Passengers down 30% on peak
18.09.09
Passenger numbers at Robin Hood Airport are plunging by 30% from their peak and the airport is on course for its worst year since it opened in 2005, the Star reports. Figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority show that only 99,000 people flew from Robin Hood Airport last month, the peak summer month, compared to over 130,000 at its peak in August 2007.
It is a year since monthly passenger numbers exceeded 100,000, and figures for 2009 are between 20% - 30% down compared to the same months in the airline ‘boom’ year of 2007. The newspaper predicts that Robin Hood will have its worst annual figures since 2005 when it was operational for just over 8 months after the maiden flight in April of that year.
Airport bosses say all regional airports have been affected by the recession and they are confident they can ride out the storm. A spokesman told the newspaper that Robin Hood was handling similar passenger numbers to Bournemouth and Exeter, which have been established since after the war, as well as handling twice as many as their nearest geographical competitor, Humberside Airport.
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