CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[LBA4EVER]

Keep this up and we might eventually get promoted to the UK's 13th biggest airport. In summer, it's getting that way. Winter, traditionally, undoes that. Jet2 going into LPL will however give them a major boost next year. In response, we get Sun Express plus ???

Looks like we will overtake EMA and LPL but LPL will pull back with jet2 starting ops next year there. NCL is the big one to hopefully overtake pax wise esp once the terminal is expanded with hopefully new airlines and current airlines expanding.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Please find below my take on the May's statistics based on the CAA files. Interesting, as so often happens there is a difference between the passengers figures from Table 9, which shows 385,372 passengers whilst the separate domestic/international numbers are as per my report!! The difference this time is however rather larger than normal. Maybe White Heather can provide the airport's own numbers?

For those interested you will find my 2019 v 2023 comparison here:

Airport News - General airport statistics and CAA data release dates

CAA yearly data comparison for March 2019-2023

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[White Heather]

Please find below my take on the May's statistics based on the CAA files. Interesting, as so often happens there is a difference between the passengers figures from Table 9, which shows 385,372 passengers whilst the separate domestic/international numbers are as per my report!! The difference this time is however rather larger than normal. Maybe White Heather can provide the airport's own numbers?

For those interested you will find my 2019 v 2023 comparison here:

Airport News - General airport statistics and CAA data release dates

CAA yearly data comparison for March 2019-2023

forums4airports.com

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I've already given the only airport figures I can. These only cover up to the 28th May as they are weekly figures. Up to 28th May the passenger total was given as 344,043 so it's that plus another 3 days.

 

[Scottie Dog]

I've already given the only airport figures I can. These only cover up to the 28th May as they are weekly figures. Up to 28th May the passenger total was given as 344,043 so it's that plus another 3 days.

My apologies @WH, I was concentrating too hard on trying to resolve the difference in the figures and hadn't read your previous post - I'm having even bigger problems trying to sort a difference in the Liverpool numbers. I don't know what the heck the CAA has been doing to the May records!!

 

[White Heather]

My apologies @WH, I was concentrating too hard on trying to resolve the difference in the figures and hadn't read your previous post - I'm having even bigger problems trying to sort a difference in the Liverpool numbers. I don't know what the heck the CAA has been doing to the May records!!

Not a problem at all.

 

[White Heather]

484, 651.

That's how many passengers passed through LBA in July.

484, 651.

That's how many passengers passed through LBA in July.

That's a total of 933,100 in the two months June& July.
I wonder if they can hit half a million in August?

 

[IanFarquharson]

June 2023

HEATHROW		7,041,003​		up		17.5​	%
GATWICK		4,052,394​		up		16.8​	%
MANCHESTER		2,789,681​		up		15.0​	%
STANSTED		2,593,216​		up		10.9​	%
LUTON		1,549,590​		up		14.4​	%
EDINBURGH		1,398,433​		up		18.0​	%
BIRMINGHAM		1,131,416​		up		8.4​	%
BRISTOL		1,028,307​		up		15.0​	%
GLASGOW		763,264​		up		10.3​	%
BELFAST INT		591,027​		up		23.5​	%
NEWCASTLE		515,135​		up		5.9​	%
EAST MIDLANDS		487,747​		up		22.3​	%
LEEDS BRADFORD		447,022​		up		10.6​	%
LIVERPOOL		399,269​		up		14.3​	%
LONDON CITY		325,284​		up		3.5​	%
ABERDEEN		208,531​		up		9.1​	%
BELFAST CITY		178,618​		up		27.0​	%
JERSEY		145,542​		up		8.5​	%
BOURNEMOUTH		114,958​		up		31.6​	%
CARDIFF WALES		102,267​		down		-11.4​	%
INVERNESS		82,594​		up		19.7​	%
SOUTHAMPTON		68,875​		up		16.8​	%
GUERNSEY		66,697​		up		3.6​	%
ISLE OF MAN		66,050​		up		12.5​	%
PRESTWICK		61,812​		up		12.4​	%
EXETER		51,894​		up		9.3​	%
NEWQUAY		47,396​		up		79.7​	%
NORWICH		40,130​		up		4.2​	%
TEESSIDE		25,939​		up		25.0​	%
SUMBURGH		24,064​		up		3.7​	%
SOUTHEND		23,794​		up		54.8​	%
KIRKWALL		14,503​		up		8.6​	%
HUMBERSIDE		14,395​		up		30.3​	%
CITY OF DERRY (EGLINTON)		14,138​		down		-8.0​	%
STORNOWAY		9,617​		up		2.5​	%
ISLES OF SCILLY (ST.MARYS)		8,453​		down		-17.2​	%
LANDS END (ST JUST)		6,464​		down		-2.2​	%
ALDERNEY		4,328​		down		-21.3​	%
DUNDEE		3,840​		down		-4.9​	%
ISLAY		3,025​		up		15.2​	%
BENBECULA		2,845​		up		1.8​	%
BLACKPOOL		1,415​		down		-10.3​	%
BARRA		1,395​		up		1.5​	%
TIREE		1,268​		up		6.2​	%
WICK JOHN O GROATS		954​		up		19.1​	%
CAMPBELTOWN		715​		up		18.6​	%
BIGGIN HILL		592​		up		138.7​	%
LERWICK (TINGWALL)		446​		up		40.3​	%
DONCASTER SHEFFIELD		0​				Null	%

 

[Finger66]

A few other airports now doing better than LBA in % terms. Just wonder if that is terminal and apron capacity that is just currently hindering LBA? We clearly need more away based flights and/or bigger aircraft from our based carriers - perhaps 1 in particular that does have them in the fleet - assuming the terminal could cope!

