The decline (and decline) of the Dublin route
LDY- DUB pax for the past few years:
Year Pax
2003 28974
2004 30914
2005 28775
2006 29611
2007 25962
2008 24701
2009 21371
There has been a decline since 2007. That seems slightly too early to be the start of the credit crunch so was that the wheels coming off the Celtic Tiger?
Or was it the increasing availability of alternative routes from LDY, so less feeder passengers and leisure travellers.
Could alternative routes also explain reductions on LDY-STN (or is that due entirely to inconsistent timetabling and reduced frequencies on the STN route)?