H77 and CO are absolutely right, we need to see what happens when the Covid clouds clear. A few comments though
What is really required to see numbers jump considerably for KLM is for the morning flight and evening return flights to be reinstasted. As this will open up day trip, business meetings and connections markets thus fueling demand and numbers increase significantly.
But the airline which knows the Teesside market better than anybody has been slow to re-instate flights and has offered a bare minimum service so far
Heathrow slightly down compared to previous months but still roughly in same area as previous months.
While we wait for the world to get back to normal, normal didn't include regional jets on domestic services into LHR. LHR have also just increased their charges, and changes at Darlington and Middlesbrough have increased competition from the trains.
Alicante seeing its best month so far this year. It is great to see that demand is increasing for the Ryanair international flights.
It'll be a very interesting summer for RYR - they are a game-changer for the airport in terms of the numbers they bring through the terminal and so make the most of the money that has been spent on it. Take RYR away and the terminal as it was could easily have handled KLM, LM and the other odds and sods.
Having Draken, IAS Medical and Fire School has kept airfield operations ticking over throughout the past two years.
Agreed - passenger numbers aren't the be all and end all and a diversity of operations helps keep the business robust. However, southside development still slow/non-existent, and in a covid period where similar companies have been filling their boots, Willis have been very quiet.
And on a completely different point, does anybody else have problems seeing H77's posts? I can see they are there from the main menu but don't see anything when I open the thread until somebody posts a reply after. Very odd - never seen anything like it before, any ideas?