Bournemouth Airport in top-10 growth list
18.03.07
Bournemouth Airport was in the top-10 table of fastest-growing airports during 2006. Annual figures published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show Bournemouth ninth in the table, increasing its passenger numbers by 127,586 from 836,856 in 2005 to 964,442 last year - a growth rate of 15%.
Bournemouth Airport spokeswoman Sally Windsor said: 'Given that we doubled passenger figures in 2005, this makes the 2006 growth rate pretty impressive. During the year we saw new flights from easyJet and Air Berlin and additional flights from Ryanair flying to Pisa, Madrid and Shannon, plus extra charter flights from Thomas Cook.'
'Most popular routes were Glasgow and Dublin with Ryanair and, of course, the holiday hot-spots of Girona, Alicante, Malaga and Majorca.'
Bournemouth's freight figures were down by of 11%, with freight carried on passenger aircraft during 2006 down by 87% from 290 tonnes to 38 tonnes. The airport spokeswoman said: 'We don't have a huge freight operation. It's not a significant part of our business, we are mainly passenger flights.'
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