Originally Posted by
Mr A Tis
MAN is a decade behind the curve having been neglected over these years with the distractions of STN, EMA, BOH, HUY, having had to dispose of two of these, I'd hope they'd not be interested in another.
On the Domestic figures, except for BFS & GLA they are either static or in decline. I'd say they certainly are bleeding some domestic pax to road and rail (Bad news for Flybe) For domestic travellers T3 is too uncomfortable & time consuming & once the stupid APD is factored in, it's rarely a viable option. I certainly would do more domestic flying if it was easier- but it isn't, so I spend a lot of time at Stockport station instead.
Whilst not totally disagreeing with your comment on the drop in domestic carriage I thought I would look back at my records for the last 10 years. (Where March stats are not published I have used February).
Aberdeen - 11,266 (March 2008), 17,580 (March 2018)
Belfast City - 21,671 (March 2008), 20,674 (February 2018)
Belfast Intl - 15,990 (March 2008), 26,258 (March 2018)
Edinburgh - 20,330 (March 2008), 8,267 (March 2018)
Exeter - 4,354 (March 2008), 8,635 (March 2018)
Glasgow - 12,968 (March 2008), 5,840 (March 2018)
Heathrow - 83,822 (March 2008), 58,693 (March 2018)
Inverness - 1,674 (March 2008), 4,305 (March 2018)
Isle of Man - 14,261 (March 2008), 13,938 (March 2018)
Newquay - 1,142 (March 2008), 5,108 (March 2018)
Norwich - 3,679 (March 2008), 1,629 (March 2018)
Southampton - 13,713 (March 2008), 18,269 (March 2018)
This exercise has been enlightening for me as it's the first time I have done a full analysis of all (still existing) domestic routes. I appreciate that in the intervening years there have been ups and downs - in particular on the Scottish and East Anglia services - however the general flow is still encouraging.
Scottie Dog