Leeds Bradford: CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[LBA4EVER]

As the cost of living and aircraft fuel shortages begin to bite if the situation doesn't improve in the Middle East then expect to see further reductions in aircraft movements and passenger numbers. Shame as we had been doing well up to this point compared to other UK airports but we have to face reality in this current climate.

But then again perhaps the play it safe spanish, french and Portuguese routes may see an increase, better to go south than east if you get me!

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Well, it has been quite the task, but I have managed to produce a breakdown of the CAA stats by airline

The data is entirely based on my own research conducted 3-28 Feb on the loads of easyJet and Ryanair flights, rudimentarily adjusted to encompass the entire month and to more roughly match the actual stats given, are subject to a general margin of error of at least 10% and may or may not be the furthest from the truth. Expect moderately more accurate data next month

Aer Lingus

Route	Pax	Flights	Pax/Flight	Load Factor
Belfast City	9,527	164	58	81%
Dublin	8,553	134	64	89%

easyJet

Barcelona	1,846	16	115	74%
Belfast Intl	3,737	28	133	78%
Geneva	572	8	72	38%
Paris CDG	2,173	14	155	80%

Jet2

Agadir	2,549	16	159	84%
Alicante	8,356	54	155	91%
Antalya	1,791	12	149	79%
Barcelona	1,456	10	146	89%
Budapest	2,271	16	142	79%
Chambery	1,171	8	146	77%
Faro	3,513	26	135	88%
Fuerteventura	5,906	32	185	98%
Funchal	1,312	8	164	87%
Geneva	8,317	58	143	84%
Gran Canaria	6,282	38	165	88%
Keflavik	704	5	141	82%
Krakow	2,411	16	151	90%
Lanzarote	9,982	56	178	94%
Malaga	6,487	42	154	93%
Malta	1,510	10	151	80%
Marrakesh	2,524	16	158	84%
Palma de Mallorca	1,247	10	125	84%
Paphos	1,485	10	149	79%
Paris CDG	4,179	26	161	85%
Prague	2,116	16	132	89%
Rome FCO	1,605	10	161	85%
Salzburg	1,048	8	131	89%
Tenerife	14,578	82	178	94%

KLM

Amsterdam

12,156

153

79

82%

Ryanair

Alicante	9,797	64	153	80%
Bucharest	2,874	16	180	95%
Dublin	18,964	120	158	81%
Faro	1,843	16	115	61%
Fuerteventura	2,570	16	161	83%
Gdansk	5,775	32	180	94%
Krakow	11,024	64	172	90%
Lanzarote	2,648	16	166	86%
Malaga	5,888	40	147	75%
Riga	5,567	32	174	90%
Tenerife	2,779	16	174	90%
Warsaw Chopin	2,483	16	155	82%
Wroclaw	3,823	16	159	83%

Wizz Air

Bucharest	3,150	16	197	86%
Cluj Napoca	2,916	16	182	92%
Warsaw Chopin	4,787	24	199	84%

Easyjet Geneva looks atrocious. I will be surprised if they offer it next Winter.

 

[lbaspotter]

Easyjet Geneva looks atrocious. I will be surprised if they offer it next Winter.

You’ll be pleased to know that Leeds - Geneva is already on sale 1x weekly for next winter

 

[Finger66]

You’ll be pleased to know that Leeds - Geneva is already on sale 1x weekly for next winter

Timings are/have been crap with very little appeal. With that in mind easyJet must be happy with performance based on the timings offered

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Timings are/have been crap with very little appeal. With that in mind easyJet must be happy with performance based on the timings offered

They must be losing money, hopefully they have learned from this winter and have changed the timings.

 

[lbaspotter]

They must be losing money, hopefully they have learned from this winter and have changed the timings.

I actually think the scheduled flight timings are even later next winter.

GVA 18:05 - LBA 19:05 / LBA 19:40 - GVA 22:25

 

[SierraHotel]

Only a 6 week program again, by the looks of it.

 

[lbaspotter]

Only a 6 week program again, by the looks of it.

With those timings & such a short season I suspect it’s just a slot sitter.

 

[Seasider]

Those times are the same as this winter. I came back on 28 Feb and those were the timings then.

 

[Aviador]

I understand that despite the present circumstances, airlines are managing to get bums on seats and most flights are leaving LBA with good loads. Fingers crossed this continues for the summer.

 

[Seasider]

CAA data not published yet even though it is 18th of the month. (should be released on 16th)

 

[Stagman]

CAA data not published yet even though it is 18th of the month. (should be released on 16th)

They are due out tomorrow. They have updated the release dates list.

