STATS: October stats for Cardiff Airport now on Wales Air Forum

Click here to view stats for October 2013.

Again another positive month for Cardiff. Rolling year flights are now at just -1%, so not long now till we are in all greens. Rolling year passengers up 3.4% to 1,044,268.October is the month when many routes end, so depending when airlines finish their schedules can have a significant impact on the results. Therefore, for some of the green/red results (particularly the seasonal routes), best to take them with a pinch of salt.

Routes that showed guaranteed growth (excluding ones potentially effected by the above) include Jersey up 190%, Malaga up 348.2%, Malta up 37%, Paphos up 38.5%, Paris up 22%, Amsterdam up 11% (5th month with 10000+ PAX). Routes that showed decreases include Dublin down 3%, Belfast down 10%, Barcelona down 16%, Sharm El Sheikh down 6% and Newcastle down 38%.

The next few months of the Winter season will be critical for CWL, both in terms of PAX and airlines. Vueling trialling Winter routes and Flybe with the new five routes. I am predicting that this year will be up on last year at around 1.06 million, with a small but manageable growth.

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