Passengers down 20% at Prestwick Airport
07.09.11
Prestwick Airport saw a drop of nearly 20% in passenger numbers in July compared with the same month last year. There were 37,800 fewer passengers during the first month of the school summer holidays, as passengers fell from 194,500 last year to 156,700 this year.
The airport said declining numbers were due to Ryanair reducing its routes in and out of Prestwick. The budget airline is dominant in Prestwick's passenger operations, and has shifted several routes to Edinburgh Airport, causing a 23% drop in scheduled aircraft movements. Freight tonnage was down 11%.
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