Just got the new PAX data for January 2017.
The best January by quite a margin;

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Excellent figures once again.

The CAA running 12-month total stands at 1,278,233 which I suspect is a record. In fact, I'm assuming that recent months have each set new 12-monthly records.
 
Impressive figures for the month and for the year to date. Well done.

muddycoffee is there any one particular reason for this uplift or are there a number of factors all contributing and will this trend continue throughout the year do you think?

Apologies if it is a daft question and I should know the answer but I don't keep a particularly close eye on the comings and goings at Donnie?
 
As we now have another completed year, I decided that there was enough data to create a graph showing the average growth of the airport year on year. This is based upon the average monthly PAX figures for each year. I realised I used the first part year (2005), but it is most of a year anyhow.
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The Predicted Trend line is generated by Excel Graphs to show an overall predicted trend line based on data given so far.
It is striking how much the Global Recession affected passenger numbers between 2007 and 2012. What we don't know is if the missing (31,750) would have added to every year average from 2008 onwards or if the current levels would have been just reached earlier.
In summary if the trend graph is seen to be useful it might be interesting to update it every year.
Any comments?
 
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Thanks for that. It is certainly of interest and demonstrates the underlying trend clearly which is steady growth. With odd exceptions this trend is pretty much followed by most UK airports as passenger traffic continues its growth of many years and, short of a worldwide catastrophe of cataclysmic proportions, is expected to do so in the decades ahead.

There will always be short term setbacks such as the major recession of the late 'noughties' but looked at in the long term the picture is largely positive.

The FTSE100 index is a good parallel. It's a reasonable barometer of the health of the country's largest companies and since its inception in 1984 has enjoyed an underlying growth trend, but within that period there have been many downturns with two major ones this century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_100_Index#/media/File:FTSE_100_index_chart_since_1984.png
 
Indeed thanks TLY. I remember years ago following the fortunes of the Sheffield City Airport. Which was close enough to me that I regularly went up to do some spotting. As far as I remember it got off to a good start and then there was a recession in 2000 and 9-11 happened on 11th September 2001. The "global air stop" seemed to affect confidence and fatally ruin the airport. Last Scheduled flight pulled out in 2002.
In the years before, the PAX data was (for the whole year!) 46,000 in1998, 75,000 in1999, 60,000 in2000, 33,000 in2001 and 13,000 in2002.
 
Indeed thanks TLY. I remember years ago following the fortunes of the Sheffield City Airport. Which was close enough to me that I regularly went up to do some spotting. As far as I remember it got off to a good start and then there was a recession in 2000 and 9-11 happened on 11th September 2001. The "global air stop" seemed to affect confidence and fatally ruin the airport. Last Scheduled flight pulled out in 2002.
In the years before, the PAX data was (for the whole year!) 46,000 in1998, 75,000 in1999, 60,000 in2000, 33,000 in2001 and 13,000 in2002.

I flew there once on BA from London City.
 

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