands 809
Iberia Express 2655
September
Flybe and Ryanair 52,915
TUI, TCX and Balkan 77,417
Vueling 22,612
Eastern Airways 3046
KLM 12,093
Qatar Airways 8897
Blue Islands 72
Iberia Express 1049
October
Flybe and Ryanair 45,589 (BHD missing estimate about 51,000 with BHD)
TUI and TCX 49,687
Vueling 17,662
Eastern Airways 2205
KLM 12,580
Qatar Airways 5817
Total for Summer 2018 (April to October)
Flybe and Ryanair 383,571 (estimate 388,571 with BHD)
TUI, TCX and Balkan 454,670
Vueling 154,071
Eastern Airways 20,926
KLM 87,273
Qatar Airways 43,898
Blue Islands 1984
Iberia Express 7119
Total 1,153,512

 

[Jerry]

Belfast City stats for October 2018 were 5377 +29% from 2017.

 

[Jerry]

Freight for September 2018 was 229 tonnes and for October 2018 229 tonnes as well.

 

[Jerry]

CAA Stats November 2018
Cardiff saw 85,268 passengers use the airport up 9.6% on 2017. The rolling year was 1,573,668 up 8%. Atms were 1077 -1.7%.
Top 10 routes
1. Amsterdam 13,472
2. Dublin 8139
3. Edinburgh 7876
4. Tenerife South 7823
5. Alicante 6543
6. Belfast City 5821
7. Doha 5221
8. Paris CDG 4620
9. Malaga 3671
10. Glasgow 3600

 

[Jerry]

November 2018 Domestic stats
Anglesey 1306 -9%
Belfast City 5821 +5%
Edinburgh 7876 -6%
Glasgow 3600 +22%
Jersey 900 -21%
Liverpool 70
Newcastle 641 -53%
EU and International stats
Paphos 1080 -13%
Aarhus 41
Paris CDG 4620 -19%
Berlin TXL 1118 -25%
Dusseldorf 35
Frankfurt Main 26
Hamburg 12
Munich 1225 -6%
Athens 174
Cork 1244 +4%
Dublin 8139 +6%
Milan MXP 1279 +3%
Rome FCO 1064 -12%
Amsterdam 13,472 +11%
Faro 1200 +13%
Alicante 6543 +12%
Madrid 25
Malaga 3671 -5%
Arrecife 3386 +4%
Las Palmas 1438 -1%
Tenerife South 7823 +4%
Antalya 416
Dalaman 358
Prague 141
Doha 5221
Bridgetown 295

 

[Jerry]

CAA stats for December 2018
December saw 85,663 passengers use the airport up 7% on 2017.
1,579,286 passengers used the airport in 2018 up 7.9% on 2017.
Top 10 routes
1. Amsterdam 12,461
2. Dublin 7318
3. Tenerife South 6995
4. Edinburgh 6914
5. Doha 6449
6. Alicante 6436
7. Belfast City 5926
8. Paris CDG 4787
9. Malaga 3666
10. Glasgow 3544

 

[Jerry]

December 2018 Domestic stats
Anglesey 804 -3%
Belfast City 5926 +4%
Belfast International 94
Edinburgh 6914 -13%
Gatwick 179
Glasgow 3544 +25%
Humberside 37
Jersey 1154 -4%
Luton 42
Manchester 157
Newcastle 371 -52%
Southampton 39
EU and International December 2018 stats
Enontekio 375 +101%
Ivalo 512 +43%
Chambery 350 -6%
Paris CDG 4787 -15%
Toulouse 83
Berlin TXL 1369 -37%
Munich 1876 -8%
Cork 1362 -7%
Dublin 7318 -9%
Milan MXP 872 -44%
Rome FCO 1014 -19%
Amsterdam 12,461 +6%
Faro 883 +6%
Lisbon 141
Alicante 6436 +6%
Barcelona 24
Malaga 3666 -12%
Valencia 108
Arrecife 3159 +3%
Fuertenventura 130
Las Palmas 1800
Tenerife South 6995 +9%
Pajalla Yllas 374 -1%
Akureyri 324
Oslo 4
Geneva 466 -1%
Prague 138
Doha 6449
Orlando 325
Cancun 291
Bridgetown 1414 +140%
Kingston 183
Montego Bay 593 +99%

 

[Jerry]

1,579,286 passengers used the airport in 2018 up 7.9% on 2017.
Should the airport be a bit disappointed by these figures? That firstly they didn't get over the 1.6 million mark and secondly that they didn't get the double digit growth that they were targeting.