AMS - UK market Developments 2012

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Each year, I post a review of the AMS-UK market developments over the previous year. As the United Kingdom is Schiphol's most important market, it is interesting to see how individual routes perform.

Herewith an overview of the AMS-UK passenger market for the year 2012.

The year 2012 has seen a good year for Schiphol's most important market, with continued recovery from the economic crisis. The UK's demand for air travel has strenghtened and many routes did well. However, some routes continue to be weak, several routes continue their decline.

Total Market - AMS-UK-AMS:
- 2012 = 7.403.806 + 3,4%
- 2011 = 7.158.000 +10,1%
- 2010 = 6.484.800 -0.9%
- 2009 = 6.544.135 -9,6%
- 2008 = 7.232.400 -7,3%
- 2007 = 7.801.718 + 1%

A number of routes set new passenger records:

1. Southend was a new route which opened in April 2012, it saw 105.000 pax in the 9 months of operation.
2. London Gatwick 667.175 +7,9%
3. Manchester 669.670 +9,4%
4. Edinburgh = 566.919 +1,4%
5. London City = 387,114 +5,6%
6. Glasgow = 371.750 +24,4%
7. Bristol = 310.122 +7,3%
8. Inverness = 26.280 +339%
9. Belfast Harbour = 14.028 +336%

But some routes continue to loose passengers:

1. East Midlands 54.606 = minus 48,1% closure of route following closure of BMIBaby
2. Liverpool 246.467 = minus 27,4% - KLC withdrew from this route in March 2012.
3. Stansted 292.226 = minus 13,4% - due to opening of EZY route to Southend and resulting reduction in frequency.
4. Cardiff 111.960 = minus 8%, 5th year of falling pax. numbers.

AMS - UK Market Size 2012 - 2011

1 LHR 1.430.051 / 1.408.096
2 LGW 677.165 / 627.486
3 MAN 669.760 / 612.352
4 EDI 566.919 / 559.315
5 BHX 443.567 / 474.316
6 LCY 387.114 / 366.710
7 GLA 371.750 / 298.795
8 LTN 326.144 / 269.502
9 BRS 310.122 / 289.119
10 STN 292.996 / 338.299
11 NCL 284.839 / 258.662
12 ABZ 281.624 / 272.067
13 LPL 246.467 / 339.712
14 LBA 218.939 / 230.770
15 NWI 123.709 / 125.423
16 BFS 116.410 / 99.020
17 HUY 114.385 / 118.937
18 CWL 111.960 / 121.730
19 SEN 105.180 / 0
20 MME 101.022 / 103.264
21 SOU 94.379 / 97.075
22 EMA 54.606 / 105.273
23 EXE 33.796 / 33.466
24 INV 26.280 / 5.976
25 BHD 14.028 / 3.226
26 BOH 420 / 0
27 BLK 174 / 0
28 DSA 0 / 771
29 CVT 0 / 0
30 PIK 0 / 0
31 JER 0 / 0

TOTAL 7.403.806 / 7.159.362

Stations ranked by growth/decline in passenger market:

Growth in 2012 - 2011 - 2010
1 SEN new / 0 / 0
2 INV 339,8% / new / 0
3 BHD 334,8% / new / 0
4 GLA 24,4% / 14,5% / -4,9%
5 LTN 21,0% / 14,9% / 7,0%
6 BFS 17,6% / 10,1% / -1,2%
7 NCL 10,1% / 5,9% /-3,3%
8 MAN 9,4% / 40,1% / -7,1%
9 LGW 7,9% /14,4% / 1,1%
10 BRS 7,3% / 29,1% / -2,8%
11 LCY 5,6% / 0,1% / 5,9%
12 ABZ 3,5% / 10,0% / -2,6%
13 LHR 1,6% / 5,6% / -11,7%
14 EDI 1,4% / 13,0% / 9,4%
15 EXE 1,0% / -4,5% / 2,8%
16 NWI -1,4% / 3,0% / 0,9%
17 MME -2,2% / 1,7% / -2,8%
18 SOU -2,8% / 5,6% / 0,9%
19 HUY -3,8% / 4,6% / -6,1%
20 LBA -5,1% / 3,3% / -2,0%
21 BHX -6,5% / 11,1% / 3,7%
22 CWL -8,0% / -2,7% / -7,5%
23 STN -13,4% / 21,4% / 7,7%
24 LPL -27,4% / -1,8% / 19,7%
25 EMA -48,1% / 4,1% / -5,4%
26 DSA -100,0% / -98,1% / new


Things to watch in 2013:
- Manston and Jersey will join the list of airports served by scheduled flights.