CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[Jerry]

292,650 passengers for the year, shows how the pandemic has effected the airport in 2020. It's taken the airport back to the early 80s passenger numbers.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Thank you TLY and yes there was an error in my original post - I had some how included November 2000stats in that calendar year figure!!

I've posted a revised version of the summary sheet which I am sure is now correct - using files 12.1 & 12.2 from the CAA data.

Jerry - I'm afraid that the number is even lower than I had originally posted - ouch

 

[Scottie Dog]

January statistics courtesy of the CAA database using tables 3, 9, 12.1 and 12.2

I have omitted my monthly comparison of percentage change by route table as it is basically irrelevant in these dire times

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CHART 1 - By Passengers Numbers
Destination	Total	% Change​
DONCASTER	118	0.00​
SHANNON	90	-22.41​
DUBLIN	85	-98.72​
GATWICK	80	0.00​
MANCHESTER	66	83.33​
NORWICH	64	0.00​
ALICANTE	47	-99.32​
TEESSIDE	71	7.58​
NORWICH	60	0.00​
MANCHESTER	46	0.00​

 

[Scottie Dog]

Statistics for February 2021 as per the CAA files.

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	CHART 1 - By Passengers Numbers
	Destination	Total	% Change​
	SHANNON	258	0.00​
	DUBLIN	196	-97.85​
	MANCHESTER	196	61.98​
	EDINBURGH	182	-97.62​
	PARMA	170	0.00​
	VENICE	92	0.00​
	BELFAST INTERNATIONAL	90	7.14​
	NORWICH	72	0.00​
	TEESSIDE	66	-63.33​
	LEEDS BRADFORD	32	-64.44​
	CHART 2 - By Percentage Change
	Destination	Total	% Change​
	MANCHESTER	196	61.98​
	BELFAST INTERNATIONAL	90	7.14​
	SHANNON	258	0.00​
	PARMA	170	0.00​
	VENICE	92	0.00​
	NORWICH	72	0.00​
	TEESSIDE	66	-63.33​
	LEEDS BRADFORD	32	-64.44​
	EDINBURGH	182	-97.62​
	DUBLIN	196	-97.85​

 

[Scottie Dog]

March data has been available on the CAA website for a few days, however this is my first chance to actually sit down and analyse the information.

Data for Belfast City has not been updated, however I do not believe it will effect the Cardiff numbers.

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	CHART 1 - By Passengers Numbers
	Destination	Total	% Change
	EXETER	173	-78.82
	EAST MIDLANDS	168	-85.21
	SHANNON	160	0.00
	PRAGUE	120	0.00
	PARIS (LE BOURGET)	115	0.00
	ROME (FIUMICINO)	112	0.00
	BRUSSELS	108	0.00
	DUBLIN	92	-90.46
	VENICE	90	0.00
	GATWICK	89	0.00
	BELFAST INTERNATIONAL	86	0.00
	ALICANTE	71	-98.06
	BIGGIN HILL	69	0.00
	GUERNSEY	64	-44.35
	VIENNA	54	0.00
	AMSTERDAM	37	-99.40
	DONCASTER	30	0.00
	GLASGOW	16	0.00
	CHART 2 - By Percentage Change
	Destination	Total	% Change
	SHANNON	160	0.00
	PRAGUE	120	0.00
	PARIS (LE BOURGET)	115	0.00
	ROME (FIUMICINO)	112	0.00
	BRUSSELS	108	0.00
	VENICE	90	0.00
	GATWICK	89	0.00
	BELFAST INTERNATIONAL	86	0.00
	BIGGIN HILL	69	0.00
	VIENNA	54	0.00
	DONCASTER	30	0.00
	GLASGOW	16	0.00
	GUERNSEY	64	-44.35
	EXETER	173	-78.82
	EAST MIDLANDS	168	-85.21
	DUBLIN	92	-90.46
	ALICANTE	71	-98.06
	AMSTERDAM	37	-99.40

 

[Scottie Dog]

April's data is now available.

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[Scottie Dog]

Data for May is now available from the CAA - although as usual certain airports are still not reported. When the final figures are published I will, if necessary, post an updated report.