 

[LBA4EVER]

A few other airports now doing better than LBA in % terms. Just wonder if that is terminal and apron capacity that is just currently hindering LBA? We clearly need more away based flights and/or bigger aircraft from our based carriers - perhaps 1 in particular that does have them in the fleet - assuming the terminal could cope!

We have moved up a position though beating LPL, EMA and NCL are the 2 to try catch now. LPL will see increased pax im sure next year with jet2 at the airport, if we see further growth at lba next year then i bet it will be a close competition between the 4 northern airports.

 

[Finger66]

Let's hope our football teams can start playing catch-up too as that may mean more football charters in the coming years

 

[White Heather]

A few other airports now doing better than LBA in % terms. Just wonder if that is terminal and apron capacity that is just currently hindering LBA? We clearly need more away based flights and/or bigger aircraft from our based carriers - perhaps 1 in particular that does have them in the fleet - assuming the terminal could cope!

If LBA recovered faster than some other airports the percentage growth this year is going to be lower than those airports that didn't do so well last year but which are now getting back on track. Effectively, percentage increases are pretty meaningless . After all an increase from 100 pax to 200 pax is a 100% increase. Sounds great, but really isn't. It's the passenger numbers that matter.

 

[IanFarquharson]

These figures compare 12m pax figure at 30.06.23 compared to best ever rolling 12m pax figure


Heathrow – 72,629,571 – 81,060,616 – down 10.4%

Gatwick - 38,189,923 – 46,641,853 – down 18.1%

Stansted – 26,474,656 – 28,479,201 – down 7.6%

Manchester – 26,224,638 – 29,463,707 – down 11.0%

Luton – 15,439,181 – 18,270,337 – down 15.5%

Edinburgh – 13,108,439 – 14,772,443 – down 11.3%

Birmingham – 10,739,263 – 13,058,440 – down 17.8%

Bristol – 9,030,137 – 9,015,726 – up 0.1%

Glasgow – 7,116,645 – 9,907,504 – down 28.2%

Belfast Int – 5,255,255 – 6,508,170 – down 19.2%

Liverpool – 3,926,733 – 5,079,042 – down 22.7%

Leeds Bradford – 3,689,194 – 4,082,864 – down 9.6%

East Midlands – 3,521,612 – 4,878,781 – down 27.8%

 

[Finger66]

If LBA recovered faster than some other airports the percentage growth this year is going to be lower than those airports that didn't do so well last year but which are now getting back on track. Effectively, percentage increases are pretty meaningless . After all an increase from 100 pax to 200 pax is a 100% increase. Sounds great, but really isn't. It's the passenger numbers that matter.

Agreed re % figures in general but equally our two nearest rivals showing higher % so EMA pulling away and LPL catching up so definitely some relevance

 

[Seasider]

I thought it was LPL pulling away and EMA catching up?

 

[Finger66]

EMA more pax and higher % so def them pulling away. LPL less pax but higher % (and still a bigger pax number increase) so def them catching up. Easy to put any spin you want on figures. Regardless of all that LBA doing remarkably well and long may that continue

 

[White Heather]

EMA more pax and higher % so def them pulling away. LPL less pax but higher % (and still a bigger pax number increase) so def them catching up. Easy to put any spin you want on figures. Regardless of all that LBA doing remarkably well and long may that continue

Ironic that an LBA based airline will probably be responsible for ensuring that LPL once again pulls ahead of LBA next summer.

 

[Finger66]

Which I suspect goes back to current LBA capacity constraints rather than any unwillingness to expand at LBA that is helping give these other airports the opportunity

 

[White Heather]

Which I suspect goes back to current LBA capacity constraints rather than any unwillingness to expand at LBA that is helping give these other airports the opportunity

Undoubtedly. LBA cannot expand further via based carriers, the only way of expanding further would be more non based flights operating at quieter times such as mid morning. Sun Express will be a start but more is needed. Even when the terminal is done and capacity increased, there remains the thorny issue of the night quota to resolve and particularly that of the MAX and NEOs impact on it.

 

[Finger66]

Undoubtedly. LBA cannot expand further via based carriers, the only way of expanding further would be more non based flights operating at quieter times such as mid morning. Sun Express will be a start but more is needed. Even when the terminal is done and capacity increased, there remains the thorny issue of the night quota to resolve and particularly that of the MAX and NEOs impact on it.

Bigger aircraft from based carrier(s) would/could also help once the terminal completed - doesn’t have to be more flights but:
More stands and more terminal capacity
Larger based aircaft
More away based flights (inc larger aircraft)
We could soon have EMA in our sights and be leaving LPL for dust.
Just saying like.............

 

[lbaspotter]

Larger based aircraft will definitely help.

Jet2
7x Boeing 737-300 replaced with either Boeing 737-8MG's or the new Airbus A320NEO's
10x Boeing 737-800 replaced with Airbus A321NEO's

Ryanair
2x more Boeing 737-800's replaced by Boeing 737-MAX8's or even the MAX10's.

Now as for new stands, when the built.
3x Airbus A320NEO's from either Wizz Air UK or easyJet would be nice. If not I bet Jet2 & Ryanair could easily fill them with NEO's and MAX's