Passengers down at Prestwick Airport
27.10.08
Prestwick Airport handled 214,436 passengers in September, down 4% on a year earlier. This took the year-to-date passenger total to 1,372,187, slightly ahead of the equivalent period last year.
Scheduled passenger traffic showed a year-on-year increase for the fifth consecutive month, although charter traffic was down 56% against last year. The drop in charter traffic was due to the unexpected suspension of flying on September 10 by Seguro, the main charter operator at Prestwick Airport. Rival Glasgow Airport recorded an 11% fall in passengers last month, with its year-to-date total down 5.4% on last year.
Glasgow Prestwick handled 1,326 tonnes of freight during the month, down 47% on last September. This is roughly in line with August’s year-on-year performance, with the absence of Atlas / Polar services continuing to be responsible for the shortfall in monthly volumes. The year-to-date freight volume of 10,277 tonnes is 23% down on the same period in 2007.
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