BAA passengers down 0.2%
11.03.11
BAA reported passengers down by 0.2% at its six UK airports in February. Passengers were up by 5.0% at Edinburgh Airport, 4.9% at Glasgow Airport, 3.8% at Aberdeen Airport and 0.5% at Heathrow year on year. However, they slumped by 9.5% at Southampton Airport and 6.3% at Stansted Airport, resulting in the overall decline of 0.2%. The group reported strong performance on European scheduled services.
Heathrow saw good performance on European scheduled services in what is traditionally the quietest month of the year and each of BAA's Scottish airports reported increases in passengers, also seeing consistently strong performance on European scheduled routes. Glasgow was up by 3.9% in total but by 13.1% on European services, whilst Edinburgh was up 5.0% overall but by 20.7% on European routes.
Across BAA, European scheduled traffic grew most strongly in February (up 1.4%) but there were falls in domestic traffic (down 2.0%) and North Atlantic traffic (down 1.5%). Other long haul routes were up by 0.6% overall, including increases of nearly 10% on Indian services from Heathrow. Stansted’s passengers were down by 6.3% and Southampton fell by 9.5%, as domestic fliers in particular dropped compared to last year.
The number of air transport movements was up by 0.8%, with Heathrow 3.4% higher and Stansted 9.2% lower. Air cargo growth returned to a more normal level after an 18-month trend of post-recession recovery, with a 5.7% overall increase and a 4.7% gain at Heathrow. BAA said the steady growth in demand suggests improving economic circumstances.
BAA traffic summary: February 2011
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