February 2003 Traffic Figures
March 11 2003 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
BAA ANNOUNCES FEBRUARY TRAFFIC FIGURES
BAA's seven UK airports handled a total of 8.7 million passengers in February,
an increase of 6.3% against the previous year.
Stansted recorded a 24.2% increase, with over 16.5 million passengers handled
by the airport in the last 12 months. Glasgow experienced a 13.6% increase and
Edinburgh grew by 12.0%.
Heathrow grew by 1.4% and Gatwick, which continues to benefit from growth in
domestic and European services, reported gains of 5.9%. Southampton added 2.2%
and Aberdeen grew by 2.0%.
In the individual markets, domestic travel grew by 12.7%, whilst scheduled and
charter traffic on European routes saw increases of 8.6% and 4.7% respectively.
There was growth of 1.0% on North Atlantic routes whilst other long haul
services were up 0.6%.
Total Air Transport Movements were 4.7% higher whilst cargo tonnage was up
8.7%.
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BAA Traffic Summary : February 2003
Terminal % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
Passengers Month Change* Apr-02 to Change** Feb-03 Change***
(000s) Feb-03
Heathrow 4,448.5 1.4 58,093.1 5.5 63,382.3 5.2
Gatwick 1,819.1 5.9 27,506.3 -2.5 29,783.7 -2.6
Stansted 1,211.3 24.2 15,413.7 19.0 16,548.0 18.9
London Area 7,478.9 5.6 101,013.2 5.0 109,714.0 4.8
Total
Southampton 54.9 2.2 731.2 -6.1 793.4 -6.3
Glasgow 500.0 13.6 7,340.5 8.0 7,876.0 8.0
Edinburgh 527.3 12.0 6,477.0 13.7 7,038.3 14.4
Aberdeen 177.5 2.0 2,379.3 1.0 2,577.1 0.5
Scottish Total 1,204.8 11.0 16,196.8 9.1 17,491.5 9.2
BAA Total 8,738.6 6.3 117,941.2 5.4 127,998.8 5.3
Air Transport % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
Movements Month Change* Apr-02 to Change** Feb-03 Change**
Feb-03 *
Heathrow 34,987 1.7 422,870 1.3 461,140 1.0
Gatwick 16,232 6.2 218,909 -0.7 237,207 -1.2
Stansted 12,446 25.2 148,262 6.7 159,475 5.4
London Area Total 63,665 6.8 790,041 1.7 857,822 1.2
Southampton 2,009 -2.7 25,647 -1.8 27,914 -1.8
Glasgow 6,283 2.8 81,856 -3.1 88,532 -3.6
Edinburgh 8,159 0.8 97,487 4.9 106,290 5.3
Aberdeen 5,972 -5.3 74,661 -6.2 81,325 -6.4
Scottish Total 20,414 -0.5 254,004 -1.1 276,147 -1.3
BAA Total 86,088 4.7 1,069,692 0.9 1,161,883 0.5
Cargo % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
(Metric Tonnes) Month Change* Apr-02 to Change** Feb-03 Change**
Feb-03 *
Heathrow 100,831 9.4 1,141,768 7.6 1,247,544 6.7
Gatwick 18,022 0.2 219,121 -9.0 241,337 -10.0
Stansted 15,649 12.6 174,453 14.9 189,582 12.7
London Area Total 134,502 8.4 1,535,342 5.6 1,678,463 4.5
Southampton 21 -30.0 355 16.2 386 14.7
Glasgow 177 -19.9 5,188 0.6 5,424 -4.5
Edinburgh 1,681 51.9 21,220 48.4 22,429 41.2
Aberdeen 248 -20.0 3,321 -14.2 3,657 -21.6
Scottish Total 2,106 28.6 29,729 27.4 31,510 20.2
BAA Total 136,629 8.7 1,565,426 6.0 1,710,359 4.8
Above data excludes Air Taxi passengers and Air Taxi movements.
* compared to the month of February 2002
** compared to the eleven months April 2001 to February 2002
*** compared to the twelve months to February 2002
Market Comparison: February 2003
BAA Total BAA Total
Market Feb-02 Feb-03
(000s) (000s) % Change
Domestic 1,657 1,866 12.7
Eire 447 443 -1.0
European Scheduled 3,088 3,355 8.6
European Charter* 574 601 4.7
North Atlantic 1,061 1,072 1.0
Other Long Haul 1,392 1,401 0.6
Total 8,219 8,739 6.3
* 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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