SOU W23/24 Summary
I've taken a couple of different weeks to get a rough idea of some frequency variations, but it is unlikely to be exact. Compared to last winter there is some notable extra capacity from Aer Lingus, easyJet and Loganair, although there are reductions from Eastern (I think, very hard to work out what they actually operated last winter as there was lots of chopping and changing) and Blue Islands (to Guernsey). There's also an increase from KLM (last winter wasn't a consistent 14 weekly service) and minor reduction from BA (Salzburg dropped). Overall it appears to be a step in the right direction.
Passenger numbers from Jan to Aug inclusive are presently 501,886 from the CAA stats, which I would guess (with my finger firmly in the wind) leads to a full year number in the region of 750,000, which is about a 20% increase on 2022.
Aer Lingus Regional
Belfast City - 13-19 weekly AT7
Dublin - 13 weekly AT7
Aurigny
Alderney - 14 weekly D28
Guernsey - 7 weekly AT7
BA Cityflyer
Bergerac - 1 weekly E90 (only a few dates)
Chambery - 2 weekly E90
Edinburgh - 1 weekly E90
Blue Islands
Guernsey - 9 weekly AT7
Jersey - 21 weekly AT7
Eastern Airways
Paris Orly - 7 weekly AT7
easyJet
Belfast International (New) - 3 weekly 320 (from 29/10)
Geneva - 6-7 weekly 320
Glasgow (New) - 2 weekly 319 (from 02/11)
KLM
Amsterdam - 14 weekly E75/E90
Loganair
Edinburgh - 21-25 weekly ER4
Glasgow - 21-24 weekly ER4
Newcastle - 12-13 weekly ER4
Summary
167 - 180 weekly departures
24 - 26 daily departures
For comparison's sake, here is the planned operation from the start of the last pre pandemic winter (W19/20):
Aurigny
Alderney - 14 weekly D28
Guernsey - 12-13 weekly AT4
easyJet Switzerland
Geneva - 2-3 weekly 319/20
Flybe (5-6 Q400 Based)
Amsterdam - 29-33 weekly Q400
Belfast City - 15 weekly Q400
Bergerac - 2-3 weekly Q400
Chambery - 2 weekly Q400
Dublin - 24 weekly Q400
Edinburgh - 26-27 weekly Q400/E75
Geneva - 3 weekly Q400
Glasgow - 25-27 weekly Q400
Guernsey - 19-25 weekly AT4/7 (Blue Islands)
Jersey - 30 weekly Q400 / AT4/7 (Blue Islands)
Leeds/Bradford - 15 weekly J41 (Eastern)
Manchester - 36 weekly Q400/E75
Newcastle - 16-18 weekly Q400
Paris CDG - 15 weekly Q400
Overall
Flybe weekly departures: 257-271 (W18/19 - 228-282)
Other airline weekly departures: 30-31 (W18/19 - 27-35)
Overall weekly departures: 287-302 (W18/19 - 255-317)
Overall average daily departures: 41-43 (W18/19 - 36-45)
Last edited by adfly; 25th Oct 2023 at 01:38.