May domestic passenger figures
Monthly passenger figures from the CAA. 2013 in brackets
Average pax per flight and load factors estimated using a SBS report and seat-maps
Aberdeen.........11153 (8671)......55 pax....67%
Belfast City.....21162 (23727).....62 pax....77%
Belfast Int......16581 (12921)....124 pax....79%
Londonderry.......4213 (4616).....124 pax....66%
Edinburgh........23955 (24160).....64 pax....79%
Glasgow..........19500 (17959).....58 pax....73%
Inverness.........3606 (3005)......58 pax....73%
Isle of Man.......4370 (3929)......62 pax....79%
Guernsey..........1715 (3565)
Jersey............5761 (2732)......53 pax....65%
Newcastle..........585 (720).......08 pax....49%
Newquay...........1166 (nil).......36 pax....47%
Some interesting figures here, none more so that the flybe routes where capacity has been slashed on some routes such as Glasgow compared to 2013 but they have actually put more passengers on board. Edinburgh is barely down and the massive reduction in Isle Man from double daily to daily has added 400 pax.
Newquay was a little disappointing as outbound loads seemed to be doing well to start with.
easyjet was increasing Belfast month by month only to slash capacity for high summer. Possibly an indication that yields are weak although this is not supported by the fares most days and even less so now.
flybe have/had nine out of ten consecutive BHD-BHX flights from yesterday fully booked, although I realise summer hols have started (not in the Midlands though). The next three only just had the highest fare available and the next basic ticket is Tuesday evening (and not cheap) but the schedule is maintained at 7 a day in the week.
To add balance, easyjet's BFS high-summer schedule is now
Saturday - nothing down from one until October
Sunday - two
Monday - two
Tuesday - one evening flight down one until September
Wednesday - two
Thursday - two down from three until mid-September
Friday - two down from three until mid-September
Pete