Passengers drop on economy worries
12.10.08
The continuing fallout from the credit crunch and global economic slowdown has seen the number of passengers using Aberdeen Airport fall for a fifth consecutive month. Passenger numbers for September were down 4.2% compared to a year earlier at 298,467.
The number of passengers using domestic services dropped by 5.9%, while there were 7.4% fewer international passengers. However, helicopter business was up by 10.6% and charter and budget operations increased by 8.9% and 39.4% respectively.
Passenger numbers in the year to the end of September were down by 1.6% compared to the previous 12 months, at 3.4million. However, there was a sharper 2.5% year-on-year fall since the start of this year.
Aberdeen Airport managing director Kevin Brown said: ‘The pressures on financial markets are reflected in the generally lower numbers of passengers flying from airports.‘ He also noted that the passenger figures a year ago included a boost of 11,000 visitors attending Aberdeen’s biennial Offshore Europe oil show.
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