Originally Posted by
Sharklet_321
Total May 2019 CWL Performance is excellent overall with a monthly total that is 20,000 pax ahead of the likes of SOU.
CWL and SEN are the two airports immediately behind SOU in terms of annual passenger figures but are catching up, with SOU falling away into the bargain. In May:
CWL handled 176,704 (up 7.2%) with a 12-month rolling total of 1,618,285 (up 7.1% on a year ago).
SEN handled 203,284 (up 58.1%) with a 12-month rolling total of 1,646,146 (up 37% on a year ago).
SOU handled 159,249 (down 13%) with a 12-month rolling total of 1,921,779 (down 7.1% on a year ago)
CWL is seeing steady but consistent growth, as it has done for the past few years. With yet more pressure on the government to devolve APD together with the increasing likelihood that BRS (its main competitor) will find getting local authority permission to raise its 10 mppa passenger cap becoming more difficult following May's local elections, the 2020s could be a good decade for CWL.