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11/11/2003
BAA reports 4% rise in passenger numbers
Passenger growth in October has upped 4% on the same period last year, representing the industries "strongest performance since before the Iraq war", according to the British Airports Association.
BAA claimed that seven UK airports handled 11.8 million passengers in October, with North Atlantic recording its first monthly gain since February, up 1% in the month – whilst other long haul traffic continued its recovery, adding 4.6% in October. European scheduled and UK domestic traffic continued to perform strongly, increasing 8.6% and 5.4% respectively.
The charter market fell 7.6%, reflecting the pressures facing this sector, as low cost services and independent travel become increasingly popular.
Among individual airports, the month was Heathrow's strongest since January, up 2.6%, while solid increases in short haul scheduled traffic at Gatwick did not quite offset a 14% dip in charter traffic. Overall Gatwick traffic was 2.4% lower in the month. Stansted enjoyed another strong month up 17.9%, whilst Southampton continued to surge, adding 68.1%.
In Scotland, Edinburgh airport gained 7.8% and Glasgow 1.8%, whilst Aberdeen was impacted by the continued weakness in the oil industry, dropping 2.2%.
Air transport movements increased marginally, up 0.4% illustrating improved average passenger loads, whilst the month showed the first signs of improvements in the cargo industry, with loads down just 1.8% against the previous year.
(gmcg)
BAA claimed that seven UK airports handled 11.8 million passengers in October, with North Atlantic recording its first monthly gain since February, up 1% in the month – whilst other long haul traffic continued its recovery, adding 4.6% in October. European scheduled and UK domestic traffic continued to perform strongly, increasing 8.6% and 5.4% respectively.
The charter market fell 7.6%, reflecting the pressures facing this sector, as low cost services and independent travel become increasingly popular.
Among individual airports, the month was Heathrow's strongest since January, up 2.6%, while solid increases in short haul scheduled traffic at Gatwick did not quite offset a 14% dip in charter traffic. Overall Gatwick traffic was 2.4% lower in the month. Stansted enjoyed another strong month up 17.9%, whilst Southampton continued to surge, adding 68.1%.
In Scotland, Edinburgh airport gained 7.8% and Glasgow 1.8%, whilst Aberdeen was impacted by the continued weakness in the oil industry, dropping 2.2%.
Air transport movements increased marginally, up 0.4% illustrating improved average passenger loads, whilst the month showed the first signs of improvements in the cargo industry, with loads down just 1.8% against the previous year.
(gmcg)
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