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	Destination	May-21​	% Change
	AMSTERDAM	238​	0​
	ALICANTE	231​	0​
	BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST)	188​	0​
	MALAGA	143​	0​
	FARO	100​	0​
	SHANNON	92​	0​
	GLASGOW	88​	0​
	DONCASTER	75​	0​
	PALMA DE MALLORCA	33​	0​
	Total	1,188

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Data for May is now available from the CAA - although as usual certain airports are still not reported. When the final figures are published I will, if necessary, post an updated report.

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	Destination	May-21​	% Change
	AMSTERDAM	238​	0​
	ALICANTE	231​	0​
	BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST)	188​	0​
	MALAGA	143​	0​
	FARO	100​	0​
	SHANNON	92​	0​
	GLASGOW	88​	0​
	DONCASTER	75​	0​
	PALMA DE MALLORCA	33​	0​
	Total	1,188

The CAA passenger stats for May this year are now complete and show that CWL was the 36th busiest UK airport in that month.

The lack of domestic routes are telling but it beggars belief that a capital city airport should perform so poorly. A number of airports serving much smaller catchments and cities/towns than CWL handled more passengers than the 1,188 who passed through the Welsh capital's airport.

In the south-west corner of Britain both Exeter (4,608 passengers) and Newquay (2,875 passengers) saw more passengers than CWL. Most of Exeter's came on the Belfast City, Isles of Scilly, Jersey, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle routes whilst Newquay's lion's share was Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Teesside and Newcastle. Bristol handled 42,600 passengers.

In terms of its running passenger total CWL is the 25th busiest passenger airport in the 12 months to the end of May with just under 50,000 passengers. Airports such as Sumburgh, Norwich, Bournemouth and Southend have seen more passengers in the past 12 months.

The puzzle as to why airlines will operate routes to Exeter and Newquay at this time (Newquay might be slightly different given its holiday venue status) yet not to CWL just becomes more difficult to understand.

 

[Jerry]

The puzzle as to why airlines will operate routes to Exeter and Newquay at this time (Newquay might be slightly different given its holiday venue status) yet not to CWL just becomes more difficult to understand.

It is puzzling how CWL essentially seemed to be ignored.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

It is puzzling how CWL essentially seemed to be ignored.

Seven departures (and arrivals) today - the most for some time I think, so things are beginning to move in the right direction.

TUI - Palma and Ibiza
Vueling - Alicante and Malaga
Ryanair - Malaga and Barcelona
KLM - Amsterdam

Acknowledgement and thanks to South Wales Aviation Group for above information.

 

[Jerry]

Seven departures (and arrivals) today - the most for some time I think, so things are beginning to move in the right direction.

TUI - Palma and Ibiza
Vueling - Alicante and Malaga
Ryanair - Malaga and Barcelona
KLM - Amsterdam

Acknowledgement and thanks to South Wales Aviation Group for above information.

Yes it is getting better! Hopefully some more holiday routes will get released and we'll see more flights from TUI especially.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

The puzzle as to why airlines will operate routes to Exeter and Newquay at this time (Newquay might be slightly different given its holiday venue status) yet not to CWL just becomes more difficult to understand.

It just goes to show how reliant CWL is for holiday flights. NQY has been very popular because of the lack of holiday flights from the UK and people taking their holidays in the UK. CWL's location doesn't seem to work well in making West Wales accessible by Air with good links.

 

[Jerry]

I think the type of tourism might be a problem as in that it's very much motor homes and caravans and campers that head down to West Wales. Newquay also is quite a fair bit away from the population centres of England making it more attractive to fly.

 

[Scottie Dog]

CAA data for June's statistics - using tables 3, 9, 12.1, 12.2 & 13

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Destinations by passenger numbers

Destination	Passengers
FARO	794​
ALICANTE	650​
BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST)	631​
AMSTERDAM	625​
MALAGA	486​
BAKU (HEYDER ALIYEV INT'L)	225​
DUBLIN	134​
PALMA DE MALLORCA	110​
NICE	98​
PARMA	94​
BRUSSELS	86​
SHANNON	84​
EDINBURGH	83​
BUDAPEST	62​
ROME (FIUMICINO)	62​
BOLOGNA	51​
PARIS (LE BOURGET)	50​
JERSEY	28​

 

[Scottie Dog]

Hopefully I have my formulae correct for July's statistics. As usual I have used tables 3, 9, 12.1, 12.2 & 13 from the CAA's database.

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[Jerry]

Nice to see some passengers back at the airport!

