"Surely high loads on this route were related to VFR traffic for people serving in the UK Armed Forces in Germany? Since then of course there has been a massive draw-down in our forces and presumably therefore demand on this route."
Valid point, but the troops withdrawal appears to matter only so much for the UK-HAJ market over time:
Total UK-HAJ CAA pax stats (prov. for Dec13)
2013 444039 19.4%
2012 372022 -7.9%
2011 403793 4.2%
2010 387410 16.1%
2009 333748 -8.9%
2008 366386 -1.9%
2007 373451 3.7%
2006 360017 -3.9%
2005 374514 -4.6%
2004 392398 13.0%
2003 347156 26.1%
2002 275377 -3.6%
2001 285533 -11.0%
2000 320736
Anyway, just a thought. Danger of going a bit OT here
