August CAA stats:
Terminal passengers: 11,756 (compared to 9,390 last month, 2,529 passengers in August 2020 and 12,284 in August 2019)- Aberdeen: 2,722 (up 98% on August 2019)
- Belfast City: 1,198 (best month yet)
- Bristol: 524 (includes 79 charter)
- Jersey: 654 (down 11% on Aug 2019)
- Heathrow: 1,185 (best month yet)
- Newquay: 666 (best month yet)
- Alicante: 1,775 (1,061 in July)
- Amsterdam: 457 (375 in July)
- Corfu: 495 (152 in July)
- Faro: 702 (315 in July)
- Palma: 1,161 (1,082 in July)
There were also 1,066 transfer passengers not included in the above figures (we know that 593 pax flew HUY-ABZ with a stop at MME so the vast majority of the other 473 transit passengers must have been going to Bristol).
Aberdeen is the stand out route, August was it's best month since November 2017 and loads of 19.3 pax per flight is the best since mid 2014. Let's see what happens to the numbers now that Eastern are no longer around. Belfast continues to do well with an average 20 passengers per flight last month. Heathrow is up yet again but the numbers are still poor - anecdotally, business travel has picked up in September so let's see how this develops. Newquay was very slightly down on both last year and last month (although 2 fewer rotations in August than in July).
Amsterdam continued to struggle - 457 passengers is around 19 people per flight. Alicante was very strong especially with loads of just under 100 per flight. Twice weekly Faro is underperforming versus once weekly Corfu (which is not currently bookable for 2022).