CAA provisional traffic figure for November

The UK CAA today published it's provisional traffic figures for the month of November.

On DUB-LHR, a total of 138,230 passengers were carried on the route which is a 12% Year on Year (YoY) reduction for the eleventh month. Year to date traffic on the DUB-LHR is down 8% or just over 146,ooo passengers for the two airlines concerned Aer Lingus and BMI.

DUB-LGW is up 7% YoY for the month at 86,271 and YTD is up 24% on 2007. DUB-STN is down 11% for November, YoY at 63,644 which represents a YTD figure of 5% lower than 2007.

In Cork, the CRK-LHR route had it's first YoY decline for the year with passenger figures down 5% YoY at 36,259. YTD the route is still 11% ahead of last year.

CRK-LGW is as it has been all year - virtually unchanged over 2007. In November a total of 9,692 passengers used the route, up 2.8% YoY for the month. CRK-STN however was down 10% for the month YoY at 21,277. YTD the route is running 3% behind last year.

In Shannon, the LGW route has an extra service over last year which makes comparisons difficult. Traffic on the route performed marginally better than for the other months of the year with a higher multiple over last year's figures. SNN-STN was 18% higher YoY for the month at 25,460 passengers which matches the YTD figure of 18% higher than last year. This is again against a backdrop of an extra service on the route.

In Belfast, the BFS-LHR route carried 20,347 passengers against Shannon's figure of 22,727 for the same month last year. The Belfast figure represents a 49% load factor for the month based on number of days x number of flights per day x number of seats per aircraft. Using the same criteria, Aer Lingus YTD load factor on BFS-LHR is 53% which represents a monthly loss of just under 7,000 passengers for each of the eleven months of service in 2008 over last year.