Airport Passenger Numbers in 2019

[Johnrgby]

...Also curious why the Germans are not coming as they were ....

Possibly due to bankruptcy of Germania Airlines. They used to do 15 flights per week. That's easy over 20K passengers each month.

Tend to agree with you Sam that must have had some impact, but if you look at the German Economy, it is not in great shape their GDP in 2018 was 1.5 and they just about avoided a recession in the fourth quarter, and it has not improved it is forecast to be 1.1 this year, they are not the great economic power they once  were.

[Captain Sensible]

A total of 490,153  passengers (Arrivals & Departures) passed through Fuerteventura airport in April 2019.
That is a 3.4% decrease compared to April 2018.
In the period Jan - Apr 2019, a total of 1,872,275 passengers (Arrivals & Departures) passed through the airport, which is a 7.2% decrease compared to the same period in 2018.
All the other Canary Island airports have shown an increase.

[Captain Sensible]

A total of 412,778 passengers(Arrivals & Departures) passed through Fuerteventura airport in May 2019.
That is a 11.2% decrease compared to May 2018.  The number of flights is down 10%.
In the period Jan - May 2019, a total of 2,285,053 passengers (Arrivals & Departures) passed through the airport, which is a 7.9% decrease compared to the same period in 2018.

[Can the Man]

I was in Caleta last week and in all honesty the lack of visitors was very noticeable

[Spitfire58]

Hi Can,
That’s what we thought in early May as well 🙁🙁

[Johnrgby]

I know 3/4 business owners in Caleta, one is actually a neighbour, and the consensus seems to be May is always a quiet month, but it should have picked up by now and hasn,t.

[Spitfire58]

A 10% drop in flights is going to have a massive difference to numbers. The numbers totals for this year are not looking good at all. Hopefully this is just a blip & doesn’t turn into a snowball effect ☹️☹️

[windermeregolfer]

We will have to compare to the other Islands year to date.


Some people are indicating it is to do with flight cost increases, I can't think that the airlines have singled out FUE for increases and not the other islands if they have increases in flights and numbers.

[Spitfire58]

We will have to compare to the other Islands year to date.


Some people are indicating it is to do with flight cost increases, I can't think that the airlines have singled out FUE for increases and not the other islands if they have increases in flights and numbers.

Hi John,
I believe that the other islands have shown increases in numbers. Digging in my memory, I seem to remember someone (possibly Stephen) saying that. 
The drop in numbers of tourists on the ground on a rolling basis is a worry for the viability of Fuerte businesses but what is more worrying to me is the airlines picking up on this if it an ongoing thing. Easy enough for them to start changing some routes to more profitable areas. For us up in Scotland we only have Ryanair & Jet 2 as it is plus Thomas Cook which is never really an option 🙁🙁

[Rasputin]

We were in Caleta for the two weeks 21 May to June 4th. I must say things were quite and air traffic was noticeably less than usual.Also a number of the local businesses were closed for holidays. However as the June weekend approached things seemed to pick up again.