CAA Provisional Statistics Update

[Cardiffbay]

Let’s not get all negative and over excited about Qatar. First few weeks will alway be low until outbound passengers return and the route builds over the first few months.

 

[Jerry]

European and International routes May 2018
Larnaca 2552 +5%
Paphos 1867 +12%
Paris CDG 6835 +38%
Berlin TXL 1133 -10%
Dusseldorf 289 +24%
Munich 1158 -8%
Corfu 1263 -1%
Heraklion 1651 -1%
Keffalinia 1639 +2%
Kos 536 -1%
Rhodes 3199 +1%
Zakinthos 2952 -10%
Cork 1265 +38%
Dublin 9192 +16%
Milan MXP 1841 -23%
Rome FCP 1522 +6%
Venice 943
Verona 1455 +29%
Amsterdam 12,042 +2%
Faro 9092 +26%
Alicante 11,069 +1%
Barcelona 3524 +23%
Bilbao 347
Ibiza 4480 -18%
Mahon 2506 -20%
Malaga 10,567 +6%
Palma de Mallorca 17,307 +6%
Reus 2780 +2%
Vitoria 265
Arrecife 4921 +18%
Las Palmas 1482 +1%
Tenerife South 7644 +6%
Akureyri 182
Keflavik 2
Antalya 1868
Dalaman 5240 +23%
Burgas 1416 -14%
Doha 2965

 

[Jerry]

Some good growth on EDI and GLA.

A friend of the family recently did CWL-Guernsey and he said there was around 20 onboard.

Guernsey only started at the end of May this year so June will be a more accurate look at what it's like.

 

[Jerry]

Top 10 routes for May 2018
Palma de Mallorca 17,307
Amsterdam 12,042
Alicante 11,069
Malaga 10,567
Edinburgh 9797
Dublin 9192
Faro 9092
Tenerife South 7644
Paris CDG 6835
Dalaman 5240
Belfast City is not available.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

One observation is that the Doha flight hasn't given the Amsterdam service much change. Granted it's too early really to tell at this stage.

Did they drop a MXP jerry explaining the hit?

Good to see Faro up even with 3 carriers on the route!

 

[Jerry]

One observation is that the Doha flight hasn't given the Amsterdam service much change. Granted it's too early really to tell at this stage.

Did they drop a MXP jerry explaining the hit?

Good to see Faro up even with 3 carriers on the route!

With AMS it will a few months to see how it goes but the more peoplw using the airport should hopefully benefit KLM as well.
Milan is now 3 weekly when last year i believe it was 4 weekly. I think they are operating a Faro rotation instead with Faro being 2 weekly with Ryanair, 1 weekly with TUI and 5 weekly with Flybe.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

With AMS it will a few months to see how it goes but the more peoplw using the airport should hopefully benefit KLM as well.
Milan is now 3 weekly when last year i believe it was 4 weekly. I think they are operating a Faro rotation instead with Faro being 2 weekly with Ryanair, 1 weekly with TUI and 5 weekly with Flybe.

Good going to see Faro soaking all that up.

Onwards and upwards.

 

[Jerry]

I had a look at the CAA stats for freight and it said that 152 tonnes of freight came through the airport in May with 125 tonnes down as set down (i assume that means imported) and 28 tonnes as picked up (i assume that means exported). The figure was zero in May 2017.

 

[TOM100]

Not sure where freight figures are - how does that compare with previous months ?

Just looked at pax figures for EDI’s first month of QR in 2014 - ops 5/week on 788. They carried 6k pax. Now up to around 11k.

However you frame is 26% LF is poor - hopefully it will build.....

 

[Jerry]

Not sure where freight figures are - how does that compare with previous months ?

Just looked at pax figures for EDI’s first month of QR in 2014 - ops 5/week on 788. They carried 6k pax. Now up to around 11k.

However you frame is 26% LF is poor - hopefully it will build.....

The freight figure is on the CAA website.
The loads will grow as the service becomes more established.

 

[Jerry]

Belfast City has now been released for May 2018 and Aberdeen has.
Domestic routes for May 2018
Aberdeen 780 -6%
Anglesey 1357 +37%
Belfast City 6232 +63%
Bournemouth 76
Edinburgh 9797 +22%
Glasgow 2945 +40%
Guernsey 51 -91%
Jersey 2213 +37%
Newcastle 1127 -17%

 

[Jerry]

Top 10 routes for May 2018 has changed now that Belfast City has been released.
Top 10 routes for May 2018
Palma de Mallorca 17,307
Amsterdam 12,042
Alicante 11,069
Malaga 10,567
Edinburgh 9797
Dublin 9192
Faro 9092
Tenerife South 7644
Paris CDG 6835
Belfast City 6232

 

[Jerry]

CAA stats for June 2018
181,292 people used the airport in June down 2% the rolling year was 1,507,827 up 6.7%
Air transport movements were 1707 down 5.4%.
The - will be down to the Champions league final.

 

[Cardiffbay]

To be fair only a 2% drop after the champions league must be a good thing.

 

[Jerry]

June 2017 saw 185,000 passengers through the airport while June 2016 saw 155,000 so in 2 years there is just over an extra 25,000 people using the airport in June.
One note as well is that Amsterdam is still growing it was up by 6% and is over the 12,000 passengers mark so those Doha passengers haven't come at the expense of KLM like a few people feared may happen.

 

[Jerry]

Also 158 tonnes of freight went through the airport as well.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

CAA stats for June 2018
181,292 people used the airport in June down 2% the rolling year was 1,507,827 up 6.7%
Air transport movements were 1707 down 5.4%.
The - will be down to the Champions league final.

Does this put an end to the airports 14 months of consecutive growth or however many months it is now?

 

[Jerry]

Does this put an end to the airports 14 months of consecutive growth or however many months it is now?

Technically yes but the airport has still grown as the Champions league final distorted last year's figures but that does happen at Cardiff now and then because of the events it holds every year.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Does this put an end to the airports 14 months of consecutive growth or however many months it is now?

Technically yes but the airport has still grown as the Champions league final distorted last year's figures but that does happen at Cardiff now and then because of the events it holds every year.

The previous monthly drop that I can remember was in October 2016 when the passenger numbers were down by 13% compared with October 2015. October 2015 had seen a lot of passengers in connection with the Rugby World Cup matches.

I remember smiling wryly at the time because until then the CWL Airport website had reported the monthly passenger number percentage rises each month, going back a year or more, leaving a growing historical list each month.

When it came to October 2016 they ignored the monthly percentage drop but concentrated on how well the airport had done over the previous year or so. Typical airport spin - most airports would do something similar.

I shall be watching to see if CWL tells us as it is this time. I hope they do and they can give the reason. It makes their reports on other positive matters more credible in my eyes.

 

[Jerry]

I shall be watching to see if CWL tells us as it is this time. I hope they do and they can give the reason. It makes their reports on other positive matters more credible in my eyes.

Unfortunately apart from milestones they seem to have stopped posting the monthly numbers quite a while ago.