Record year for Southampton Airport
10.01.07
A record-breaking number of passengers passed through Southampton Airport during 2006. The airport had 1.913 million passengers last year, up 4.1% on 2005, and the busiest in the airport's 97 year history.
Chris Butler, the airport's managing director, said: '2006 has been a very successful year and I would like to personally thank all of the 1200 staff at the airport. 2007 promises to be another exciting year and we aim to pass the two million passenger milestone.'
Despite problems with the fog in the run up to Christmas, 130,000 people used the airport in the month of December. This was 2.2% up on 2005.
Southampton Airport currently has eight airlines serving 47 destinations. The Top 10 routes during 2006 were: Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Jersey, Guernsey, Amsterdam, Dublin, Belfast and Leeds. New routes already confirmed for 2007 include Nice with Flybe and Verona with Inghams.
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