Liverpool Airport passengers up 8.2%
16.12.09
Passenger numbers at Liverpool Airport jumped by 8.2% (30,000) last month, as the airport showed its first increase in more than a year. The increase, to 363,421 passengers , comes on the back of a strong performance by the airport this winter season. It has maintained and grown its routes and capacity while other regional airports have seen airlines substantially reduce services.
Neil Pakey, deputy chief executive of Peel Airports, attributed the rise to the all-round performance across its airlines. He said: ‘We have got new airlines who weren’t here last year – KLM and Eastern Airways, which both appeal to the business market – while Ryanair has kept its capacity and added one or two new links, and easyJet has a bigger flying programme.’
With one month remaining in 2009, the airport has had 4.57m passengers, down 9%, or about 500,000 people, on 2008. The year-end total will finish well below the last two years, and may not quite reach the 4.96m achieved in 2006.
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