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Some sensible business decisions by RCA, which could make a big difference to the airports survival long term, making use of the vast underutilised space they have seems a no brainer.
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Disused runway and 17/35 full, north side taxiways full, some on BAC site and a Vanguard by the tower blocking that taxiway.
All of Courtlines 1-11s, Lufthansa 727s and 737s, Dan-Air comets, TMAC CL-44, Tridents, Viscounts, Vanguard, Alitalia DC-9.
Happy days.
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BOH saw some impressive growth in Jan’20 up 22% on Jan’19 with over 43,500 pax during the month. Year to date figure stands at over 811,000.
Significant growth on Faro, Kraków and Las Palmas. Geneva was up 11%. Strong growth on Malta & Barbados.
Oddly, some declines seen on Spain (ALC & AGP) and Canaries (TFS & ACE)
Significant growth on Faro, Kraków and Las Palmas. Geneva was up 11%. Strong growth on Malta & Barbados.
Oddly, some declines seen on Spain (ALC & AGP) and Canaries (TFS & ACE)
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Bournemouth will probably only see 250,000 or 350,000 this year assuming flights resume in July.
Travel will undoubtedly come back but it's probably reset aviation by around 15 years or more. Who knows if a full recovery will be seen in 2021.
Travel will undoubtedly come back but it's probably reset aviation by around 15 years or more. Who knows if a full recovery will be seen in 2021.
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February passengers up 23.6%
Final month before the COVID-19 distortion:
February 2020 saw a 23.6% rise to 42,354 pax or 818,920 year to date (20.1% increase on year before)
Biggest growth seen on Las Palmas up 129%, but big gains on Faro, Malta, Alicante, Malaga and Geneva. Dublin did well as did Krakow but Prague seemed to struggle a little with only 2,453 pax. Decline of 3% seen on Tenerife. Huge decline seen on Paphos as Ryanair moved to summer seasonal only.
Such a shame that this positive growth story has now been stopped dead in its tracks by COVID-19 but everyone is in the same boat. Will be interesting to see how much of it comes back after the crisis is over. I believe that leisure travel will come back in a big way but UK domestic may struggle.
February 2020 saw a 23.6% rise to 42,354 pax or 818,920 year to date (20.1% increase on year before)
Biggest growth seen on Las Palmas up 129%, but big gains on Faro, Malta, Alicante, Malaga and Geneva. Dublin did well as did Krakow but Prague seemed to struggle a little with only 2,453 pax. Decline of 3% seen on Tenerife. Huge decline seen on Paphos as Ryanair moved to summer seasonal only.
Such a shame that this positive growth story has now been stopped dead in its tracks by COVID-19 but everyone is in the same boat. Will be interesting to see how much of it comes back after the crisis is over. I believe that leisure travel will come back in a big way but UK domestic may struggle.
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Final month before the COVID-19 distortion:
February 2020 saw a 23.6% rise to 42,354 pax or 818,920 year to date (20.1% increase on year before)
Biggest growth seen on Las Palmas up 129%, but big gains on Faro, Malta, Alicante, Malaga and Geneva. Dublin did well as did Krakow but Prague seemed to struggle a little with only 2,453 pax. Decline of 3% seen on Tenerife. Huge decline seen on Paphos as Ryanair moved to summer seasonal only.
Such a shame that this positive growth story has now been stopped dead in its tracks by COVID-19 but everyone is in the same boat. Will be interesting to see how much of it comes back after the crisis is over. I believe that leisure travel will come back in a big way but UK domestic may struggle.
February 2020 saw a 23.6% rise to 42,354 pax or 818,920 year to date (20.1% increase on year before)
Biggest growth seen on Las Palmas up 129%, but big gains on Faro, Malta, Alicante, Malaga and Geneva. Dublin did well as did Krakow but Prague seemed to struggle a little with only 2,453 pax. Decline of 3% seen on Tenerife. Huge decline seen on Paphos as Ryanair moved to summer seasonal only.
Such a shame that this positive growth story has now been stopped dead in its tracks by COVID-19 but everyone is in the same boat. Will be interesting to see how much of it comes back after the crisis is over. I believe that leisure travel will come back in a big way but UK domestic may struggle.
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[QUOTE=The Nutts Mutts;10731373]You know why Stewy- because that's what SOU does.
Even in this time of global crisis people still seem unable to resist trying to get a dig in at their local rival.[/QUOTE
Rivals to some maybe but let’s not forget these are ridiculously tough times for all and one thing is for certain, I believe both south coast airports will survive this and come back stronger in the months ahead!
Even in this time of global crisis people still seem unable to resist trying to get a dig in at their local rival.[/QUOTE
Rivals to some maybe but let’s not forget these are ridiculously tough times for all and one thing is for certain, I believe both south coast airports will survive this and come back stronger in the months ahead!
I believe both south coast airports will survive this and come back stronger in the months ahead!
BOH will get it's (mainly) holiday/owners abroad destinations back with RYR and TOM
SOU will get some of it's trunk routes back with lower frequencies on (mainly) smaller aircraft
(based upon what we have seen so far before CV-19 took hold)
I think that's the reality we are facing, which I don't see as coming back stronger.
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As Bournemouth is almost a pure leisure airport it relies on discretionary spending.
I’m not saying this time round will be the same but during the last downturn there was strong evidence that people actually ring fences money for an holiday and that the main holiday was increasingly being seen as more of a necessity as opposed to a luxury.
But, this time round is totally unprecedented. Who can have even an inkling of what will happen ? Whatever happens, we will be faced with changes of cataclysmic effect !
People aren't going to have the luxury of taking a (foreign) holiday after 6 months of this, and I really can't see it lasting just the three. Optimists really need to take a reality check!.
I can see the commercial aviation industry virtually going back to "ground zero", and the clock being completely reset, with a myriad of new carriers and tour operators rising up, run by senior managers, each in small market segments as we had in the 1960s and 1970, and that they will bit by bit be consolidated in larger, though perhaps not global players. I say this because after this crisis has run it's course there will be far more urgent calls upon government support than supporting leisure businesses; especially after they have been splashing the cash keeping people's heads above water during the crisis.