Provisional 2017 Stats
Below I've calculated the total passenger numbers based on CAA Jan-Dec stats.
2017 total passenger figure is 2,558,428 (-4.0%).
Domestic Routes;
BHD handled 2,350,693 domestic passengers in 2017 (-0.5%). The majority of routes saw modest growth, though 6 routes saw a fall in passenger numbers.
1. *Heathrow - 686,687 (-0.3%)
2. Manchester - 287,251 (+7.8%)
3. Birmingham - 269,092 (+4.9%)
4. Edinburgh - 172,135 (+4.0%)
5. Leeds/Bradford - 166,872 (+4.9%)
6. *Glasgow - 163,541 (-3.7%)
7. East Midlands - 148,897 (+3.2%)
8. London City - 121,661 (+8.6%)
9. Southampton -118,840 (+1.3%)
10. Cardiff - 50,909 (+16.6%)
11. *Aberdeen - 42,261 (-0.5%)
12. Exeter - 36,249 (+11.4%)
13. *Liverpool - 35,170 (-64.1%)
14. Inverness - 33,097 (+9.3%)
15. *Isle of Man - 10,864 (-53.6%)
16. *Newcastle - 3,633 (-63.3%)
17. Newquay - 3,534 (+110.5%)
International Routes;
BHD handled 207,735 international passengers in 2017 (-19.3%). 2017 was a bad year for international traffic, with Brussels Airlines axing their service to Brussels, and Aer Lingus slashing capacity on all of their international routes from BHD.
1. *Malaga - 57,175 (-15.4%)
2. *Faro - 56,236 (-16.3%)
3. Amsterdam - 46,528 (+13.4%)
4. *Palma de Mallorca - 17,887 (-38.6%)
5. *Alicante - 13,982 (-51.2%)
6. Keflavik - 6,392 (NEW)
7. *Brussels - 3,856 (-80.5%)
8. Salzburg - 3,562 (+629.9%)
9. *Verona - 2,118 (-41.1%)
2018 will likely see a further decline in international passenger numbers, given that ALC, KEF and PMI have all been cancelled. It looks like 2017 will be the last year for a long time that BHD handles more than 200,000 international passengers, unless the airport can attract new international routes.