 

[Scottie Dog]

Data for August 2021 is now available. My analysis is based upon CAA tables 3, 9, 12.1, 12.2 & 13.

NB: No data is currently available for Aberdeen

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Top 25 destinations by passenger numbers

PALMA DE MALLORCA	3,377	881.69​
ALICANTE	2,599	308.01​
MALAGA	2,416	79.23​
RHODES	1,712	-5.10​
AMSTERDAM	1,405	-6.52​
FARNBOROUGH	1,248	0.00​
FARO	1,105	-6.04​
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA)	841	0.00​
BARCELONA	765	119.20​
BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST)	742	0.00​
LARNACA	423	0.00​
KOS	353	-83.58​
CORFU	132	-88.17​
PRAGUE	100	0.00​
GATWICK	92	0.00​
BLACKPOOL	68	0.00​
DONCASTER	68	0.00​
MANCHESTER	67	0.00​
LIVERPOOL (JOHN LENNON)	56	0.00​
TURKU	37	0.00​
GENEVA	37	0.00​
PORI	36	0.00​
KARLSRUHE/BADEN BADEN	36	0.00​
DUBLIN	15	0.00​
SARAJEVO	-	-100.00​

Comparison August 2019 and August 2021- top 25 Destinations for 2021

Destination	Aug-19	Aug-21	% Change
PALMA DE MALLORCA	20,830	3,377	-83.79
ALICANTE	12,256	2,599	-78.79
MALAGA	14,551	2,416	-83.40
RHODES	4,804	1,712	-64.36
AMSTERDAM	13,651	1,405	-89.71
FARNBOROUGH		1,248	#DIV/0!
FARO	7,685	1,105	-85.62
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA)	8,933	841	-90.59
BARCELONA	3,180	765	-75.94
BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST)	6,486	742	-88.56
LARNACA	3,167	423	-86.64
KOS	3,020	353	-88.31
CORFU	3,319	132	-96.02
PRAGUE		100	#DIV/0!
GATWICK		92	#DIV/0!
BLACKPOOL		68	#DIV/0!
DONCASTER		68	#DIV/0!
MANCHESTER	166	67	-59.64
LIVERPOOL (JOHN LENNON)	51	56	9.80
TURKU		37	#DIV/0!
GENEVA		37	#DIV/0!
PORI		36	#DIV/0!
KARLSRUHE/BADEN BADEN		36	#DIV/0!
DUBLIN	10,209	15	-99.85
SARAJEVO		-	#DIV/0!

 

[Jerry]

It's nice to see passenger numbers going up! Still a long way to go to get back to pre pandemic numbers.

 

[geoff]

Nice to see Welsh fans being able to travel to away games again, and give our boys some support, with the Enter Air charter this morning. RYR should do well for the Six Nations in Dublin this season, with extra flights by them I would hope.

 

[Scottie Dog]

The initial CAA data for September is now available however, please note the following caveat:

As of 22 October, the following airports are not yet available for reporting and therefore excluded: Aberdeen, Belfast City (George Best), Belfast International, Bristol, Dundee, Glasgow, Liverpool, Oxford and Southampton. The next scheduled refresh of airport publications will be week commencing 1 November 2021.

This means that, at present Table 9 shows total passengers as 24,003 against 23,767 in my analysis.

A question therefore for those you follow this thread - would you prefer an initial report, followed by an updated version (possibly weeks later) or to wait until all the figures are available? Please let me know with your views either by a post on here, or drop me a PM. Many thanks

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Destination	Sep-21	% Change
ALICANTE	3,995	517.47​
PALMA DE MALLORCA	2,843	1960.14​
MALAGA	2,825	460.52​
RHODES	2,486	-2.89​
AMSTERDAM	1,745	14.13​
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA)	1,589	0.00​
EDINBURGH	1,352	0.00​
CORFU	1,084	-5.90​
FARO	924	-13.24​
LARNACA	912	0.00​
ARRECIFE	890	0.00​
KOS	811	-34.96​
BARCELONA	779	0.00​
BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST)	566	0.00​
LAS PALMAS	262	0.00​
TALLIN	170	0.00​
GLASGOW	167	0.00​
BELFAST INTERNATIONAL	136	0.00​
DUBLIN	67	0.00​
HUMBERSIDE	64	0.00​
VENICE	50	0.00​
KAZAN	50	0.00​
Total	23,767