Birmingham: CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[David_itl]

I can't believe how low the EK passenger numbers are. There has to be a mistake. Only 1000 passengers more than 2015 yet there's been a 3rd daily service and the 2-class A380 operating compared to June 2015!?! When MAN went to 1 daily A380 and 2 77Ws in 2011, the passengers numbers were around 50,000 level the month after the 3rd service started. I would have anticipated broadly similar figures to be reported by BHX.

 

[IanFarquharson]

David
I think the EK figures are correct remember BHX more so than MAN is affected by Indian sub-continent traffic (or the lack of it during Ramadam and monsoon season) plus we have thrown Qatar into the mix too.
Figures have recovered strongly in July & August with 614 inbound on today 380 plus a fulll Qatar

 

[IanFarquharson]

14.19% for my August increase

2016 % +/-

January 666,681 9.03%
February 724,187 14.98%
March 831,174 13.72%
April 873,965 13.28%
May 1,005,861 11.21%
June 1,118,452 13.07%
July 1,221,212 14.00%
August 1,300,000 14.19%
September 1,190,000 14.13%
October 1,050,000 14.07%
November 765,000 10.48%
December 755,000 10.51%

Total 11,501,532 12.92%

 

[Ray Finkle]

Didn't June also see several days where EK41/42 did not operate? I think there were about 10 or so?

 

[JENNYJET]

Does Three Widebody flights meet demand or is it frequency matter? If one knows a bus leaves at set times, TIMETABLES????

Passengers book and turn up because the bus shall be there, the driver is not interested so long as he/she departs on time, the service operates whether full or empty.

Is it not the job of the sales team?

 

[Ray Finkle]

Birmingham Airport has recorded its busiest ever month in its 77 year history with almost 1.3 million passengers recorded in a single month.

August saw a total of 1,285,911 passengers travel through the airport, up by 13% compared to the same month last year - equivalent to over 147,000 more passengers.

The airport also recorded its busiest ever day on 26th August 2016 when a total of 45,906 passengers passed through the terminal.

Both long haul and short haul traffic saw significant passenger growth with long haul up by 17.2% and short haul up by 12.5% year-on-year.

Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive Officer at Birmingham Airport, said: “August was not only our busiest ever month but it was also the fourth consecutive month this year in which we’ve recorded over a million passengers. It’s also our eighteen consecutive month of record breaking growth demonstrating that travellers are taking advantage of Birmingham Airport’s ease of access and choice of flights.

“September is expected to also be a busy month as we welcome back business travellers after the summer holidays and those choosing to go on holiday outside of the school holiday period. We look forward to welcoming these passengers as we enter the autumn travel period.”

Scheduled traffic accounted for 87% of the total passenger volume for August and saw a 25.3% growth compared to the same month last year. Charter traffic accounted for 13% of the total.

Destinations which saw the greatest year-on-year growth rate were those in the Caribbean, Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Scheduled destinations with an increase in traffic were Madrid (+362.5%), Heraklion (+179.2%), Malta (+93.5%), Biarritz (+93.1%), Menorca (+68.6%) and Palma de Mallorca (+63%).

Charter destinations with significant growth were Gerona (+252.5%), Fuerteventura (+141.3%), Skiathos (+97.7%), Venice (+60.6%), Alicante (+44.6%) and Lanzarote (+35.5%).

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk...iest-month-in-history-for-birmingham-airport/

 

[nwoody2001]

the story so far.....

January 666,681 +9.03%
February 724,187 +14.98%
March 831,174 +13.72%
April 873,965 +13.28%
May 1,005,861 +11.21%
June 1,118,452 +13.07%
July 1,221,212 +14.00%
August 1,285,911 +13.01%

Year to date total = 7,727,443
Year to date growth = +12.79%

Rolling 12 month total = 11,065,809

4 months left to go.....

 

[JENNYJET]

I shall celebrate the annual calendar numbers, I respect these numbers as a true value.

 

[Hassaan]

Wow! There's no stopping BHX this year!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Some July figures.

