SOUTHAMPTON Airport has been preparing for its busiest summer ever with more than 430,000 passengers due to travel through the airport in July and August this year, a 1.5 per cent increase on the same period last year.
Passenger numbers for July were forecast at 216,099, an increase on last year’s 207,631, and this month passengers numbers are predicated to reach 217,773.
The airport has been investing in the terminal building to ensure the journey through it is still easy, fast and friendly. This includes introducing parallel loading in the security area and a new desk at Border Force to speed up the immigration process for arriving passengers.
New airlines and routes have played a large part in the increased passenger numbers. Managing director Dave Lees said: ‘We are looking forward to our busiest summer ever which comes just after we surpassed the two million passenger milestone back in April.”