Movement Figures - The FACTS

[The Truth]

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
 CENTRES
	
            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)

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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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[ 12 November 2001: Message edited by: The Truth, The Whole Truth.... ]

[Take up the Hold]

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

[Karoshi]

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.

[250 kts]

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??.

[terrain safe]

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.