Passengers down at Robin Hood Airport
04.03.09
Passenger numbers at Robin Hood Airport slumped by 8.8 percent last year compared with 2007 – after its main airline slashed the amount of flights, the Star reports.
The airport had experienced year-on-year growth in holidaymakers since it opened in 2004. In 2005, there were almost 601,000 passengers, rising to 932,000 in 2006 and almost 1.1 million in 2007 – but the 2008 total fell back to 993,000.
A spokesman for the airport said: ‘The main reason for the fall was the strategic decision taken by Thomson at the end of 2007 to consolidate their business. Services were reduced at a number of regional airports including Robin Hood, by removing their fourth aircraft based at the airport.'
‘This resulted in the loss of services to Amsterdam, Paris, Prague and Jersey – though the Jersey service was then taken on by Flybe. Some of this capacity was switched to popular Mediterranean holiday routes, but a large amount was unfortunately lost.'’
Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority show passenger numbers at Robin Hood Airport continued to grow for the first four months, then fell every month from May. December was the worst of the period, with a 23 percent drop.
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