Passengers up, flights down at regional airports
26.06.08
New figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show passenger numbers at regional airports grew in the first quarter of this year, but the number of flights decreased. Published in the CAA’s first edition of its new quarterly publication Aviation Trends, the figures show that passenger numbers at the regional UK hubs grew by 3% but flights to and from regional airports dipped, also by 3%.
At the London main airports, passenger numbers increased by 2% while flights went up by 1%. Both sets of figures (at regional and Lonodn airports) indicate either that planes with higher seat capacity were flown on routes or that load factors had increased.
For the first three months of this year passengers at UK airports overall increased by 2%, with scheduled flights seeing a 3% rise and chartered flights dropping by 1%. For more information go to http://www.caa.co.uk/aviationtrends.
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