Airport Passenger Numbers in 2018

[Captain Sensible]

553,588 passengers (Arrivals and Departures) passed through Fuerteventura airport in October 2018. That is a 1.4% decrease compared to October 2017.
A total of 5,162,549 have passed through the airport between Jan-Oct, which is a 2.2% increase on the same period last year.

[Sam]

Thanks Captain. It would be nice to see the cause of the 1.4% decrease. Possibly Cabildo de Fuerteventura not doing that many promos as they used to do last year?

[Spitfire58]

That works out, I think, between 7500 & 8000 passengers less in that month period (compared to last year) I imagine that some of this could be down to increased costs of the package deals along with the decrease in the £ rate due to the circumstances over the last year. Regardless of the U.K. governments rhetoric that the economy is improving I personally think that people’s grip on their dwindling cash pot is getting tighter. To be honest, I cannot say I have seen any great overall improvement since the crash in 2008. Just my opinion though 

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

There has also been at least one (Monarch) and possibly other airlines that have folded. I used to fly to and fro with Norwegian but they stopped doing short haul. If no other airlines have picked up the slack wouldn't this account for a fair drop in passenger numbers?

[windermeregolfer]

7860 passengers down in a month is a lot that equates to roughly 22 plane arrivals less , or the supposedly good load figures that airlines are reporting are not true .
Ron whilst UK belt may still be tight other countries must also contributing to the reduction .

[Captain Sensible]

As a comparison, there was a 2.5% drop in passengers at Lanzarote airport in October.  They are down 0.7% on the year so far.

[Sam]

There has also been at least one (Monarch) and possibly other airlines that have folded.

I don't think that the Monarch going into the administration should count because they ceased trade on the beginning of October 2017. I should know, we've landed back in the UK (from Venice) just a couple of hours before they announced the collapse.

I used to fly to and fro with Norwegian but they stopped doing short haul. If no other airlines have picked up the slack wouldn't this account for a fair drop in passenger numbers?

Real shame about Norwegian, it was always the first airline to buy the flights with. I'm sure they still fly to Fuerteventura, just not from the UK. And do hope they'll bring the flights to the Canary Islands back again.

[Sam]

I imagine that some of this could be down to increased costs of the package deals along with the decrease in the £ rate due to the circumstances over the last year.

Pound being weak would sort of make more sense even UK flights are only about 15% of all the flights going to Fuerteventura from the rest of the Europe.

[Captain Sensible]

486,241 passengers(Arrivals & Departures) passed through Fuerteventura airport in November 2018. That is a 4% decrease on November 2017.

A total of 5,648,790 passengers have passed through the airport between January-November 2018, which is a 1.6% increase on last year.

[Sam]

Thanks Captain.

4% down to last year's November is a massive drop. And I though that last month's 1.5% was a big deal. Do you happen to have numbers of the other islands too?