Atlantis wrote:
In March, our airport received 1.275.000 pax. Inter- and extra-Europe flights did very well even the intercontinental flights sign a strong increase.
According to the latest we can see at BRU in June 3 new carriers: Ethiopian Airlines with three flights a week.
Smartwings will offer 6 flights a week.
Bravo Air Congo: frequency unknown.
teach wrote:
Do you happen to know how much growth (percentage wise) that is compared to March last year?
blackhawk wrote:
march 2005: 1.208.000 million
conclusion: a 5.5 % increase (67000 passengers more)
((new pas. number - old pas. numer)/old pas. number )*100
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Atlantis wrote:The traffic figures for March increased with 4,2% to 21.757. That's a very high % if you know that the eastern holiday was fallen this year in April.
Not sure how to read your post: did March traffic go up 5.5% (as you stated in an earlier post), or 4.2%?
In any case, a nice increase: don't forget that the Spring holiday ("Krokus") ended in March this year, so that all arrivals of this holiday were counted in March (last year, this was in February).
April will probably do great as well, because of the Easter holidays!
Last year (2005), the airport had 7 increasings when you compare this with 2004. But it was every time a small increase.
For the whole year, the airport had an increase of 0.47% in traffic.
This is indeed a very strong growth (+100.000 pax). I think this might also be the result of SNBA's pricing policy? Good thing is that this is a natural growth since there were not that many new routes.
For the fourth consecutive year, the traffic at Zaventem has not significantly progressed.
J.-C. Tintin, of Belgocontrol : We had 253.000 take-off and landings in 2005, only 0,3 % more than in 2004. Since the Sabena bankrupt, we don't progress significantly. (Year 2000 : 326.000 movements; 2001 : 306.000; 2002 : 257.000.)
In passengers numbers, the situation is better, but still nothing to boast about : 16,2 million travellers in 2005 against 21,6 in 2000.
Guy Viselé, Belgocontrol communication officer, thinks that many Belgian go and take a flight at other airports, amongst them Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
Belgocontrol thinks that Brussels should have a really big resident airline. SNBA doesn't have enough long range destinations.
The merger SNBA - Virgin Express will probably means less movements, says J.-C. Tintin. The restrictions on the night flights won't attract new companies. And from 2008, DHL (at present, 20% of Belgacontrol turnover) will halve its activities at Brussels...
Belgacontrol has made in 2005 a profit of 6,7 millions euros (before tax), but it is 5,6% less than in 2004.
This is true. There is a small increase in traffic, but way to small and this because of the lack of a strong player at Zaventem.
That's why they want SN/TV as a strong player with membership of an alliance. And more and better connections to the rest of the world.
If BRU can attract more big players like Jet Airways, Thai and maybe Nationwide, that's the better for the airport.
But I'm curious about the plans of SNBA in Africa. They announced, 23.05 with the presentation of the new interior of the African fleet, - there is a possibility - to start up a new hub at Cameroon and maybe some new destinations this year to Africa.
Indeed everything will depend on plans of international players (Jet Airways, ...) and of the merged SNBA/VEX. In the short term the latter will bring maybe down the number of flights (streamline the offer on European routes they fly both), but in the next phase they could extend intercontinental trafic, but also European depending on the market share and the number of people that want to use Brussels as transfer point.
For me it is not so important that the number of flights is higher or lower. More important is the number of destinations you can fly, so the offer you have when you really need it. Also the fact that planes or better filled (more pax in the same number of flights) makes developments maybe slow, but more sustainable in the long run.
DannyVDB wrote:
For me it is not so important that the number of flights is higher or lower. More important is the number of destinations you can fly, so the offer you have when you really need it. Also the fact that planes or better filled (more pax in the same number of flights) makes developments maybe slow, but more sustainable in the long run.
Regards,
Danny
You have right on that. My opinion is not how many flights a month, but more important is it valueable. You can have six new carriers with daily flights and 40% load factor or you can have three carriers with 85% load factor at a higher price.
But I can also understand, more traffic is more money for BIAC.
For April, BRU signed a decrease of 4,39% in traffic. There were 20.501 landings and take-offs. This is huge when you compare with last year, 21.443, because in 2005 the eastern holiday was not totaly in april.
But it means that the airplanes were quite full. 7% increase of pax.
