CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[geoff]

Some nice increases on routes to Larnaca, Enfidha, and Antalya, and also a good result for Belfast City. Edinburgh still sadly 12% down, but yearly total still up just over 5%.

 

[Scottie Dog]

CAA data for October is now available and my analysis for the years 2019-2024 is available at post #39 in https://forums4airports.com/threads/5728/page-2.

Individual airport reports will follow over the next few days.

 

[Scottie Dog]

 

[geoff]

Thanks Scottie, I notice the Date for the month is shown as December 2024, and terminal and domestic travellers are shown as 12 for both. Is it a typing error or a mistake by the CAA? Whatever the reason, the work you put in to compile the figures is really appreciated.

 

[Samdorob]

I love reading these summaries. Keep up the good work!
I think there is a typo. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think overall the airport saw a 4% increase in October: https://www.caa.co.uk/Documents/Download/11908/1fab3277-8867-4eba-8cee-10b511ca3dc2/16837

 

[geoff]

Yes you are correct Sam, the CAA figures show a 4% increase, that's a relief nice to see the figures heading in the right direction, and the cargo figures also.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Thank you to those who have pointed out the error of my ways!! I can only blame it on a combination of 'old(er) age' and my having rushed to try to get the data for all of the airports that I monitor out before I settled down for the evening!!
I have now posted the data for October in post # 1043.

 

[Jerry]

Between January and October 2024 793,977 passengers used Cardiff Airport.
For the Summer season April-October 658,992 passengers used the airport with June, July and August all seeing over 100,000 passengers a month.
I very much suspect the airport will fall short of being able to achieve over 900,000 passengers for 2024.

 

[Samdorob]

Between January and October 2024 793,977 passengers used Cardiff Airport.
For the Summer season April-October 658,992 passengers used the airport with June, July and August all seeing over 100,000 passengers a month.
I very much suspect the airport will fall short of being able to achieve over 900,000 passengers for 2024.

I think if you base it on last years numbers for Nov and Dec it’ll be around 870/880k.
Given the majority of routes are flying at near capacity (in summer) more routes/ flights are needed to boost those figures. The easiest most secure wins would be more summer seasonal routes.

 

[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

 

[geoff]

Nice to see Dublin up 11%, and the domestic routes to Edinburgh, and Belfast also slightly better, but there's a long way to go to get anywhere near pre pandemic figures .

 

[Samdorob]

There’s been less routes this year, but an overall increase in passengers which is a good sign. Still a very long way to go. The airport now needs a major boost from a new based aircraft operation to really push forward.

 

[Scottie Dog]

CAA data for December across all UK airports is available at https://forums4airports.com/threads/5728/page-3#post-298107 - post #44

 

[Samdorob]

The airports X account has posted that they handled 881k passengers in 2024. A 5% increase on 2023, but still shy of the 1m mark.

I anticipate another increase in 2025, but given the good load factors last year, I still think the 1 million mark will be missed (probably by a few thousand).

Onwards and upwards.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1892311971602563534

 

[Jerry]

It's good to see an increase but agree it's not likely to see 1 million in 2025 but fingers crossed 2026 will be the year.

 

[geoff]

Yes I think the 1 million mark will reached in 2026, with the extra second based plane in the winter, it's a pity that it doesn't start until latter part of December 2025. You never know, we might get some good news later this year.

 

[Nuffsaid]

CWL needs the domestic routes back to levels that FlyBe were running to get numbers over the line.
The EDI route is a shadow of its former self, GLA,NCL and Jersey are non-existent. No CDG either on the international side.
The problem these days there are fewer carriers.

 

[Jerry]

CWL needs the domestic routes back to levels that FlyBe were running to get numbers over the line.
The EDI route is a shadow of its former self, GLA,NCL and Jersey are non-existent. No CDG either on the international side.
The problem these days there are fewer carriers.

I generally don't see that happening. At the moment it seems a struggle to get Edinburgh to daily flights. Newcastle i don't see ever returning and i can't see Glasgow or Jersey returning any time soon and sadly even Paris.

 

[geoff]

It is a pity that CWL's domestic routes are still down by nearly one fifth, the airport could really do with extra Edinburgh flights, and a re-start of
Glasgow services. Cork and Paris should also be priority aims. Thanks Scottie for the figures.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Updated version of January's data.