Derry/Londonderry 2

[buzz_hornet]

D-agra proair crj200 now on deck

[BAladdy]

Originally Posted by buzz_hornet

D-agra proair crj200 now on deck

D-AGRA arrived using the the flight number BM9366. Tomorrow’s STN flights had for the last week been showing as been operated by a S2000 until early this morning. Now showing as operating ER4. I am guessing that we will see tomorrow’s flights operated by this aircraft. If that’s the case then how long is this aircraft staying for??

[buzz_hornet]

Originally Posted by BAladdy

D-AGRA arrived using the the flight number BM9366. Tomorrow’s STN flights had for the last week been showing as been operated by a S2000 until early this morning. Now showing as operating ER4. I am guessing that we will see tomorrow’s flights operated by this aircraft. If that’s the case then how long is this aircraft staying for??

Prob til next sat

[BAladdy]

D-AGRA is registered to ProAir Aviation. This aircraft operated for BM back in September for a couple days ex BRS. Does anyone know for sure what is the problem with this route... guessing it’s crewing shortage.. If it is surely it makes sense to lease a aircraft for a longer period until they sort it out. Rather than having a different aircraft every couple of days?.

[BFS BHD]

Many seats left on the Superbreaks charter to Sevilla tomorrow?

[speedbirdATC]

Originally Posted by BFS BHD

Many seats left on the Superbreaks charter to Sevilla tomorrow?

54 pax outbound this morning

[GAZMO]

Sounds rather on the low side. What size of aircraft?

[A320.b744]

Originally Posted by GAZMO

Sounds rather on the low side. What size of aircraft?

Enter Air B738 with 189 seats - 54 pax gives a load factor of 29%.

[Amelia Earhart]

The airport won't work until the economy works and the economy won't work until Stormont stops discriminating against the 2nd city and supports a proper university with 1/3rd of the Northern Ireland students (15-18000 students), decentralises thousands of civil services jobs outside Belfast and sets ring fenced funding and targets for Invest "Belfast". Anything else is a waste of time and the A5 and A6 roads only facilitate further centralisation as opposed to leading to increased investment in the city and West of the Bann.

[Fly757X]

Originally Posted by Amelia Earhart

The airport won't work until the economy works and the economy won't work until Stormont stops discriminating against the 2nd city and supports a proper university with 1/3rd of the Northern Ireland students (15-18000 students), decentralises thousands of civil services jobs outside Belfast and sets ring fenced funding and targets for Invest "Belfast". Anything else is a waste of time and the A5 and A6 roads only facilitate further centralisation as opposed to leading to increased investment in the city and West of the Bann.

Someone speaking sense

[owenc]

I disagree Amelia. I want the A5 and A6 roads, (and also A26), we need more Dual Carriageways. There are plenty of places on those roads that are not in Belfast.

[buzz_hornet]

Enter Air punctuality worked well yesterday. Any claims will offset the cost of the trip

[A320.b744]

CAA Stats January and February

January 2018;

LDY handled 14,595 pax in January, which represents a 26% decrease since last year.

All three routes experienced a fall in passenger numbers;

GLA (-3%), LPL (-24%), STN (-50%)

LPL had the highest load factor (74%) followed by GLA (70%) and STN (67%).

February 2018;

LDY handled 14,977 pax in February, which represents a decrease of 29% since last year.

There was a sharp decline in passenger numbers on all routes;

GLA (-11%), LPL (-22%), STN (-52%)

LPL had the highest load factor (78%) followed by GLA and STN (both 72%).


I posted the total number of scheduled seats for sale in 2018 from LDY back in January, but a lot has changed since then, so here are the updated annual seats for sale;

GLA: 83,956 (80,514 + 3,442)
LPL: 66,528
STN: 66,248
EDI: 17,010
PMI: 2,646

There are 236,388 scheduled seats for sale in 2018.

LDY has handled 29,572 passengers on its scheduled services in 2018 so far. With 41,040 seats available over the period, the average load factor is 72%.