Data publication dates | UK Civil Aviation Authority

Upcoming dates for the publication of statistics on the UK aviation market

www.caa.co.uk

 

[Seasider]

Thank you @Stagman, I hadn't seen the updated list. Yes they are on the website - 285998 which is plus 2%, first increase of the year.

 

[YorkshireLad]

I plan to do some analysis into them, but due to the current stage in life it'll have to wait a few days, even if I dedicate every available moment I have to it

 

[Finger66]

Thank you @Stagman, I hadn't seen the updated list. Yes they are on the website - 285998 which is plus 2%, first increase of the year.

And hopefully not the last - even with current geopolitics doing their best to determine otherwise

 

[Stagman]

Thank you @Stagman, I hadn't seen the updated list. Yes they are on the website - 285998 which is plus 2%, first increase of the year.

I had been looking since last Wednesday onwards. CAA had only just put on the updated 2026 release dates on Monday. Just hope they stick to the dates and not slip like they have done numerous times this past couple of years.

 

[Scottie Dog]

My apologies for putting Leeds back into its alphabetical order of jobs to be done!! Here is my usual monthly take on the CAA data - this time for March. As usual there are differences in the figures when comparing the various tables, however I have used Table 3, 9, 12.1, 12.3 and 13.

 

[YorkshireLad]

I've been sitting on these figures for a few days now - typing them up is as much of a task as processing them. However, I have detailed passenger figures from March 2026, including estimates split by airline (except Antalya, I can't access seat maps for SunExpress and don't have confidence in the accuracy of Jet2's)

The usual disclaimers apply, my research, margin of error, may or may not be furthest from the truth etc.

Nominal Statistics

Destination	Passengers	Flights	Passengers/Flight	Load Factor
Agadir	3,176	20	159	84%
Alicante	29,614	179	165	89%
Amsterdam	15,950	206	77	78%
Antalya	6,630	45	147	78%
Barcelona	4,739	34	139	80%
Belfast City	10,369	176	59	82%
Belfast Intl	4,892	34	144	83%
Bratislava	292	2	146	77%
Bucharest	7,368	42	175	83%
Budapest	2,838	18	158	86%
Chambery	1,281	8	160	85%
Chania	203	2	102	52%
Cluj-Napoca	3,170	18	176	88%
Dalaman	589	6	98	62%
Dublin	31,895	280	114	82%
Dubrovnik	92	2	46	31%
Faro	10,598	72	147	84%
Fuerteventura	9,572	54	177	93%
Funchal	1,701	10	170	90%
Gdansk	6,074	34	179	93%
Geneva	10,063	68	148	90%
Girona	438	4	110	56%
Gran Canaria	6,307	36	175	93%
Heraklion	404	4	101	53%
Ibiza	137	2	69	35%
Keflavik	854	7	122	65%
Krakow	14,765	94	157	84%
Lanzarote	13.461	78	173	91%
Larnaca	449	4	112	59%
Malaga	20,945	135	155	86%
Malta	3,017	18	168	89%
Manchester	341	2	171	87%
Marrakesh	2,852	18	158	84%
Milan Malpensa	160	1	160	81%
Naples	209	2	105	71%
Palma de Mallorca	8,216	64	128	79%
Paphos	2,618	16	164	87%
Paris CDG	8,587	56	153	83%
Porto	277	2	139	73%
Poznan	239	2	120	63%
Prague	2,548	18	142	90%
Reus	584	5	117	61%
Riga	6,288	36	175	90%
Rome FCO	3,068	18	170	95%
Tenerife	17,955	99	181	96%
Warsaw Chopin	6,862	40	172	79%
Wroclaw	3,998	28	143	74%

Note: Manchester was nice enough to provide us with a couple of diverts, accounting for the following passenger figures:
Alicante: 181
Manchester: 341
Milan Malpensa: 160

By Airline

Aer Lingus

Belfast City	10.369	176	59	82%
Dublin	7,140	126	57	79%

easyJet

Barcelona	1,851	16	116	74%
Belfast Intl	4,892	34	144	83%
Malaga	283	2	142	91%
Palma de Mallorca	239	2	120	64%
Paris CDG	2,711	20	136	77%

