Originally Posted by
YVRscot
Has the total GLA and EDI market expanded or contracted? Have the passengers simply shifted eastwards or, due to COVID, Brexit, taxation etc is Scotland seeing fewer air travellers overall?
Here is the total passenger numbers in 2023 vs 2019 (a few things to note are that Thomas Cook collapsed in 2019, so the last 3 months did not reach full potential & Flybe 1 and 2 also went bust)
2019 Total: 24,224,652
EDI: 14,737,497
GLA: 8,847,100
PIK: 640,055
2023 Total: 22,169,801
EDI: 14,288,907
GLA: 7,358,828
PIK: 522,066
So there is approximately 2 million less passengers in Scotland in 2023 than 2019, both GLA and EDI are expected to grow this year. Bosses at GLA have made a public claim of an extra 1 million passengers, and I would expect EDI have a number in mind, just not made public.
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