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Old 17th Feb 2018, 11:10
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Celtic Tiger

Originally Posted by cwlwatcher
But that was 2006.....that was the celtic tiger. alot changes in 12 years. Ryanair shouldve utilized the aircraft to go to Frankfurt not some place in the back end of ireland with 10 flights a day
You mentioned Knock. BRS-NOC was a year-round route, initially at 4 x weekly then 3 x weekly, from the inception of FR's BRS base in the winter of 2007/2008. Prior to that the airline operated Dublin, Shannon and Girona from BRS using aircraft from other bases.

In summer 2011 BRS-NOC became a summer-only route as experience showed that there was insufficient demand in winter, and has remained summer-only ever since. The annual loads have been fairly consistent since 2011- see below. We don't know the yields of course but Ryanair has maintained the route for all this time. It has dropped some routes at BRS in the past with consistent monthly load factors of over 90%, so it can only be presumed the airline is happy with BRS-NOC.

These are the annual passenger figures from 2008 until 2017 in thousands:
41, 33, 30, 26, 29, 28, 22, 28, 29, 27.

In 2006 BRS-DUB handled 363,000 passengers. This dropped to a low of 268,000 in 2010 mainly because of the major recession, but since then has climbed steadily to just under 430,00 in 2017.

These figures suggest there has been no noticeable falling off in passenger demand between BRS and the Republic of Ireland since the days of the Celtic Tiger. It remains to be seen if BRS-SNN is the odd one out. History suggests it won't be but only time will tell of course.

Addendum

I forgot to mention BRS-ORK (Aer Lingus Regional in its various coats). In 2006 the Cork route handled just under 30,000 passengers but has climbed steadily ever since to reach over 43,000 in 2017. Further evidence to suggest that loads between Lulsgate and the Republic of Ireland have not been adversely affected by any diminishment of the Celtic Tiger. All above passenger stats courtesy of CAA.

Last edited by MerchantVenturer; 17th Feb 2018 at 13:17. Reason: Addendum
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