From the BHX website http://www.bhx.co.uk/press_release.cfm?id=349
Birmingham International Airport (BIA) handled 8,870,204 passengers in 2004, 2.3% down compared to the previous year. Although the year began with strong passenger growth, numbers slightly declined in May following the loss of Birmingham based scheduled airline Duo.
In the year as a whole, scheduled traffic reduced by 1.6% compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, passenger numbers on transatlantic flights increased by 15.7%, services to the Indian sub-continent rose by 4.3% and the number of travellers on flights to the Irish Republic grew by 9%.
Those scheduled destinations which experienced particular growth during the year were Helsinki (+499.2%), Almeria (+451.8%), Cologne (+282.2%), Gerona (+88.8%), Faro (+55.4%), Prague (+46.5%), Murcia (34.1%), Milan (+28.6%), Palma (+22.9%), Paphos (+16.5%), Madrid (+11.5%) and Barcelona (+11%). The most popular scheduled destinations in 2004 from Birmingham were Dublin, Paris and Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, the number of people using charter services fell by 3.8% during the year. This is due to the changes in current travelling patterns and is in line with UK industry trends for 2004. However, more people travelled on long haul services to Barbados (+296.9%), the Dominican Republic (+174.7%), the USA (+30.8%) and Mexico (+14.3%). Additionally, growth was seen on charter services to Croatia (+72.8%), Turkey (+41%), Tunisia (+12.5%), Bulgaria (+9.5%), Italy (+9.2%), Finland (+6.4%) and Switzerland (+3.7%). The top three charter destinations of the year were Palma, Tenerife and Alicante.
Scheduled traffic accounted for 66.5% of the total 2004 figure while charter passengers made up the remaining 33.5%. Air Transport Movements were down by 5.7%.
With the launch of new carriers and new services, activity is expected to grow strongly in 2005.
Not a huge drop but still a drop………..i’m sure this year will be much much better. 😀
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January 12, 2005 at 8:52 pm