UK CAA June Passenger Figures

The UK CAA has published traffic figures for June 2009.

From Dublin, Gatwick traffic which is split between Ryanair and Aer Lingus showed a 4% YoY growth at 97,184 which was roughly 10% up on the May figure. Heathrow and Stansted both showed negative trends with LHR down 14% to 140,688 passengers and Stansted (a Ryanair preserve) down 18% to 70,745. Luton was up 3% YoY at 30,782. In total, Dublin's traffic to the 'Big 4' London area airports was down 8.9% which is a smaller YoY decline than that recorded in May at 13.8%.

At Cork, Gatwick traffic was up 1% to 9,880. Heathrow was down 9% to 42,992 while Stansted, a Ryanair route was down 2% to 25,916. In total, Cork's London traffic was down 5.6% YoY for the month, again a smaller decline than the 12.6% YoY reduction noted in May.

Shannon has fared similar to Dublin and Cork with Gatwick traffic down 2% YoY at 17,158 and Stansted down 16%, to 24,781.

On the reinstated Heathrow - Shannon route, a total of 12,370 passengers were carried for the month of June as against 11,838 in May which had one more calendar day.

In Belfast City Airport, passenger numbers on the Heathrow route, for a second consecutive month bucked many months of decline on the key LHR route (a BMI domain) with numbers growing 1% YoY to 45,314.

On the Belfast City - London Gatwick route, operated by FlyBe, passenger figures are up 26% YoY at 20,304 whilst the Belfast International - Gatwick route served by easyJet is down 22% YoY to 25,173.

Aer Arann's Cork - Belfast City route saw passenger numbers drop 21% YoY to 3,082. This route may be suffering as a result of the vastly improved road network linking Belfast-Dublin and Cork which has greatly reduced the driving time between the three cities.

At Belfast International, Aer Lingus LHR figures have shown a 13% gain YoY to 23,715.