In 2019, CalMac carried 5.7 million passengers, 1.5m cars, 11 000 coaches and 80 000 commercial vehicles.
In 2020, that had fallen to only 2.4m, 827 000 cars, 1 600 coaches and 68 000.
By 2022, that had recovered to 4.9m, 1.4m, 7 300 and 80 300.
https://www.calmac.co.uk/corporate/carrying-statistics-annual
So, passenger numbers are back at 86% of the 2019 figure, cars at 93%, coaches at 66% and commercial vehicles at beyond full recovery.
In Washington State USA, the troubled WS Ferries’ aging unreliable fleet and poor industrial relations mean that passenger numbers remain at only 55% of 2019 level and ‘might never reach 2019 levels.’
Talking-up Scotland 
All unionist news outlets: “Scotland’s troubled ferries still down on historic figures”
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How about we ditch the Scottish government funding , for a trial period , I suggest privatisation , so please step forward those unionist shareholders ready to buy ferries and organise a service on par with or better than Cal Mac.
What ?
Did you say you have no ferries ? Did you say you don’t want to pay for ferries ?
Well you sure as hell ain’t getting our Cal Mac ferries so get stuffed
and either put up or shut up
I predict you do neither
You will just continue to whine about what is the best ferry service in the world
We know what you’re trying to do
We know you want the Cal Mac service privatised
so you can then reduce the service increase the fares
and claim it’s better than ever as you skip maintenance reduce staff and introduce huge payouts to new english shareholders paid for by huge loans you saddle to the ferry service
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