Jet2

Agadir	2,920	18	162	86%
Alicante	14,079	88	160	89%
Barcelona	2,888	18	160	85%
Budapest	2,838	18	158	86%
Chambery	1,281	8	160	85%
Dalaman	589	6	98	52%
Dubrovnik	92	2	46	31%
Faro	8,440	54	156	92%
Fuerteventura	6,495	36	180	96%
Funchal	1,701	10	170	90%
Geneva	10,063	68	148	90%
Gran Canaria	6,307	36	175	93%
Heraklion	404	4	101	53%
Keflavik	854	7	122	65%
Krakow	3,128	22	142	82%
Lanzarote	10,943	62	177	93%
Larnaca	449	4	112	59%
Malaga	10,511	70	150	89%
Malta	3,017	18	168	89%
Marrakesh	2,852	18	158	84%
Naples	209	2	105	71%
Palma de Mallorca	6,204	48	129	84%
Paphos	2,618	16	164	87%
Paris CDG	5,876	36	163	86%
Prague	2,548	18	142	96%
Reus	195	2	98	52%
Rome FCO	3,068	18	170	95%
Tenerife	14,869	81	184	97%

KLM

Amsterdam

15,950

206

77

78%

Ryanair

Agadir	256	2	128	68%
Alicante	15,354	90	171	89%
Bratislava	292	2	146	77%
Bucharest	3,457	20	173	91%
Chania	203	2	102	52%
Dublin	24,755	154	161	84%
Faro	2,158	18	120	63%
Fuerteventura	3,077	18	171	88%
Gdansk	6,074	34	179	93%
Girona	438	4	110	56%
Ibiza	137	2	69	35%
Krakow	11,637	72	162	84%
Lanzarote	2,518	16	157	82%
Malaga	10,151	63	161	83%
Palma de Mallorca	1,773	14	127	67%
Porto	277	2	139	73%
Poznan	239	2	120	63%
Reus	389	3	130	67%
Riga	6,288	36	175	90%
Tenerife	3,086	18	171	89%
Warsaw Chopin	2,848	18	158	83%
Wroclaw	3,998	28	143	74%

Wizz Air

Bucharest	3,911	22	178	77%
Cluj-Napoca	3,170	18	176	88%
Warsaw Chopin	4,014	22	182	76%

Notes:
For routes with multiple airlines, I collate my figures for Ryanair and easyJet, subtract 3.5% of the figure, then work out the estimated loads of the other airlines from that. Subtracting 3.5% produces a margin of error of often single figures for routes with only Ryanair on, and frankly I've done the exact same thing for easyJet because Belfast yielded an unusually high margin of error of nearly 10%
I have had to manually override the figures for Fuerteventura after my usual calculations gave Jet2 a load of over 100%. The loads were similarly slightly off last month, making me believe this is a Fuerteventura-specific problem. I'm a little tentative on Jet2's 97% load on Tenerife as well, but it's somewhat believable so I'll just leave it
A wider evaluation of the routes operated by easyJet and Ryanair will be posted onto their separate threads whenever I can be bothered, because this has taken over an hour and I'm not spending another 30-60 minutes this evening

 

[BCFC]

I've been sitting on these figures for a few days now - typing them up is as much of a task as processing them. However, I have detailed passenger figures from March 2026, including estimates split by airline (except Antalya, I can't access seat maps for SunExpress and don't have confidence in the accuracy of Jet2's)

The usual disclaimers apply, my research, margin of error, may or may not be furthest from the truth etc.

Nominal Statistics

Destination	Passengers	Flights	Passengers/Flight	Load Factor
Agadir	3,176	20	159	84%
Alicante	29,614	179	165	89%
Amsterdam	15,950	206	77	78%
Antalya	6,630	45	147	78%
Barcelona	4,739	34	139	80%
Belfast City	10,369	176	59	82%
Belfast Intl	4,892	34	144	83%
Bratislava	292	2	146	77%
Bucharest	7,368	42	175	83%
Budapest	2,838	18	158	86%
Chambery	1,281	8	160	85%
Chania	203	2	102	52%
Cluj-Napoca	3,170	18	176	88%
Dalaman	589	6	98	62%
Dublin	31,895	280	114	82%
Dubrovnik	92	2	46	31%
Faro	10,598	72	147	84%
Fuerteventura	9,572	54	177	93%
Funchal	1,701	10	170	90%
Gdansk	6,074	34	179	93%
Geneva	10,063	68	148	90%
Girona	438	4	110	56%
Gran Canaria	6,307	36	175	93%
Heraklion	404	4	101	53%
Ibiza	137	2	69	35%
Keflavik	854	7	122	65%
Krakow	14,765	94	157	84%
Lanzarote	13.461	78	173	91%
Larnaca	449	4	112	59%
Malaga	20,945	135	155	86%
Malta	3,017	18	168	89%
Manchester	341	2	171	87%
Marrakesh	2,852	18	158	84%
Milan Malpensa	160	1	160	81%
Naples	209	2	105	71%
Palma de Mallorca	8,216	64	128	79%
Paphos	2,618	16	164	87%
Paris CDG	8,587	56	153	83%
Porto	277	2	139	73%
Poznan	239	2	120	63%
Prague	2,548	18	142	90%
Reus	584	5	117	61%
Riga	6,288	36	175	90%
Rome FCO	3,068	18	170	95%
Tenerife	17,955	99	181	96%
Warsaw Chopin	6,862	40	172	79%
Wroclaw	3,998	28	143	74%

