DURHAM TEES VALLEY AIRPORT - 5

[davidjohnson6]

CAA stats

September's provisional stats are out. Pretty much the same story as the last month
Sept 2013:
DTV - 14,577 pax, up 0.5% or gain of 73 pax
NCL - 484,771 pax, down 0.6% or loss of 2,969 pax

Rolling year:
DTV - 163,437 pax
NCL - 4,390,965 pax

Aberdeen:
DTV - 2,978 pax, up 1.2% or gain of 34 pax
NCL - 2,702 pax, up 44.7%, or gain of 835 pax
Note - NCL now has almost the same number of passengers as at DTV

Amsterdam:
DTV - 9,017 pax (extra 68 on charter), down 1.8% or loss of 164 pax
NCL - 31,993 pax, up 28% or gain of 6,992 pax
NCL (KLM only, my estimate) - 26,956 pax, up 7.8% or gain of 1,955 pax
NCL now has 3.5 times as many passengers as DTV on the Amsterdam route

In Sept 2013, Easyjet had a load factor of 89.7% across the network. Assuming this applies on NCL-AMS, Easyjet would have carried 5,037 pax, meaning KLM saw an extra 1,955 pax on NCL-AMS or up 7.8%. If we assume Easyjet had a perfect 100% load factor on NCL-AMS Easyjet would have carried 5,616 seats and KLM an extra 1,376 pax or up 5.5%

Once again, KLM are seeing good growth in passenger numbers on NCL-AMS and the focus of KLM's passengers in the North East is gradually moving in favour of Newcastle and away from DTV.

Palma de Mallorca:
DTV - 1,640 pax, down 11.2% or loss of 207 pax
NCL - 36,437 pax, down 5% or loss of 1,916 pax
It should be noted that unlike previous years, there will be no winter sunshine routes with Thomson from DTV. After 29 Oct, the next flight from DTV to Spain will be in May 2014.

Jersey:
DTV - 269 pax, down 11.2% or loss of 34 pax
NCL - 2,238 pax, up 11.2% or gain of 226 pax
Flights from DTV to Jersey have ended for 2013 and will resume in late May 2014

There's a handful of other small charters, but these really are very minor and I'm inclined to ignore them.

Summary:
We now have full stats up to 30 September, covering all but the very end of the summer and much of the peak season for flying. The story over the summer for passenger flights has been consistent for every single month. Like a grandparent who nurtured you as a child and you loved dearly for many years but who now lies grey-faced in a bed in a hospice still succumbing to the minor infection from months ago that could not be shaken off. DTV's life as a full service passenger airport is now slowly fading away. The best thing to do right now is make the patient comfortable and for the loving family to accept the passage of time.