CAA stats for July (but still not June!) are finally out.
Icelandair carried 1,014 passengers on their new KEF route, which gives an average load of 39 pax (53%). It sounds bad, but Icelandair's other Q400 route to ABZ has a similar load factor (59%) despite running for a couple of years.
AMS on the other hand is performing very well, with KLM carrying 5,214 passengers in July (up 22% on 2016). This gives an average load of 85 pax. Given that the route was operated mainly by Cityjet's RJ-85s (95 seats), that gives a load factor of 89%. For the E175 these figures would give a 97% load factor. There is some real potential for an upgrade to the E-190 next summer, or even a second daily flight.
Aer Lingus' summer routes are all down given the reduction in frequencies. FAO (-19%), ALC (-45%), AGP (-20%), PMI (-23%). Aer Lingus carried 8,524 fewer passengers on its summer routes this July than in 2016.
Domestic services as a whole are fairly flat, with 225,477 domestic passengers in July compared to 227,705 last year, representing a 1% decrease.
Overall, 257,633 passengers used BHD in July, down 4.5% on last year.
Last edited by A320.b744; 23rd Sep 2017 at 01:42.