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8% passenger growth sees
2015 become LJLA's best year since 2012
FIGURES out now show that 2015 was
Liverpool John Lennon Airport's (LJLA) busiest year since 2012 as over 4.3
million passengers chose to use the Airport; an increase of 8% compared to
2014 and the 1st sustained period of growth since 2011.
The Airport enjoyed a busy Christmas and New Year period to round off what
has been a strong 2015, with December passenger throughput almost 15% higher
than the same period last year and the 11th consecutive month of growth with
310,000 passengers passing through the Airport.
2015 has been a significant year for the Airport, having seen the number of
airlines choosing to operate from Liverpool more than double to 9; the
highest in the Airport's recent history. 13 new routes were announced of
which 9 are to new destinations.
Highlights include the start of Flybe's 3 new routes from Liverpool; their 5
times daily service to Belfast City, their daily service to Edinburgh and
their 3 times daily service to Amsterdam with onward connections across the
world from Schiphol.
2015 also saw the start of Aer Lingus' new service to Dublin with onward
connections to North America and the time saving benefit of pre clearance of
US Immigration and Customs at Dublin Airport. Onward flights are now
available to New York; JFK, Newark; New Jersey, Boston, Chicago, Washington,
Orlando, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hartford, Connecticut and Toronto.
Other highlights include the news that Thomson Holidays will be returning to
operate from Liverpool in 2016, with flights to Majorca starting in May
2016, whilst established operators easyJet, Ryanair, Wizz Air and Flybe have
also all seen rises in passenger numbers during 2015 with more people
choosing to use their local airport.
2016 will see a number of new operators at Liverpool. Vueling commence their
3 times weekly flights to Barcelona at the end of March, Thomson Airways
operate their weekly holiday flights to Palma in May and C. I. Travel Group
will operate holiday flights to Guernsey every Saturday between early June
and September 2016. Czech Airlines will also be returning to operate twice
weekly flights to Prague once again, also starting at the end of March 2016.
Continued passenger growth, new airlines and new destinations, have also
been complemented by the Airport Company investing in new and improved
passenger facilities too. New toilet facilities opened shortly before
Christmas, and new large flight information screens have also recently been
installed in the departure lounge. A programme of works across the airport
including replacement flooring, improved fast track parking and replacement
seating, will continue in the coming months to further improve the overall
customer experience.
Andrew Cornish, CEO of Liverpool John Lennon Airport commented:-
"Looking back 2015 has been an excellent year for the Airport. We have made
significant progress, delivering on our objectives of increasing the number
of airlines and choice of services available, with the business seeing a
number of new routes coming to fruition, new airlines commence operations
and work begin on a host of long overdue terminal improvements. LJLA is the
fastest, easiest, friendliest airport in the region and we hope that in 2016
our customers will continue to support their local airport in order for us
to generate new growth to the benefit of our region."
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