We continue to see stable numbers of passengers arriving by air from the UK, an increase in international passengers, but a decline in passengers arriving from Jersey. Year to date we are on par with last year, with a total of 531,236 people travelling to Guernsey by air, which is a very small decrease of 673 people. 

UK passenger arrivals were on par in September and are up 1% year to date. International arrivals were up 49% in September and are up 29% year to date. The decline in arrivals from Jersey -25% in September and -16% year to date has impacted the total air passenger figures. We can see from the Harbour stats that there has been a shift in Guernsey-Jersey travel from air to sea. Jersey arrivals and departures by air are -16% YTD (9,361 pax), Jersey traffic by sea for the same period is +35% YTD (15,503). A gain of 6,142 additional passengers from Jersey overall.

From the UK, the introduction of new London routes has seen this business shared between Gatwick, London City and Stansted and collectively London routes are up compared to September 2023 and YTD.