Given the airport's performance so far, it seems highly likely that passenger numbers will fall below the 2017 figure of 193,981. I estimate a figure of between 180,000-190,000 pax in 2018, though 2019 should see the airport just about surpass 200,000 pax again, based on current route frequencies.

[Keyvon]

New for S19 is a charter flight to Bourgas (Bulgaria) with BH Air on Mondays during school holidays (Jun, 17 to Jul, 22).

[Alteagod]

Fantastic news from CODA.

[Fly757X]

Originally Posted by A320.b744

January 2018;

LDY handled 14,595 pax in January, which represents a 26% decrease since last year.

All three routes experienced a fall in passenger numbers;

GLA (-3%), LPL (-24%), STN (-50%)

LPL had the highest load factor (74%) followed by GLA (70%) and STN (67%).

February 2018;

LDY handled 14,977 pax in February, which represents a decrease of 29% since last year.

There was a sharp decline in passenger numbers on all routes;

GLA (-11%), LPL (-22%), STN (-52%)

LPL had the highest load factor (78%) followed by GLA and STN (both 72%).


I posted the total number of scheduled seats for sale in 2018 from LDY back in January, but a lot has changed since then, so here are the updated annual seats for sale;

GLA: 83,956 (80,514 + 3,442)
LPL: 66,528
STN: 66,248
EDI: 17,010
PMI: 2,646

There are 236,388 scheduled seats for sale in 2018.

LDY has handled 29,572 passengers on its scheduled services in 2018 so far. With 41,040 seats available over the period, the average load factor is 72%.

Given the airport's performance so far, it seems highly likely that passenger numbers will fall below the 2017 figure of 193,981. I estimate a figure of between 180,000-190,000 pax in 2018, though 2019 should see the airport just about surpass 200,000 pax again, based on current route frequencies.

How do the load factors compare to this time last year? Many thanks

[A320.b744]

Originally Posted by Fly757X

How do the load factors compare to this time last year? Many thanks

Load factors are down on both GLA and LPL, despite a reduction in flights. This doesn't bode well for the future of LDY-LPL, and if LDY-EDI performs worse than LDY-GLA, I can see Ryanair axing that route too. Ryanair really need to have an excellent summer at LDY, or their threats to move all operations to BFS could indeed become a reality.

Load factors for STN are the same with bmi Regional this year as they were with Ryanair last year which is a positive note, even though gross passenger numbers on the route have halved.

Glasgow;

Jan 17: 6,010 73%
Jan 18: 5,848 70%

Feb 17: 6,669 82%
Feb 18: 5,967 72%

Liverpool;

Jan 17: 6,623 76%
Jan 18: 5,065 74%

Feb 17: 6,822 82%
Feb 18: 5,334 78%

Stansted;

Jan 17: 7,485 66%
Jan 18: 3,650 67%

Feb 17: 7,606 72%
Feb 18: 3,654 72%

[Fly757X]

Originally Posted by A320.b744

Load factors are down on both GLA and LPL, despite a reduction in flights. This doesn't bode well for the future of LDY-LPL, and if LDY-EDI performs worse than LDY-GLA, I can see Ryanair axing that route too. Ryanair really need to have an excellent summer at LDY, or their threats to move all operations to BFS could indeed become a reality.

Load factors for STN are the same with bmi Regional this year as they were with Ryanair last year which is a positive note, even though gross passenger numbers on the route have halved.

Glasgow;

Jan 17: 6,010 73%
Jan 18: 5,848 70%

Feb 17: 6,669 82%
Feb 18: 5,967 72%

Liverpool;

Jan 17: 6,623 76%
Jan 18: 5,065 74%

Feb 17: 6,822 82%
Feb 18: 5,334 78%

Stansted;

Jan 17: 7,485 66%
Jan 18: 3,650 67%

Feb 17: 7,606 72%
Feb 18: 3,654 72%

Will be an important few months ahead. Many thanks.

[cuthere]

There were several cancellations, especially at Glasgow, in February. Hardly surprising numbers are down.

[Fly757X]

Originally Posted by cuthere

There were several cancellations, especially at Glasgow, in February. Hardly surprising numbers are down.

Unfortunately the load factors are alarming.