This April was the busiest April on record for Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) with almost half a million passengers travelling through the airport.

The combination of four weeks of school holidays, Easter, The Royal Wedding and the May bank holiday contributed to passenger numbers rising 33% on April 2010, which was affected by the ash cloud, and 9% higher than the previous busiest April in 2007. In fact, airport passenger numbers rose to levels normally experienced at the height of the summer holiday season.

Robin Tudor, Head of PR for Peel Airports commented, “We knew passenger numbers this April would be significantly higher than last year, having seen over 100,000 passengers affected by the Icelandic volcano in April 2010, however this year’s bumper April holiday period saw volumes of passengers surpass even our expectations. The region’s holidaymakers clearly took advantage of the way the holiday periods fell and the great choice of low cost flights available from JLA.

“Over the Easter, Royal Wedding and May Bank Holiday period alone, almost 200,000 passengers chose to travel via the Airport – it’s a pity a late Easter and a Royal Wedding doesn’t happen every year.”