CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[Aviador]

CAA Stats for January

Passenger numbers for January were -6.9% down compared with the same month last year. Passenger numbers for the month of January were 170,849

The rolling year passenger numbers stand at 2,558,004 ~ 15.3% up.

A good year on year increase but signs of reductions on there way with January figures. Having said that Belfast City has performed well on average in comparison with other UK airports. It has performed better than it's rival airport Belfast International which has seen a 10.5% reduction during January and an overal reduction of 0.5%.

 

[News Guru]

Re: Passenger Cap Lifted

[textarea]Belfast City Airport passenger cap lifted

Northern Ireland's Environment Minister, Edwin Poots, has announced he will lift the cap on passenger numbers at Belfast City Airport. Mr Poots said he had decided to lift the limit of two million seats a year ‘after careful consideration’. The cap on total air traffic movements of 48,000 per year remains in place. The decision has been welcomed by the airport but there has been criticism from residents' group Belfast City Airport Watch.

Proposals to lift the passenger cap were discussed at Stormont in October and the Environment Committee heard from residents' groups and airport officials. Reacting to the decision, chief executive of Belfast City Airport Brian Ambrose, said it would contribute significantly to the local economy. He said: ‘The removal follows the airport fulfilling the requirements as set by the department with the installation of a noise and tracking monitoring system. The planning agreement, which caps flights at 48,000 in any 12 month period, provides a balance between protecting the interests of residents whilst ensuring the airport can develop within these boundaries and continue to contribute significantly to the local economy.’

However some residents groups, including the Belfast City Airport Watch, were disappointed by the decision. A spokesman said: ‘The seat for sale limit is an absolutely vital way in which the airport is regulated in terms of noise, because it governs how many of the larger type of planes can fly in and out of the airport. The minister is basically going against the environment committee at the assembly which said that he shouldn't make any decisions at this time. It's also flying in the face of people who submitted objections - is this really democracy?’

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[Jerry]

CAA stats for September 2017
227,671 passengers passed through the airport down 6.9% on 2016. The rolling year was 2,556,420 down 5.2% on 2016. Atms were 3182 down 11.2% on 2016.

 

[Seasider]

Pax for March 2022 - 104,971

 

[Jerry]

CAA Stats 2022
Belfast City Airport saw 1,655,164 passengers use the airport in 2022 up 104% on 2021 (812,424). Aircraft movements were 25,368.