June Traffic Figures BAA's UK airports handled a total of 13.9 million passengers in June, an
increase of 3.9% on the same month last year. This marked a continuation of a
trend of gradual improvements in underlying growth seen since the start of the
year.
All major markets recorded growth, with the exception of European Charter,
which dropped 7.5%. European scheduled traffic was up 8%, whilst North Atlantic
activity was up 2.9%, and other long haul routes increased by a collective
8.2%. Among these the fastest growing route was India, which grew 55.4%.
Of the individual airports, Stansted saw the largest gain at 11.8%. Heathrow
and Gatwick grew 2.0%, and 2.9%.respectively. In Scotland, Aberdeen recorded an
increase of 11.0%, Edinburgh's was up 3.4%, and Glasgow's traffic remained
unchanged.
In total the number of air transport movements at BAA airports rose by 1.7%,
while cargo tonnage was up by 0.1%.
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BAA Traffic Summary : June 2006
Terminal % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
Passengers (000s) Month Change* Apr to Jun06 Change** Jun06 Change***
Heathrow 6,122.2 2.0 17,650.9 2.6 67,862.7 0.1
Gatwick 3,315.3 2.9 9,005.4 6.1 33,365.1 3.3
Stansted 2,248.0 11.8 6,406.7 13.0 22,973.8 6.5
London Area Total 11,685.5 4.0 33,063.0 5.4 124,201.6 2.1
Southampton 186.7 3.1 521.7 5.2 1,887.8 14.0
Glasgow 891.1 0.0 2,326.8 -0.0 8,819.0 1.7
Edinburgh 817.3 3.4 2,277.9 2.2 8,542.4 3.9
Aberdeen 286.3 11.0 815.9 11.4 3,029.1 10.2
Scottish Total 1,994.7 2.9 5,420.6 2.5 20,390.5 3.8
UK Total 13,866.9 3.9 39,005.2 5.0 146,479.8 2.5
Naples 513.6 11.4 1,446.7 14.7 4,743.4 3.5
Air Transport % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
Movements Month Change* Apr to Jun06 Change** Jun 06 Change***
Heathrow 39,801 0.4 119,123 48.8 472,909 0.5
Gatwick 23,039 -0.2 65,576 44.1 254,363 2.6
Stansted 17,089 9.2 50,044 60.8 185,065 4.3
London Area Total 79,929 2.0 234,743 49.8 912,337 1.8
Southampton 4,265 5.7 12,282 54.1 45,802 13.7
Glasgow 8,890 -3.0 24,979 41.2 97,463 3.2
Edinburgh 10,360 -0.9 29,762 -2.1 116,683 2.1
Aberdeen 8,559 6.2 24,912 7.4 96,388 11.2
Scottish Total 27,809 0.5 79,653 11.8 310,534 5.1
UK Total 112,003 1.7 326,678 38.5 1,268,673 3.0
Naples 5,887 1.2 16,455 3.6 57,402 -4.5
Cargo % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
(Metric Tonnes) Month Change* Apr to Jun06 Change** Jun06 Change***
Heathrow 107,263 -2.4 314,734 -4.2 1,301,370 -1.6
Gatwick 18,472 7.9 55,972 6.8 228,100 5.7
Stansted 20,857 -0.5 60,035 -4.2 236,481 0.4
London Area Total 146,592 -0.9 430,741 -2.9 1,765,951 -0.5
Southampton 14 -46.2 47 -23.0 179 -29.5
Glasgow 459 -51.1 1,738 -19.9 8,533 -2.0
Edinburgh 4,318 89.3 10,444 62.4 35,881 29.1
Aberdeen 369 0.8 1,060 0.3 4,252 6.6
Scottish Total 5,146 43.5 13,242 37.1 48,666 20.2
UK Total 151,752 0.1 444,030 -2.1 1,814,796 0.0
Naples 143 -22.3 523 -4.2 1,978 -11.2
Above data excludes Air Taxi passengers and Air Taxi movements.
* compared to the month of June 2005
** compared to the three months April to June 2005
*** compared to the twelve months to June 2005 Market Comparison: June 2006
BAA Total BAA Total
Market Jun05 Jun 06
(000s) (000s) % Change
Domestic 2,409 2,405 -0.2
Eire 617 614 -0.5
European Scheduled 5,298 5,720 8.0
European Charter* 1,350 1,249 -7.5
North Atlantic 1,882 1,937 2.9
Other Long Haul 1,794 1,941 8.2
Total 13,351 13,867 3.9* includes North African Charter Note: Origins and destinations are classified according to ultimate origin or
destination of aircraft in the case of multi sector flights Note: Figures for the market sectors have been rounded. Totals as per Traffic
Summary.
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