Peter Nears, strategic planning director for the Peel Group, the airport owner, said the crude passenger figures did not give a full picture.
“In fact the reality is that the services currently operating from the airport have all performed well over recent months. For example, one of the most important measures for airlines is what is known as the load factor - in other words the percentage of seats filled. In the case of our key service, the KLM three-times-a-day link to Amsterdam Schiphol, load factors have shown a significant increase in recent months following the launch in May of a major joint marketing campaign, highlighting the access to worldwide destinations via Schiphol.
“The long-established Eastern Airways service to Aberdeen has recently shown increased business, the summer programme to Jersey, operated by Channel island Travel Service and Flybe, has been well over 90% sold this summer, whilst Thomson has shown significantly increased business on its Palma service, coupled with a rise in bookings for next summer."
Seems to contradict davidjohnson6 post 2212 above - anybody got the figures?