Passenger numbers drop for second month
10.01.08
Passenger numbers at Aberdeen Airport dropped for a second successive month last month, but the hub still recorded its busiest year yet in 2007. An airport spokesman said the monthly decreases had been caused by the loss of certain routes this winter.
The airport's owner, BAA, released figures yesterday showing that more than 3.4 million passengers passed through the hub last year - 7.9% more than in 2006. However, a year-on-year fall by 2% in December means that, for the second month running, numbers have fallen for the first time in almost four years (passengers dropped in November by 2.3%).
An airport spokesman said: 'We lost the Liverpool route in October, which is why the numbers have been down for November and December compared with 2006. However, overall for 2007 we have had an increase of 7.9% in passenger growth, which no other major airport in the country can boast.'
Despite the drops in November and December, last month, there was a 3% increase in international flights. In addition, over the last 12 months was a 6.5% rise in passengers numbers between Aberdeen and London.
The airport spokesman added that talks were ongoing on finding a replacement airline to take over the Aberdeen to Gatwick route, which is being dropped by British Airways at the end of March after it transfers its Houston flights to Heathrow (BA will continue to operate Aberdeen - Heathrow flights).
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