Source: CAA Provisional stats April 2019 1004085 up 4.3% from 962715 in April 2018 but April 2017 was 1063571
Obviously April was an interesting month for mid and long-haul going east due to the Turkish MAX, Dubai runway maintenance, Turkmenistan ban and Pakistani airspace issues affecting India. On the positive side it has resulted in very good load factors on what did operate -
Dubai down 10% but I think a BHX record (probably not far off world record) average of 538 per flight at 87% load factor.
Qatar as expected gained by Emirates cancellations at 12448 pax up 13% 207 per flight or 81% load factor (1 x A359),
Pakistan 7699 up 13%, 296 per flight at 85%
Air India down massively but 229 per flight at 89% load factor.
Turkish was down around 1000 at 11983 averaging 127 pax or 81% - possibly slightly disappointing considering the number of cancellations.
Usual disclaimer re the above - I used FR24 for the number of rotations and we know how risky that is although still an excellent source even if you do have to pay for that little bit of extra information.
How many routes around the world average 538 per flight for a whole month (Manchester was over 500 as well - I made it around 521).
Note - if you download the Excel version of the International Route Analysis it gives you the March figures but the PDF version is fine, This is for BHX and I haven't checked other airports.
Pete