Jersey Airport sees highest passenger numbers since year 2000

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Jersey Airport is celebrating its highest passenger numbers in 16 years.

Just under 1.6 million passengers passed through the Island airport in 2016 – the first time passengers numbers have neared this figure since the year 2000, when the airport welcomed 1,635,584 passengers through its doors.

This year’s figure is an increase of more than 58,000 in comparison to 2015 and 117,000 more than 2014.

Ports of Jersey’s Key Account and Marketing Director, Myra Shacklady, said that the numbers were a “great boost for the Island.”

She added: “Since the Since the integration of Ports of Jersey in March 2012 we have experienced an increase in air passenger numbers year on year. In fact, since 2012 we have increased air passenger numbers by over 148,000. For an island the size of Jersey with its resident population of 100,000 we believe we have an enviable network of air services available to us and as always, Ports of Jersey will continue to explore new opportunities while maintaining the excellent relationships we already have with our existing carriers”.

Senator Lyndon Farnham, Minister of Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, equally lauded the results as, “…extremely encouraging and a sign that work over recent years to expand routes and choice is paying off. I am confident that this upward trend will continue in 2017 and beyond.”