Note: Manchester was nice enough to provide us with a couple of diverts, accounting for the following passenger figures:
Alicante: 181
Manchester: 341
Milan Malpensa: 160

By Airline

Aer Lingus

Belfast City	10.369	176	59	82%
Dublin	7,140	126	57	79%

easyJet

Barcelona	1,851	16	116	74%
Belfast Intl	4,892	34	144	83%
Malaga	283	2	142	91%
Palma de Mallorca	239	2	120	64%
Paris CDG	2,711	20	136	77%

Jet2

Agadir	2,920	18	162	86%
Alicante	14,079	88	160	89%
Barcelona	2,888	18	160	85%
Budapest	2,838	18	158	86%
Chambery	1,281	8	160	85%
Dalaman	589	6	98	52%
Dubrovnik	92	2	46	31%
Faro	8,440	54	156	92%
Fuerteventura	6,495	36	180	96%
Funchal	1,701	10	170	90%
Geneva	10,063	68	148	90%
Gran Canaria	6,307	36	175	93%
Heraklion	404	4	101	53%
Keflavik	854	7	122	65%
Krakow	3,128	22	142	82%
Lanzarote	10,943	62	177	93%
Larnaca	449	4	112	59%
Malaga	10,511	70	150	89%
Malta	3,017	18	168	89%
Marrakesh	2,852	18	158	84%
Naples	209	2	105	71%
Palma de Mallorca	6,204	48	129	84%
Paphos	2,618	16	164	87%
Paris CDG	5,876	36	163	86%
Prague	2,548	18	142	96%
Reus	195	2	98	52%
Rome FCO	3,068	18	170	95%
Tenerife	14,869	81	184	97%

KLM

Amsterdam

15,950

206

77

78%

Ryanair

Agadir	256	2	128	68%
Alicante	15,354	90	171	89%
Bratislava	292	2	146	77%
Bucharest	3,457	20	173	91%
Chania	203	2	102	52%
Dublin	24,755	154	161	84%
Faro	2,158	18	120	63%
Fuerteventura	3,077	18	171	88%
Gdansk	6,074	34	179	93%
Girona	438	4	110	56%
Ibiza	137	2	69	35%
Krakow	11,637	72	162	84%
Lanzarote	2,518	16	157	82%
Malaga	10,151	63	161	83%
Palma de Mallorca	1,773	14	127	67%
Porto	277	2	139	73%
Poznan	239	2	120	63%
Reus	389	3	130	67%
Riga	6,288	36	175	90%
Tenerife	3,086	18	171	89%
Warsaw Chopin	2,848	18	158	83%
Wroclaw	3,998	28	143	74%

Wizz Air

Bucharest	3,911	22	178	77%
Cluj-Napoca	3,170	18	176	88%
Warsaw Chopin	4,014	22	182	76%

Notes:
For routes with multiple airlines, I collate my figures for Ryanair and easyJet, subtract 3.5% of the figure, then work out the estimated loads of the other airlines from that. Subtracting 3.5% produces a margin of error of often single figures for routes with only Ryanair on, and frankly I've done the exact same thing for easyJet because Belfast yielded an unusually high margin of error of nearly 10%
I have had to manually override the figures for Fuerteventura after my usual calculations gave Jet2 a load of over 100%. The loads were similarly slightly off last month, making me believe this is a Fuerteventura-specific problem. I'm a little tentative on Jet2's 97% load on Tenerife as well, but it's somewhat believable so I'll just leave it
A wider evaluation of the routes operated by easyJet and Ryanair will be posted onto their separate threads whenever I can be bothered, because this has taken over an hour and I'm not spending another 30-60 minutes this evening

I always use Ryanair to FAO……probably 6 times a year (not summer) and every time the plane looks around 90% full so your figure of 63% really surprises me.

 

[Jetchaser]

I always use Ryanair to FAO……probably 6 times a year (not summer) and every time the plane looks around 90% full so your figure of 63% really surprises me.

Travelled to FAO on Ryanair over the last couple of weeks....outbound only around half full, coming back around 90% full.