Copenhagen +50, Berlin +69 (needs competition), Corfu +25 (new route with Ryanair), Dublin +21, Verona +122 (another new Ryanair route), Alicante +31, Almeria +92, Barcelona +39, Girona +171, Madrid +313, Malaga +27, Palma +38, Canaries all up with Tenerife +52, Keflavik +58, Istanbul +10, Burgas +35, Vilnius saw 3154 compared to 2819 to Kaunas last year, Ashgabad -17, Dubai +41, Delhi +1, Islamabad +32,

Numbers from newer routes Lisbon 5107, Prague 5457, Budapest 4283, Warsaw 4244, Poznan and Wroclaw almost match the more established Ryanair Polish routes, Bucharest 2892, Doha 8898

Flybe French routes, Avignon +45, Bastia +30, Bergerac +74, Biarritz +154, Bordeaux +52, Brest +105, La Rochelle +152. Limoges, Nantes and Rennes all look fairly healthy. Ryanair's Perpignan was even.

 

[hammerb32]

Sorry Ray, just to clarify those initial figures are percentage increases? If so a 41% jump to Dubai is a result!

 

[Ray Finkle]

My apologies.

Yes all figures are a % increase from the CAA Provisional Stats.

 

[Coathanger16]

I wouldn't be surprised if the 41% increase for Dubai is in part (besides the addition of the 3rd flight) due to the fact that the A380 is now operating one of the flights (as opposed to 3x B773). Many people when flying Emirates will only fly on the A380. Until now, people have probably been travelling to Manchester & Heathrow to fly the A380, but can now do so from BHX.

Amazing to think that Emirates now offers just over 1 million seats between BHX and Dubai each year. Strong growth could be a sign of another A380 perhaps? Once Emirates operates a route, they are very keen to upgrade it to an A380 as quickly as possible.

 

[Ray Finkle]

The A380 is definitely a crowd puller.

The big positive for me is the Air India figures. Despite a huge capacity increase going east they seem to have more than held their own.

 

[IanFarquharson]

