Aberdeen Airport passengers up 1.6%
15.05.08
An early start to the summer schedule helped to boost passenger numbers at Aberdeen Airport last month. 280,700 passengers used the terminal during April, up 1.6% on the same month in 2007, taking the total for the first four months of this year to more than 1 million.
Scottish budget airline Flyglobespan has launched its summer schedule of flights to destinations including Alicante, Barcelona and Faro a month earlier than in 2007. This meant an 88% year-on-year increase in the number of people flying on low-cost carriers during the month.
The number of international travellers rose 15%, with a 21% jump in the number of people flying to destinations outside the EU. However, domestic passenger were down by 6%, with the T5 chaos at Heathrow playing a part, along with less capacity this year on the Gatwick route, Ryanair scrapping its flights to Liverpool and Easter falling in April in 2007.
Several UK cities saw increased year-on-year passengers last month, however, with 72% more people flying between Aberdeen and Southampton and 33% more on Manchester services. On international routes there was a 45% rise in business between Aberdeen and Stavanger, while flights to and from Esbjerg, Bergen and Copenhagen were up 28%, 16% and 14% respectively.
Combined passenger totals for Aberdeen’s three helicopter operators – Bond Offshore, Bristow and CHC Scotia – rose by 8.7% to more than 45,600 in April.
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