Big passenger drops at Robin Hood Airport
04.03.09
Passengers at Robin Hood Airport slumped by 8.8% last year compared with 2007 – after its main airline slashed the amount of flights, the Star reports. Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority show passengers grew for the first 4 months, then fell every month from May. December was the worst of the period, with a 23% drop.
The airport had experienced year-on-year growth in holidaymakers since it opened in 2004. In 2005, there were 601,000 passengers, rising to 932,000 in 2006 and 1.1 million in 2007 – but in 2008 it fell back to 993,000.
A spokesman for the airport said: ‘The main reason for the fall was the decision taken by Thomson at the end of 2007 to consolidate their business. Flights were reduced at a number of regional airports including Robin Hood, and they removed their fourth aircraft based at the airport.'
‘This resulted in the loss of flights to Amsterdam, Paris, Prague and Jersey – although the Jersey service was taken on by Flybe. Some of this capacity was switched to popular Mediterranean holiday routes, but a large amount was lost.'
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