easyJet NCL-BRS
The annual passenger figures from 2006 to 2013 are as follows. It will be seen that the major fall was in 2008 with the 'peak recession' years of 2009 and 2010 also seeing substantial falls. Recent years have been fairly steady but if this reduction in the schedule continues next year then obviously numbers will fall significantly.
246,000; 246,000; 202,000; 187,000; 166,000; 168,000; 171,000; 175,000
NCL-BRS is still the busiest route by passenger numbers between two English provincial cities.
There is an hourly train service and this may be taking some toll although it was thought that like, GLA and EDI, NCL was far enough from BRS to favour air over train.
The BRS-LBA link ended last year and BRS-MAN some years before that (neither with easyJet) and it's believed that the hourly train service between Bristol and those cities might have been the main reason as they are closer to Bristol than is Newcastle.