Cardiff
Jan 08 v Jan 09 - 33% drop
Feb 08 v Feb 09 - 38% drop
May be explained by change in timetable (I think RE were daily in Jan 08 and 5 per week Jan 09)
As far as I know RE were 6 weekly in Jan 08 and 4 weekly in Jan 09, so load factors have actually remained stable.
Edinburgh
Jan 08 v Jan 09 - 16% drop
Feb 08 v Feb 09 - 11% drop
No change in timetable
As far as I know frequency until mid Jan 08 was 12 weekly, and from then until the end of February 08 was 8 weekly. Frequency in Jan & Feb 09 was 6 Weekly.
So as far as I can see Belfast is the only one thats actually had lower load factors.
Please correct me if I'm wrong about the above.
LHR down 10 % in Jan 09 and 12% in Feb 09. Expected LHR to hold numbers given current absent of SNN connection. These numbers will worsen when SNN-LHR re-instated.
But the problem is less people are travelling on Long Haul flights due to the downturn. This means less demand for connections through Heathrow. Dublin-Heathrow is also down on last year.