Aer Lingus regional numbers up 22%

Idbatterim

numbers up substantially, they should definitely start flying Dublin to Liverpool... DAA expect December numbers to be up 8% on last year, I wouldnt be surprised if it is 9 or 10%... If growth averages 7.5% this year, 2016 and 2017, 25,000,000 would be hit late 2017, thats a best case scenario...

http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2014/1218/667611-aer-lingus-regional-passenger-numbers-up-20/

Shares in Irish airline Aer Lingus have surged, as the Financial Times reported that British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group was considering a takeover bid.

Aer Lingus shares were up 14% by mid-afternoon while shares in IAG - which also runs Iberia and Vueling - were up by 3.3%, after the Financial Times story, which cited "people familiar with the situation".

Buying Aer Lingus would give IAG additional slots at Heathrow Airport, the main British Airways hub in London which is operating close to its capacity.

Officials at IAG and Aer Lingus could not be immediately reached for comment.

Any acquisition of Aer Lingus would need the backing of Irish carrier Ryanair - which owns a 29.9% stake in Aer Lingus after three failed takeover attempts - and the Government, which owns 25% of carrier.

No one at Ryanair was available to comment.

Aer Lingus Regional sees 20% growth in passengers

Aer Lingus Regional passenger numbers are 20% ahead of the same time last year.

The airline, which is operated by Stobart Air for Aer Lingus, carried just over 1.2 million passengers between January and the end of November.

November was the 17th consecutive month of growth for Aer Lingus Regional.

It flew 89,000 passengers during the month on routes including Dublin to Newcastle and Cork to Glasgow.

Passenger numbers to Glasgow were up 36% on November last year thanks to the Ireland v Scotland Euro 2016 qualifier during the month.

The airline said it was benefiting from demand for trans-Atlantic flights from passengers connecting through regional airports.

Aer Lingus regional's Dublin to Kerry service grew traffic figures by 22% year-on-year with many of the passengers either heading to North America through Dublin or coming from the US and Canada and connecting onwards to Kerry.

questionmark?

Idbatterim wrote: »

numbers up substantially, they should definitely start flying Dublin to Liverpool... DAA expect December numbers to be up 8% on last year, I wouldnt be surprised if it is 9 or 10%... If growth averages 7.5% this year, 2016 and 2017, 25,000,000 would be hit late 2017, thats a best case scenario...

http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2014/1218/667611-aer-lingus-regional-passenger-numbers-up-20/

Pity they high tailed it out of Shannon :-(

Growler!!!

questionmark? wrote: »

Pity they high tailed it out of Shannon :-(

When you say high tailed I think you mean drop low yeild loss making routes to continue to increase passenger numbers. Long may it continue:D

Gone are the days of the little airline from the West.

Preset No.3

Oh woe is me Shannon! I've never heard an airport moan as much as they do!

questionmark?

Preset No.3 wrote: »

Oh woe is me Shannon! I've never heard an airport moan as much as they do!

I've never known people to moan about an airport so much with a side serving of Knock bashing for those wanting a bigger fill of a moan!

lockman

Growler!!! wrote: »

When you say high tailed I think you mean drop low yeild loss making routes to continue to increase passenger numbers. Long may it continue:D

Genuinely curious, but have you access to their yield figures on their SNN operations? I always thought that yield figures were a closely guarded secret in the airline industry.

Also, did Stobart state that their routes ex SNN were loss-making? Looking at the cso stats, they had been growing passenger numbers on all their SNN routes at the time they decided to cease flying.

The only statement I could find from Stobart (a quick google search yielded the following Stobart statement issued via national newspapers) said the following:
This is a regrettable decision, and not one taken lightly. Shannon does not fit with our current strategic plan, and we have to make the right long-term choices for the airline.

Maybe this is code for low-yield, loss making?

highlydebased

Without seeing those numbers I'd still take an educated guess they weren't making very much money. The fares were usually 1.99 or 0 with high taxes and charges, so the airline was really making very little off them. The loads contained high numbers transferring off the USA flights, for which stobart were probably paid pittance. I've used the MAN and BHX services alot this year and while dead handy I've not been on a flight with more than 40 or so. Load numbers also very largely in favour of weekend traffic too.

Shannon's problem is how price sensitive it's customers are. Why would they pay €120 return to BHX from Shannon when they can get DUB-BHX return for €19.98 with Ryanair- with a return bus to DUB from Limerick or Galway for €30, 2 people are effectively travelling for the price of 1! So while the demand exists from SNN it certainly only seems to be for very cheap fares.

Growler!!!

lockman wrote: »

Genuinely curious, but have you access to their yield figures on their SNN operations? I always thought that yield figures were a closely guarded secret in the airline industry.

Unless you're going to tell everyone on this forum your full name, the company you work for and your position then I can't really answer this. As that will be essentially what I'll be doing!

High pax numbers but low yeild is not what an airline wants.

The fact that operations will cease on the 5th Jan and not even have a "W" pattern operate in SNN speaks volumes without having to give anything away.