July 2016

DUBLIN 71,526 up 20.682324 %
DUBAI 64,690 up 41.195216 %
PALMA DE MALLORCA 61,128 up 37.61059 %
AMSTERDAM 56,836 up 9.249577 %
MALAGA 44,640 up 27.404532 %
ALICANTE 38,229 up 30.809239 %
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA) 36,939 up 52.181436 %
BARCELONA 35,409 up 39.24653 %
PARIS (CHARLES DE GAULLE) 34,280 down -14.317137 %
FRANKFURT MAIN 31,010 down -4.818907 %
FARO 27,865 up 4.277374 %
DALAMAN 20,937 down -31.014827 %
ARRECIFE 19,978 up 4.618768 %
DUSSELDORF 19,831 up 0.895446 %
IBIZA 19,807 up 13.118218 %
MUNICH 18,246 up 3.676345 %
MADRID 18,081 up 313.28 %
LARNACA 16,648 up 8.082841 %
LAS PALMAS 16,537 up 25.527554 %
FUERTEVENTURA 14,246 up 13.686059 %
ZAKINTHOS 14,170 up 14.007563 %
ISTANBUL 13,493 up 10.128959 %
CORFU 13,386 up 24.474614 %
BRUSSELS 12,555 down -7.226779 %
MAHON 12,294 down -23.554284 %
PAPHOS 11,222 down -8.563513 %
HERAKLION 11,085 up 7.590022 %
ROME (FIUMICINO) 9,531 down -3.70782 %
RHODES 9,334 down -5.488052 %
MILAN (MALPENSA) 9,328 down -3.31675 %
DOHA HAMAD 8,898 0 %
VENICE 8,526 up 2.698145 %
ZURICH 8,052 down -6.967071 %
Unknown 7,999 0 %
STUTTGART 7,916 up 12.811743 %
ANTALYA 7,786 down -1.766339 %
NEW YORK (NEWARK) 7,669 down -5.414406 %
ISLAMABAD 7,657 up 32.040007 %
KOS 7,341 up 4.216354 %
CORK 7,165 up 1.978366 %
VERONA VILLAFRANCA 7,122 up 121.661998 %
BERLIN (TEGEL) 7,062 up 69.311916 %
BURGAS 6,692 up 34.864974 %
DELHI 6,433 down -38.616412 %
DUBROVNIK 6,298 up 19.73384 %
NEW YORK (JF KENNEDY) 6,079 down -15.791661 %
MURCIA SAN JAVIER 6,052 down -0.770618 %
COPENHAGEN 5,995 up 49.725275 %
MALTA 5,987 up 4.157968 %
KEFALLINIA 5,975 down -16.269619 %
PRAGUE 5,457 0 %
NICE 5,391 up 13.734177 %
LISBON 5,107 up 700.470219 %
LYON 4,646 down -0.662818 %
BYDGOSZCZ 4,579 down -0.823045 %
GIBRALTAR 4,568 up 17.368962 %
BRATISLAVA 4,535 down -2.890792 %
AMRITSAR 4,529 0 %
BUDAPEST 4,283 0 %
WARSAW (CHOPIN) 4,244 0 %
BORDEAUX 4,063 up 52.457786 %
GIRONA 3,896 up 170.555556 %
HANOVER 3,770 down -27.248167 %
BERGERAC 3,675 up 74.170616 %
KEFLAVIK 3,653 up 57.796976 %
NAPLES 3,581 up 2.080958 %
REUS 3,499 down -11.372847 %
SKIATHOS 3,448 up 60.07428 %
ALMERIA 3,331 up 91.988473 %
CANCUN 3,231 up 2.636595 %
KATOWICE 3,194 down -0.156299 %
GDANSK 3,187 down -0.062716 %
KRAKOW 3,187 down -1.300712 %
VILNIUS 3,154 0 %
HAMBURG 3,097 down -2.117573 %
PULA 3,081 down -0.644953 %
POZNAN 3,048 0 %
SHANNON 3,014 down -2.962009 %
PUNTA CANA 2,973 0 %
ATHENS 2,949 up 4.797441 %
BUCHAREST (OTOPENI) 2,892 0 %
WROCLAW 2,882 0 %
IRELAND WEST(KNOCK) 2,870 0 %
SOFIA 2,862 0 %
BODRUM (MILAS) 2,788 down -75.011204 %
PERPIGNAN 2,748 up 0.182282 %
THIRA (SANTORINI) 2,727 up 4.683301 %
SANFORD 2,640 up 206.264501 %
NANTES 2,600 0 %
ASHKHABAD 2,551 down -17.013663 %
FUNCHAL 2,530 down -49.155949 %
TORONTO 2,427 down -23.365961 %
MARRAKESH 2,159 up 19.74487 %
IZMIR (ADNAN MENDERES) 1,952 down -22.631788 %
HURGHADA 1,888 up 30.38674 %
KAVALA 1,866 up 9.05903 %
CATANIA (FONTANAROSSA) 1,842 up 23.790323 %
PREVEZA 1,767 up 19.230769 %
ILHA DO SAL C.VERDE 1,736 down -9.865005 %
BOA VISTA (RABIL) 1,728 down -19.590507 %
LA ROCHELLE 1,720 up 51.809356 %
SALZBURG 1,695 up 26.776365 %
PORTO SANTO 1,689 up 16.482759 %
RENNES 1,678 0 %
KALAMATA 1,633 up 27.478532 %
BREST 1,605 up 104.719388 %
BIARRITZ 1,554 up 155.172414 %
CHANIA 1,379 up 0.218023 %
AVIGNON 1,190 up 45.476773 %
LIMOGES 1,063 0 %
INNSBRUCK 891 up 19.758065 %
GENOA 754 up 1.480485 %
BASTIA 669 up 29.902913 %
MONTEGO BAY 574 down -77.906082 %
PADERBORN 542 down -36.459555 %
BOLOGNA 324 up 51.401869 %
GRAZ 238 0 %
ROME (CIAMPINO) 64 0 %
GENEVA 45 0 %

 

[Barry Beeth]

How long before DXB is bigger than DUB, I wonder?

 

[58terminus]

My moneys on Dublin becoming the first 1 million p.a

 

[Coathanger16]

My moneys on Dublin becoming the first 1 million p.a

It certainly will be close between the two. With 2x B773 and an A380 (albeit only from the end of March), Emirates will have provided just over 1 million seats between Birmingham and Dubai this year.

 

[58terminus]

It certainly will be close between the two. With 2x B773 and an A380 (albeit only from the end of March), Emirates will have provided just over 1 million seats between Birmingham and Dubai this year.

Does anybody have the figures on how many seats between Birmingham and Dublin this year or next?

 

[thunderchild]

Find it amazing that after years of going unserved Madrid is in the top 20 on that list!