CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[LBA4EVER]

Imagine if LBA was located in a different location or its current location was allowed to grow freely going back decades, im sure we would now have an airport with a passenger throughput at least that of BRS!
Saying that i believe LBAs time has arrived with the regen programme well under way.

 

[Scottie Dog]

I was comparing the figure given on Facebook by the airport and CAA Table 9

I've just looked at the CAA data for Manchester in November and Table 9 - Terminal and Transit Passengers - gives 2,103,488 whilst the airport's own statistics shows 2,108,925.
I would love to know who has the correct data - I suspect that the airport probably has more accurate information?

 

[BCFC]

BRS not only has the Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire market to itself but the whole of South Wales and all of Devon and Cornwall too (given what little the likes of Cardiff and Exeter offer). That is a huge area.
LBA not only has MAN to contend with, but the area BRS's catchment encompasses would include LPL, NCL, MME, EMA, BHX and HUY if applied to LBA.
Yes, the North has a much denser population but lots more airports, one of which acts like a giant greedy black hole. No doubt LBA should be handling far, far more, but it's way behind thanks to generations of luddite politicians and it'll take years to even start catching up the competition in any meaningful way, and like it or not, MAN will make it very hard to attract many of the airlines and routes that we would all like to see at LBA.

Ryanair are doing well at NQY…we have a house in Devon and most of our friends now are using them when they can and now doing flights from EXT….but at the moment limited destinations….but the main ones are covered.

 

[White Heather]

Ryanair are doing well at NQY…we have a house in Devon and most of our friends now are using them when they can and now doing flights from EXT….but at the moment limited destinations….but the main ones are covered.

True, but it's a long way from Newquay to Bristol and as yet, the Ryanair offering isn't enough to stop growth at Bristol. Nor is the TUi offering at Exeter.

 

[Aviador]

True, but it's a long way from Newquay to Bristol and as yet, the Ryanair offering isn't enough to stop growth at Bristol. Nor is the TUi offering at Exeter.

...but Tui have a decent programme from CWL

 

[White Heather]

...but Tui have a decent programme from CWL

And even that isn't stopping the growth at BRS. The big get bigger.

 

[oldendays]

LBA continues to punch under its weight but it's not all bad. Passenger-wise it is holding its own against East Midlands and is comfortably out-performing Humberside and Teesside. Of course, the latter is situated roughly halfway between two rather busier and more successful airports.

 

[BCFC]

True, but it's a long way from Newquay to Bristol and as yet, the Ryanair offering isn't enough to stop growth at Bristol. Nor is the TUi offering at Exeter.

I meant the people in Plymouth area down into Cornwall.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Firstly a link to my comparison for the November data from 2019 to 2024.

UK-wide airport statistics - all UK airports​

2024 passenger figures January to November:-
forums4airports.com

 

[Scottie Dog]

December statistics based on the CAA records:

Comparative figures for December 2019 to 2024 inclusive are available at:

UK-wide airport statistics - all UK airports

2024 passenger figures January to November:-

forums4airports.com

 

[alpha.alpha]

Great update, thank you. Does anybody have a breakdown of the annual route figures / top 30 for the year?

 

[Matt995]

LBA Passenger Figures 2024 (per CAA):-

ALICANTE	377,814
DUBLIN	357,328
PALMA DE MALLORCA	277,842
MALAGA	257,181
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA)	229,154
AMSTERDAM	168,074
FARO	167,913
ARRECIFE	164,345
KRAKOW	133,370
BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST)	125,797
ANTALYA	115,095
FUERTEVENTURA	102,026
BUCHAREST (OTOPENI)	100,103
IBIZA	82,266
GDANSK	80,462
DALAMAN	80,434
LAS PALMAS	68,731
PARIS (CHARLES DE GAULLE)	60,286
GIRONA	57,418
BELFAST INTERNATIONAL	55,117
REUS	47,014
RIGA	46,645
WARSAW (CHOPIN)	46,606
PAPHOS	46,542
HERAKLION	45,622
WROCLAW	40,166
LARNACA	38,233
CLUJ NAPOCA	37,817
WARSAW (MODLIN MASOVIA)	37,577
CORFU	35,721
RHODES	34,096
PRAGUE	30,774
MAHON	30,765
KOS	30,611
DUBROVNIK	29,649
GENEVA	29,559
POZNAN	29,264
OPORTO (PORTUGAL)	27,698
BRATISLAVA	27,209
KEFALLINIA	26,156
BEAUVAIS	25,022
ROME (FIUMICINO)	24,280
BARCELONA	24,180
MARRAKESH	23,522
CHANIA	23,420
MALTA	22,326
ZAKINTHOS	21,031
BUDAPEST	20,985
BODRUM (MILAS)	18,921
BURGAS	18,360
FUNCHAL	17,225
IZMIR (ADNAN MENDERES)	17,085
LIMOGES	16,517
NAPLES	15,465
NICE	13,907
PERPIGNAN	13,669
ZADAR	13,536
JERSEY	13,323
SKIATHOS	13,034
SPLIT	11,840
THIRA (SANTORINI)	7,981
SALONIKA	7,527
ALMERIA	7,252
CATANIA (FONTANAROSSA)	6,736
KEFLAVIK	6,133
VERONA VILLAFRANCA	6,076
CHAMBERY	4,958
PISA	4,878
BERGERAC	4,561
GUERNSEY	3,779
SALZBURG	3,644
VIENNA	3,345
BERLIN BRANDENBURG	3,098
AGADIR (AL MASSIRA)	3,072
KATOWICE	2,692
ENONTEKIO	2,203
COPENHAGEN	1,999
IVALO	1,862
BERGEN	950
TARBES-LOURDES INTERNATIONAL	753
SALERNO COSTA AMALFI	596
PARDUBICE	164
VALENCIA	145
SOFIA	144
EXETER	72
GATWICK	57
LUTON	39
STANSTED	38
MONTPELLIER	31

 

[White Heather]

The Santorini figures are OK, better than Almeria, yet Jet2 dropped it from LBA. Maybe wont matter as things stand. It may end up dropped from all airports this year if the ground doesn't stop shaking.

 

[LBA4EVER]

The Santorini figures are OK, better than Almeria, yet Jet2 dropped it from LBA. Maybe wont matter as things stand. It may end up dropped from all airports this year if the ground doesn't stop shaking.

Seems to be alot of places shaking round the globe currently! A search online shows volcanoes and quakes kicking off all over!

 

[Seasider]

CAA have published the data for Jan 2025 and 197442 passengers used LBA, an increase of 8% over 2024.

 

[Scottie Dog]

My monthly analysis will be available in the next 24 hours (or less) but, in the meantime my analysis of monthly figures for January between 2019 to 2025 can be found at:

https://forums4airports.com/threads/5728/page-3 Post #47

 

[Scottie Dog]

As usual with all CAA reports, the passenger numbers do vary from those published by the airport - this is usually due to airlines reporting slightly varied figures:

 

[Seasider]

February 2025 pax were 228,594 - up 10% on Feb '24.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

As usual with all CAA reports, the passenger numbers do vary from those published by the airport - this is usually due to airlines reporting slightly varied figures. Please remember that 2024 was a leap-year and so the comparative figures for 2025 are a day short.

Amsterdam is well down.

Amsterdam is well down.

 

[Statto]

As usual with all CAA reports, the passenger numbers do vary from those published by the airport - this is usually due to airlines reporting slightly varied figures. Please remember that 2024 was a leap-year and so the comparative figures for 2025 are a day short.

Thanks for the table. Btw - the moving annual total is 4,257 according to the CAA, so I wonder if you are missing a month ?