Bristol Airport passengers down 19% this year
31.05.09
The number of people using Bristol Airport has dropped by 19 percent since the start of 2009, the Evening Post reports. In the first four months of the year, 1,446,976 people used the airport – a drop of 350,000 compared to the 1.79 million passengers during the same period in 2008.
Passenger numbers dropped 14.3 percent in April – the sixth month in a row they have fallen. The airport, which is reportedly up for sale, saw the numbers of people using charter flights in April drop by 40 percent. Those on international flights fell by 11 per cent and domestic passengers dropped by 5 percent.
In November passengers dropped by 12 percent compared, with December down 13 percent, January 14 percent, February 26 percent and March 23 percent. In a statement, the airport said: ‘Passenger numbers were impacted by temporary reductions in winter flights by several airlines but traffic is expected to return to 2008 levels or higher during the summer season.'
‘From May 1, the two major tour operators [Thomson/First Choice and Thomas Cook] brought in additional aircraft that will fly to holiday destinations throughout the summer. From mid-May easyJet began operating an eleventh aircraft at Bristol, with a twelfth aircraft providing additional capacity on the most popular routes in August. Ryanair will double the size of its Bristol operation with two more aircraft based at the airport from July. Longer-term, demand forecasts remain strong and we are committed to bringing forward plans which will meet this demand.’
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