NCL and peer airports
There has been some comment in this thread recently about NCL's performance in terms of passenger numbers compared with peer airports in recent years.
A look at those airports in the range 4-6 mppa shows that NCL has performed in broadly similar fashion to EMA and BFS in the past six years though not as well as LPL and BRS who have remained almost flat.
I've also added LBA to the group albeit its passenger numbers fall below the 4-6 mppa range and EDI and GLA who are above the range.
EDI has remained largely flat whilst GLA has seen continuous annual falls until this year.
The difference between the better performing (or perhaps less worse might be a better description) airports and those that haven't done so well lies in the number of passengers lost in the recession rather than any significant growth.
Below are shown the mppa figures for the above airports in the years beginning 2006 and ending with 2011, though the 2011 figures are estimates based on the most recent CAA data available.
NCL 5.4, 5.6, 5.0, 4.6, 4.3, 4.3
BRS 5.7, 5.9, 6.2, 5.6, 5.7, 5.7
EMA 4.7, 5.4, 5.6, 4.6, 4.1, 4.2
BFS 5.0, 5.2, 5.2, 4.5, 4.0, 4.1
LPL 5.0, 5.5, 5.3, 4.9, 5.0, 5.2
LBA 2.8, 2.9, 2.8, 2.5, 2.7, 2.9
EDI 8.6, 9.0, 9.0, 9.0, 8.6, 9.3
GLA 8.8, 8.7, 8.0, 7.2, 6.5, 6.8