There have been a few comments on these forums that despite all the doom and gloom, nothing feels markedly different on the shop floor in terms of traffic handled. Well, here are the NATS movement figures for you to draw your own conclusions. I have excluded weeks 37 and 38 - which cover sep 11th and the following week when traffic was still trying to return to normality.
Week 39 - 43 (23rd Sep - 28th Oct)
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AIRPORTS
2001 2000 Diff % change ABERDEEN 9654 9756 -102 -1 BELFAST ALDERGROVE 9070 9316 -246 -2.6 BELFAST CITY 3023 3341 -318 -9.5 BIRMINGHAM 12880 12513 +367 +2.9 CARDIFF 5635 6307 -672 -10.65 EDINBURGH 11516 10253 +1263 +12.3 FARNBOROUGH 1462 1840 -378 -20.5 GATWICK 25876 26862 -986 -3.67 GLASGOW 11828 10958 +870 +7.95 HEATHROW 43634 45515 -1881 -4.13 LONDON CITY 5622 5521 +101 +1.84 LUTON 8805 8865 -60 -0.68 MANCHESTER 20714 20856 -142 -0.68 SOUTHAMPTON 5188 5041 +147 +2.92 STANSTED 16776 17256 -480 -2.78
TOTALS 191683 194200 -2517 -1.3
CENTRES
2001 2000 Diff % change LONDON AIRWAYS 191949 196879 -4930 -2.5 SCOTTISH AIRWAYS 52021 52338 -317 -0.6 SCOTTISH OCEANIC 31889 34663 -2774 -8 MANCHESTER 50329 50829 -500 -0.99
Not as significantly down as I would have expected from various "briefings" "Ahh BUT" I hear the protesters say, "the big schedule cuts didnt come in til the start of the winter timetable period....so to answer that, here are the figures for week 44 - the first full week of the winter period.
Week 44 (29th Oct - 4th Nov)
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AIRPORTS
2001 2000 Diff % change ABERDEEN 2072 1918 +134 +8 BELFAST ALDERGROVE 1699 1551 +148 +9.6 BELFAST CITY 836 698 +138 +19.7 BIRMINGHAM 2267 2248 +19 +0.86 CARDIFF 1397 1053 +344 +32.7 EDINBURGH 2256 2038 +218 +10.72 FARNBOROUGH 289 339 -50 -15 GATWICK 4150 4603 -453 -9.78 GLASGOW 2147 2087 +60 +2.88 HEATHROW 8651 9003 -352 -3.91 LONDON CITY 1167 1068 +99 +9.3 LUTON 1643 1639 +4 +0.25 MANCHESTER 3553 3574 -21 -0.59 SOUTHAMPTON 1265 1090 +175 +16.06 STANSTED 2844 3006 -162 -5.39
TOTALS 36236 35915 +321 +0.89
CENTRES
2001 2000 Diff %change LONDON AIRWAYS 34153 35382 -1229 -3.47 SCOTTISH AIRWAYS 9615 9983 -368 -3.68 SCOTTISH OCEANIC 5711 6316 -605 -9.58 MANCHESTER 9295 9013 +282 +3.13
Again draw your own conclusion, but if you think it doesn't feel much quieter - it could be cos it ain't!
TAG/NATS... if you read this...please remember that ATC works on the number of aircraft NOT their size or numbers of passengers :-)
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[ 12 November 2001: Message edited by: The Truth, The Whole Truth.... ]