BAA`s UK airports recorded a total of 13.4 million passengers in June, an increase of 4.3% on June 2004.Other Long Haul markets recorded the highest growth…
BAA`s UK airports recorded a total of 13.4 million passengers in June, an increase of 4.3% on June 2004.Other Long Haul markets recorded the highest growth, 11.1%, primarily owing to increases in traffic on Indian services and routes to and from China. European scheduled markets grew 5.7% and North Atlantic markets increased 0.7%. Additional services enabled an increase of 10.5% for the Irish market, while UK Domestic traffic rose 4.0%. The European Charter market was again subdued, falling 5.9%.
Among individual airports, passenger numbers at Heathrow were 1.1% higher than June 2004 with Long Haul traffic growth offsetting a contraction in short haul services caused by the growing popularity of low cost services.
Elsewhere, Stansted increased 9.2%, Gatwick added 4.6% and Southampton posted the highest increase in the group adding 31.7%.
Of BAA`s three Scottish airports, Glasgow increased 4.3%, Edinburgh added 9.6% and Aberdeen grew 9.3%. The combined increase for BAA`s Scottish airports was 7.1%.
Air Transport Movements during the month increased 4.6%, while cargo tonnage grew 0.4%, reflecting a worldwide slowing in air cargo growth.
Above data excludes Air Taxi passengers and Air Taxi movements
* compared to the month of May 2004
** compared to the two months April to May 2004
*** compared to the twelve months to May 2004
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