Airport numbers go up, up and away

Passenger numbers rose by 23.1 per cent last month compared to August 2006.

Robin Hood Airport has now handled 2.28 million passengers since opening in April 2005 as people take advantage of increasing choice of flights to almost 50 destinations across the globe.

More than 132,000 passengers travelled through Robin Hood Airport last month, with the top five routes to and from Palma de Mallorca, Dublin, Malaga, Jersey and Alicante.

August also saw the busiest month for flights to Amsterdam, Belfast, Dublin, Cracow, Paphos, Palma and Ryanair’s Pisa/Florence service.

More than 10,000 passengers have travelled to Gdansk in its first two months of operation, and more than 33,500 passengers have made use of the service to George Best Belfast City Airport since its launch in October.

Robin Hood Airport managing director David Ryall said: “Now we’re looking ahead to new routes opening up this winter, like Lanzarote, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Poznan, Wroclaw, and the reintroduction of high frequency flights to and from Geneva, a route which is in much demand.”

Passengers can offset their carbon offset footprint by contributing to their local environment before or after taking a flight from Robin Hood Airport by making a donation to plant trees in South Yorkshire Forest.