Serving a great slice of northern England, Manchester welcomed 24.2 million passengers in the first 10 months of 2023. This included 2.6 million in October, up by more than 5% versus the same month in 2019. It was the first month to have seen traffic exceed pre-pandemic levels. Not surprisingly, the airport’s own statistics shows […]
November 30, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Providing unrivalled choice for guests is a key focus for London Luton Airport (LLA) Chief Commercial Officer, Jonathan Rayner, and his team as the airport maps out its vision for sustainable growth. Having welcomed more than 15 million passengers in the past 12 months, LLA has continued to deliver a strong operational performance, with four […]
November 23, 2023 | Air Service Community News
London Luton Airport’s (LLA) plan for responsible and sustainable growth has received a huge boost following government approval of its application to increase its annual passenger cap from 18 million to 19 million passengers. The plan makes best use of LLA’s current infrastructure without the need for additional construction and will provide the platform for […]
November 8, 2023 | Air Service Community News
Just over 30 minutes by train from central London and minutes from the important M1 motorway, London Luton is the UK’s fifth-busiest airport by passenger traffic. Well positioned geographically, it was constrained by an 18 million passenger cap and was full in 2019. However, it now has permission to handle 19 million passengers annually, which […]
October 30, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Glasgow welcomed 766,000 passengers in July, meaning it had about half the volume of rival Edinburgh. Glasgow’s passengers were down by about a fifth versus July 2019. Analysis of European Airport Traffic Statistics (EATS) data shows that while it was not among the UK’s bottom 10 airports by recovery, it was still nearly three times […]
October 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The UK’s 35 busiest airports had 28.5 million two-way passengers in July 2023, according to Civil Aviation Authority statistics. Traffic was 6.4% lower than in 2019, a difference of about two million passengers. Only six of the 35 airports exceeded pre-pandemic figures. The UK’s winning airports The following figure provides the 10 most recovered airports […]
October 3, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Located on England’s South Coast, Southampton has a catchment area of 1.4 million people within a 30-minute drive and 3.5 million within an hour. In the first seven months of 2023, European Airport Traffic Statistics (EATS) data shows that it welcomed 427,000 passengers, down by 61% (a loss of 688,000) versus the same period in […]
September 11, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
As we roll into September, the last month of Q3, it is worth reflecting on where Europe’s three biggest (U)LCCs have been most active, and how this compares with a year ago. Analysing Cirium data for 2023 Q3 and 2022 Q3 reveals that Ryanair (with almost 57 million seats available in Q3) is still bigger […]
September 8, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Located closer to France than the UK mainland, Jersey is one of the self-governing British Crown Dependencies. Situated in the Channel Islands and covering less than 120 square kilometres, Jersey’s airport welcomed 1.34 million passengers in 2022, its lowest volume for many years. Down by almost a quarter versus 2019, it was not helped by […]
August 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
If all the units that comprise Wizz Air are combined, the Group is the eighth-largest operator serving the UK in August, based on Cirium schedule information. Wizz Air has 613 weekly one-way flights in this vitally important month, most by its original Hungary unit (289), then Wizz Air UK (245) and finally its Maltese AOC […]
August 7, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
About 193 million passengers travelled by air between the UK and France since 2004, according to the UK Civil Aviation Authority. In 2022, 8.7 million did – the lowest volume, excluding the pandemic, in almost 20 years. Traffic remained down by nearly a third (-31.0%) versus 2019, with France among the lower recoveries of the […]
July 31, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Manchester Airport is well-placed to continue its strong recovery this year with the launch of new routes, focus on new markets and infrastructure developments. In the current financial year, the airport is forecasting to be at 95% to 96% pre-Covid passenger levels. The European short-haul market is now larger for Manchester Airport than it was, […]
June 19, 2023 | Air Service Community News