2015 sees the introduction of two brand new summer destinations from Southampton Airport with Flybe – Milan and Corsica, a peak summer service to Lorient with Eastern Airways and the addition of even more flights to Finnish Lapland next December with Canterbury, Transun and Santa’s Lapland.
Southampton Airport welcomed 1,830,257 passengers in 2014, which was 6.2% higher than the previous year. 43% of passengers were domestic travellers, 37% international and 20% on flights to and from the Channel Islands.
The biggest area of growth was the Channel Islands with 16.6% growth, which was driven by Blue Islands investing in larger aircraft and passengers choosing to use Southampton Airport as an easy way to get to London via their fast train links. Other routes with the most positive growth during the year included Manchester, Belfast, Newcastle, Dublin, Amsterdam, Malaga, Verona and Geneva.
Dave Lees, Managing Director of Southampton Airport, said: “2014 was a strong year at Southampton Airport with passenger numbers at their highest level since 2008. The growth was driven by higher numbers of passengers per aircraft, especially with Flybe, plus strong demand to and from the Channel Islands.”
2015 sees the introduction of two brand new summer destinations from Southampton Airport with Flybe – Milan and Corsica, a peak summer service to Lorient with Eastern Airways and the addition of even more flights to Finnish Lapland next December with Canterbury, Transun and Santa’s Lapland.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales.
She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
