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OAG: Seat number analysis
AIR.
NO-FRILLS airlines have cut year-on-year April
capacity in the UK for the first time since they
No of UK no-frills seats No of UK no-frills flights arrived on the scene in the mid-1990s.
The number of seats available on no-frills
8 million
7,355,092
50,000
6,502,188
42,973 carriers’ international flights fell 12% to
38,086
6m
6.5 million this April compared with last.
30,000
The drop was part of a general decline that
4m
saw the overall number of UK international
11,604
no-frills and legacy carrier flights fall by
2m 1,625,614
10,000
11,237, or 10%.
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David Beckerman, OAG market intelligence
April 2009 April 2008 April 2001
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April 2009 April 2008 April 2001
vice-president, said the drop in no-frills capacity
was a reflection of customers cutting back on
Number of legacy and no-frills seats Number of legacy and no-frills flights weekend breaks.
“Those short trips had surged in popularity
20 120,000
after easyJet and Ryanair started flying from the
18.8m
114,246
15 103,009
UK more than a decade ago, but were the most
17.1m
80,000
85,461 discretionary spend of all travel, so were the first
10
12.6m
to be dropped when consumers cut back,” he said.
40,000
5
CRUISE.
0
April 2009 April 2008 April 2001
0
April 2009 April 2008 April 2001
UK CRUISE agents have reported a reduction in
discounting in April as prices stabilised, although
remain on average £100 down on last year.
Cruise Pulse
The latest trends have been revealed in the
third Cruise Pulse Market Watch analysis compiled
in the US but including data from UK agents.
Online survey: UK agents’ rating of cruise lines The percentage of agents saying discounting
increased “a lot” or “ a little” compared with last
3.5
3.1 year fell from 56.2% in January to 42.5% in April.
3.0
2.9
2.8
However, the average price in the UK was
2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3
2.1 £924, compared with £1,019 last year.
2.0
1.7 1.7
1.6 The results also pointed to a later booking
1.5
1.2
pattern with UK agents reporting a 3% rise in
1.0
“close in” bookings for travel within three months.
0.5
In the UK, advance bookings remained stable,
0.0
Royal Celebrity P&O Princess NCL Thomson MSC Holland America Costa Hurtigruten Louis
although there was a 2.5% decline in the US.
Caribbean Cruises Cruises Cruises Cruises Line Cruises Cruise Line
■ A downloadable version of Cruise Market
Watch is available: cruisemarketwatch.com
Over the last 30 days, has
discounting of cruises increased
57.8% 56.2% 42.5%
or decreased compared with the
BUSINESS TRAVEL.
same time last year? THE STATE of business travel in the UK has
% that responded “a lot” or “a little” worsened, according to the Guild of Travel
January February April
Management Companies’ transaction figures for
the first quarter of this year.
GTMC: Members’ transactions
The statistics, which consolidate the booking
activity of the guild’s members, showed a 6%
overall reduction in transactions compared with
1st quarter 2009 v 2008 the first quarter of last year.
Air Travel Hotels Rail Car hire Others Total BSP UTPs*
Air bookings have suffered the most, down 17%.
2009 £1,568,707 £889,340 £1,091,461 £70,981 £123,291 £3,743,780 £1,840,799
The GTMC figures backed this up, showing an
2008 £1,885,435 £963,406 £961,500 £76,430 £939,52 £3,980,723 £2,258,835
8% drop in reservations.
Car rental, also hit hard in 2008, saw a 7%
-17% -8% 14% -7% 31% -6% -19%
decrease in year-on-year bookings in the first
Each guild member submits its return of invoiced transactions for the quarter just finished and for the same quarter in the
quarter. Rail was the only sector to record
preceding year. In this way, a like-for-like comparison is obtained. *BSP UTPs are not transactions but are a measure of
positive growth, up 14% on last year.
activity that can be likened to transactions in terms of trends – and this survey is about trends, not absolutes
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