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Old 12th Nov 2001, 04:04
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There have been a few comments on these forums that despite all the doom and gloom, nothing feels markedly different on the shop floor in terms of traffic handled. Well, here are the NATS movement figures for you to draw your own conclusions. I have excluded weeks 37 and 38 - which cover sep 11th and the following week when traffic was still trying to return to normality.

Week 39 - 43 (23rd Sep - 28th Oct)

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AIRPORTS
             2001    2000   Diff     % change

ABERDEEN     9654    9756   -102     -1
BELFAST 
ALDERGROVE   9070    9316   -246     -2.6
BELFAST 
CITY         3023    3341   -318     -9.5
BIRMINGHAM  12880   12513   +367     +2.9
CARDIFF      5635    6307   -672     -10.65
EDINBURGH   11516   10253   +1263    +12.3
FARNBOROUGH  1462    1840   -378     -20.5
GATWICK     25876   26862   -986     -3.67
GLASGOW     11828   10958   +870     +7.95
HEATHROW    43634   45515   -1881    -4.13
LONDON CITY  5622    5521   +101     +1.84
LUTON        8805    8865   -60      -0.68
MANCHESTER  20714   20856   -142     -0.68
SOUTHAMPTON  5188    5041   +147     +2.92
STANSTED    16776   17256   -480     -2.78
TOTALS     191683  194200   -2517    -1.3


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             2001     2000    Diff   % change
LONDON 
AIRWAYS      191949   196879  -4930  -2.5
SCOTTISH 
AIRWAYS       52021   52338   -317   -0.6
SCOTTISH
OCEANIC       31889   34663   -2774  -8
MANCHESTER    50329   50829   -500   -0.99
Not as significantly down as I would have expected from various "briefings" "Ahh BUT" I hear the protesters say, "the big schedule cuts didnt come in til the start of the winter timetable period....so to answer that, here are the figures for week 44 - the first full week of the winter period.

Week 44 (29th Oct - 4th Nov)

Code:
AIRPORTS
             2001    2000   Diff     % change

ABERDEEN     2072    1918   +134     +8
BELFAST 
ALDERGROVE   1699    1551   +148     +9.6
BELFAST 
CITY          836     698   +138     +19.7
BIRMINGHAM   2267    2248   +19      +0.86
CARDIFF      1397    1053   +344     +32.7
EDINBURGH    2256    2038   +218     +10.72
FARNBOROUGH   289     339   -50      -15
GATWICK      4150    4603   -453     -9.78
GLASGOW      2147    2087   +60      +2.88
HEATHROW     8651    9003   -352     -3.91
LONDON 
CITY         1167    1068   +99      +9.3
LUTON        1643    1639   +4       +0.25
MANCHESTER   3553    3574   -21      -0.59
SOUTHAMPTON  1265    1090   +175     +16.06
STANSTED     2844    3006   -162     -5.39
TOTALS      36236   35915   +321     +0.89
 
CENTRES
             2001    2000   Diff     %change 

LONDON 
AIRWAYS      34153   35382  -1229    -3.47
SCOTTISH 
AIRWAYS       9615    9983  -368     -3.68
SCOTTISH 
OCEANIC       5711    6316  -605     -9.58
MANCHESTER    9295    9013  +282     +3.13
Again draw your own conclusion, but if you think it doesn't feel much quieter - it could be cos it ain't!
TAG/NATS... if you read this...please remember that ATC works on the number of aircraft NOT their size or numbers of passengers :-)

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BAA figures released this morning make interesting reading. The planes seem to be flying, just not as full of passengers as they used to be. http://www.baa.co.uk/doc/e2d3786dbf1...d638_main.html
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Although these figures support the fact that we are all working as hard as ever and the staff cutting exercise is an over-reaction to say the least, the bottom line for TAG is the drop in revenue. I thought I read somewhere that the 14% (TAG Quote) drop in Oceanic traffic represented 40% of NATS revenue.
 
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I believe that NATs charges are done on a tonne/km basis. So a small drop in long haul traffic has a major effect on the revenues. Personally I'm surprised the drops are as little as they are.

On this subject, does anyone know if the USAF now pay route charges since privatisation??.
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If 14% drop of oceanic traffic = 40% of nats revenue then 100% of oceanic traffic = 285% of NATS revenue. I think there may be a small error here.
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