Analysis of UK CAA monthly statistics for all of last year reveal that UK airports welcomed over 224 million passengers in 2022. That is more than three times as many as the 65.6 million handled in 2021, but still 25% fewer than were processed in 2019. Relative to 2019, the UK’s best month was October […]
February 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Since the arrival of COVID, the UK’s recovery in air travel demand has been well below the European average with the country adopting severe travel restrictions in the early days and waiting longer than many of its European neighbours before removing the majority of restrictions. It has consistently lagged behind its major European rivals France, […]
December 9, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The latest airport traffic statistics from the UK CAA for August 2022 confirm that none of the country’s top 15 airports has yet seen traffic recover to pre-pandemic levels. Even Germany, which has a significantly lower rate of recovery than the UK, had a few airports that were recording traffic growth compared with three years […]
October 4, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Aer Lingus Regional on Thursday 7 July added two new routes from Belfast BHD. Using ATR 72s operated by Emerald Airlines, there will be daily flights on the 510-kilometre route to Southampton, competing with Eastern Airways, which already offers 13-weekly flights. In addition, Aer Lingus Regional is now offering 5-weekly flights on the 400-kilometre route […]
July 14, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Located in the northwest corner of Northern Ireland, City of Derry serves the city of Derry/Londonderry. Traffic at the airport peaked in 2008 at almost 450,000 passengers, with Ryanair operating flights to seven UK destinations; Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow PIK, Liverpool, London LTN and London STN. British Airways served Glasgow and Dublin thanks to […]
December 3, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Passenger figures for September from the CAA, show that the UK’s airports handled 9.86 million passengers, which was 65% fewer than in September 2019, but over 70% more than in September 2020. This means that demand in September was at 35% of the level of two years ago. This is a significant improvement on the […]
November 29, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Earlier this week it was announced that a new airline, using the Flybe name, would be launching operations next summer from its new base in Birmingham. The old Flybe had its headquarters in Exeter. Details on the airline’s planned route network were decidedly vague, although the Mayor of West Midlands spoke of ‘better domestic and […]
November 19, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Loganair launched an international route from Aberdeen on Sunday 5 August when it introduced 4-weekly service to Dublin. The inaugural service on the 490-kilometre route (flight number LM 51 operated by an Embraer ERJ-135, registration G-SAJT) departed Aberdeen at 10:16 and touched down in Dublin just under an hour later at 11:15. The return flight […]
September 7, 2021 | Latest Route News +
After a break of just over 16 months, the capitals of Scotland and Wales are once again connected by air. On Monday 2 August, Loganair began 5-weekly service between Edinburgh and Cardiff. The two airports were last connected by Flybe with up to three daily flights, before the UK regional carrier suspended all operations in […]
August 3, 2021 | Latest Route News +
The end of July is almost here and all across Europe schools have finished for the summer holidays and everyone is looking forward to getting away for a well deserved holiday. Or are they? With ever-changing travel restrictions still in place, no sign of a relaxation in the rules for travelling from Europe to the […]