DOMESTIC SKIES: United Kingdom

Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic and international market. Alongside looking at the market's historical development over the past 30 years, we take the following week's schedule as a snapshot and compare weekly seat capacity with the previous year, showing which airlines and airports are growing and which are constraining.

The data is all supplied by our sister UBM Aviation brand OAG Aviation from OAG Schedules iNET.

SCHEDULED DOMESTIC AIR SERVICES IN UNITED KINGDOM (non-stop departures)

Year

Departures

% Change

Available Seats

% Change

1982

218,659

5.0 %

11,149,492

(-3.4) %

1983

235,209

7.6 %

12,371,940

11.0 %

1984

249,849

6.2 %

13,554,503

9.6 %

1985

252,266

1.0 %

14,550,256

7.3 %

1986

251,614

(-0.3) %

15,587,517

7.1 %

1987

255,571

1.6 %

15,832,853

1.6 %

1988

266,134

4.1 %

18,026,009

13.9 %

1989

287,877

8.2 %

19,852,138

10.1 %

1990

301,100

4.6 %

21,852,753

10.1 %

1991

278,676

(-7.4) %

21,337,307

(-2.4) %

1992

284,564

2.1 %

21,586,177

1.2 %

1993

294,440

3.5 %

21,909,569

1.5 %

1994

306,418

4.1 %

22,580,774

3.1 %

1995

316,192

3.2 %

23,051,942

2.1 %

1996

327,460

3.6 %

24,801,556

7.6 %

1997

336,726

2.8 %

26,726,289

7.8 %

1998

358,128

6.4 %

28,450,557

6.5 %

1999

372,077

3.9 %

30,580,349

7.5 %

2000

376,703

1.2 %

31,065,911

1.6 %

2001

393,902

4.6 %

32,692,626

5.2 %

2002

384,931

(-2.3) %

33,405,725

2.2 %

2003

389,585

1.2 %

34,603,401

3.6 %

2004

397,803

2.1 %

36,663,982

6.0 %

2005

413,313

3.9 %

39,089,813

6.6 %

2006

416,443

0.8 %

39,368,922

0.7 %

2007

448,776

7.8 %

39,948,277

1.5 %

2008

436,882

(-2.7) %

38,763,080

(-3.0) %

2009

391,171

(-10.5) %

34,651,044

(-10.6) %

2010

378,675

(-3.2) %

34,087,725

(-1.6) %

2011

353,996

(-6.5) %

31,011,005

(-9.0) %

2012

346,308

(-2.2) %

30,041,857

(-3.1) %

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