CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[White Heather]

How does this compare with April 2019?

318,006 was the April 2019 figure, which itself was 6% up on 2018. So quite remarkable that this year we are only 66.000 approximately, behind 2019.

 

[Len Fish]

Seems the extremely rapid recovery of passenger numbers has taken everyone by surprise hence the current problems. Great to see LBA busy again though.

 

[Finger66]

The demand is there right across the travel industry - air, rail, sea, hotel, car hire. The infrastructure just isn’t fully restored yet. Too many travel staff left the industry for bigger and better things after being made redundant in 2020. Demand very much still outstripping supply but it is great to see that demand has returned so quickly

 

[White Heather]

The demand is there right across the travel industry - air, rail, sea, hotel, car hire. The infrastructure just isn’t fully restored yet. Too many travel staff left the industry for bigger and better things after being made redundant in 2020. Demand very much still outstripping supply but it is great to see that demand has returned so quickly

The worry is that after the queuing this year, people will look elsewhere for their holidays next year and demand will drop in 2023, just as the industry gets back to full staff levels.

 

[Finger66]

There just needs to be an education piece out there re supply and demand. Yes people want to travel but they must understand that the industry infrastructure hasn’t yet caught up. In just the same way people are starting to forget about COVID (whether rightly or not) they will forget about queues. And other than BE it’s not LBA that’s suffering flight cancellations. What is worse, a 3 hour security queue or having your holiday/trip/travel cancelled or disrupted last minute. U2, BA and TUI not covering themselves in glory at other airports. But that too will probably be forgotten next year as the infrastructure continues to return.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Given all the media coverage of the situation at our airports you would think travellers expectations would be more realistic.

 

[LBA4EVER]

A lady i know had her return TUI flight to DSA cancelled yesterday. She does not have much joy with tui as her last tui flight was transferred from LBA to MAN, i just told her to get herself on a jet2 flight from LBA, far easier with great jet2 service!

 

[Scottie Dog]

A comparison of passenger numbers for all UK & Northern Ireland airports can be found here:

Airport News - General airport statistics and CAA data release dates

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A more detailed analysis of your local airport will be produced when I have the time to compile the data.

 

[Scottie Dog]

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[Seasider]

May pax were 345 529, comparing with 2019 approx 12% down. The airport appears to be recovering fairly well.

 

[White Heather]

May pax were 345 529, comparing with 2019 approx 12% down. The airport appears to be recovering fairly well.

I would say it's a lot better than Fairly Well. It's beyond expectations and better than some airports.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Initial data is now available from the CAA for May

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[Seasider]

June pax figures are now published on the CAA website - 404,307 things are really on the up.

 

[Finger66]

Those figures prove how air travel has bounced back. No wonder there have been chaotic scenes at airports. It's great to see these sorts of numbers though

 

[Jetchaser]

June pax figures are now published on the CAA website - 404,307 things are really on the up.

Be good to see how this compares with the 3 other airports I keep monitoring for daily flights, LPL, EMA, and NCL

 

[Seasider]

Be good to see how this compares with the 3 other airports I keep monitoring for daily flights, LPL, EMA, and NCL

EMA - 398,846
LPL - 349,335
NCL - 486,230

 

[LBA4EVER]

Is it possible we could see more pax than LPL and EMA this winter? Since covid the aviation scene has changed alot with a fair few new services from LBA.

 

[Jetchaser]

EMA - 398,846
LPL - 349,335
NCL - 486,230

Great to see us ahead of EMA and LPL, catching up to NCL next!

 

[White Heather]

Great to see us ahead of EMA and LPL, catching up to NCL next!

When you consider NCL have the likes of Emirates, Lufthansa, and their Paris links, LBA must be just about matching them for all other flights. Given they have the same owners as LBA it's disappointing that we haven't been able to attract the likes of Air France/Hop on Paris or Lufthansa to the likes of Frankfurt. It's ridiculous that we have zero links to Germany from Yorkshire having previously had flights to Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Weeze, Berlin and if you go back far enough, Frankfurt itself.

 

[ls27]

Could be that we are too near that place over the hill