Plus SEN-NCL is a Flybe/Virgin Connect route operated by Stobart. I am with HWAU the Cobham contract is a linch pin of the airport!

The movements website has September's passenger figures, looks like a very good month, as per their comments: Amsterdam returned to form with a 10% increase, 15% increase in terminal pax, Jersey finished better than last year and even Aberdeen was ok although still down by 4%.

On for the first back to back increase in annual passenger figures since 2005/6. Granted it's not a huge achievement, but its progress nonetheless.

September CAA stats:

Terminal passengers: 14,372 - up 15% v prior year

• Aberdeen: 1,532 - down 4%
• Amsterdam: 11,291 - up 10%
• Jersey: 388 - down 22%
• Burgas: 829 (new)
• Bergamo: 332 (charter)

After the service reduction in August, Amsterdam bounces back with a healthy growth number and 11,291 passengers is the best month on MME-AMS since October 2005! Aberdeen was down again but not as much as we have seen in recent months and the numbers were actually more than in September 2017. Jersey down due to the calendar movement (3 flights in September this year compared to 4 last year) but for the summer overall JER was up 5%. Assuming the last flight to Burgas went back empty, 829 passengers is 166 per flight (around a 93% load factor). 332 passengers to Bergamo is 161 each way on a 170 seat plane so pretty good too!

Rolling 12 month passengers: 147,297

Both the morning and evening Amsterdam rotations were operated by an ERJ-190 today.

Weekend breaks in Amsterdam have always been popular, presume the ERJ-190 was through demand and not just lack of a smaller plane. See if they return Sunday or Monday.

KLM Teesside to Amsterdam route passenger numbers increase


A shy bairn said:

The improvement in the routes performance began under Peel and there's nothing to suggest it has anything to do with the Mayor's takeover.

Works out at 73.3 per flight average, 88 seats gives 83.2% average load over the month (154 flights in total)

Yes, I think this is right looking at what KLM do from other similar sized UK airports.

• In the last 12 months, MME-AMS has had around 118,000 pax on the route - 18 departures a week (typically 3x E175s each weekday plus 3 over the weekend). This is the same for the Winter and Summer timetables.
• Humberside (127,000 pax in 2018) runs 19 departures a week during winter (all E175s) and 19 departures a week during summer (all E175s)
• Cardiff (146,000 pax in 2018) also runs 19 flights a week during winter (normally 2x E175s a day and 1 x E190) and 20 departures a week during the summer (normally 2x E175s a day and 1 x E190)
• Norwich (147,000 pax in 2018) runs 20 flights a week during winter (all E175s) and 25 flights a week during the summer (all E175s)

I'd say that the loads would have to be consistently in the high 90s for them to consider it. Cardiff was like that for a while and now is getting more E190 flights. During the winter 6 of the 20 weekly departures will be E190s and in the summer 8 of the 20 weekly will be E190s except in July and August when it will be 1.

Keep in mind that there are no more slots available at AMS. So adding a frequency would require axing one to another destination. So unless MME is a goldmine, it will be E90s instead of additional E75 flights.

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-...after-17363790

Look what just hit the news!

Comments on the Southend thread suggest that it might not be that straightforward as the Stobart Group have considerable funds tied up in Eddie Stobart

Teesside Airport update amid concerns over Eddie Stobart financial woes

Airport hotel lease.
 

The agent has put a new advert on Rightmove to sell the hotel lease. Breakdown of the hotel earnings is shown.

Who actually owns the building? airport or a separate land owner like Peel?
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commerci...-87335354.html

It's always been external from the airport so not Peel, the airport have never recognised it as an airport hotel