September Traffic Figures
October 09 2003 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
BAA announces September traffic figures
BAA's seven UK airports handled a total of 12.5 million passengers in
September, an increase of 2.6% on the same month last year.
Among the individual airports, Heathrow grew for the second consecutive month,
up 0.5% as its long-haul traffic, including on North Atlantic routes, continued
to improve following the end of the Iraq war and the Sars health crisis.
Stansted grew by 18.2% and Southampton added 71.4%. Gatwick, adversely impacted
by pressures on the charter market, decreased 4.0%.
BAA's Scottish airports performed well, with Glasgow up 3.6% and Edinburgh
growing by 10.0%. Aberdeen felt the effects of continued weakness in the oil
industry, recording a fall of 0.6% in the month.
European scheduled services were the strongest performing market, up 7.6% on
the previous year. Overall, long-haul routes gained 1.5% and North Atlantic
routes decreased 1.1%. European Charter traffic fell by 7.5%. Cargo tonnage
fell 7.8 per cent.
Air transport movements in September grew by 1.1%.
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BAA Traffic Summary : September 2003
Terminal % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
Passengers (000s) Month Change Apr to Sep 03 Change** Sep 03 Change***
*
Heathrow 5,748.2 0.5 33,305.7 -0.8 62,673.0 3.1
Gatwick 3,044.7 -4.0 17,708.6 1.0 29,811.3 2.6
Stansted 1,810.2 18.2 10,192.3 13.1 17,924.6 18.9
London Area Total 10,603.1 1.7 61,206.6 1.8 110,408.9 5.2
Southampton 129.9 71.4 722.0 64.5 1,077.5 34.8
Glasgow 815.0 3.6 4,742.4 4.0 8,081.6 5.9
Edinburgh 686.9 10.0 4,044.9 7.9 7,368.0 10.0
Aberdeen 233.6 -0.6 1,350.7 -2.9 2,534.7 -0.6
Scottish Total 1,735.5 5.4 10,138.0 4.5 17,984.2 6.6
BAA Total 12,468.5 2.6 72,066.6 2.5 129,470.6 5.6
Air Transport % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
Movements Month Change* Apr to Sep 03 Change** Sep 03 Change**
*
Heathrow 38,793 -0.8 231,180 -2.1 456,207 -0.0
Gatwick 22,061 -2.8 128,482 -0.7 236,372 2.1
Stansted 15,340 10.0 89,265 8.7 169,042 14.5
London Area 76,194 0.6 448,927 0.3 861,621 3.1
Total
Southampton 2,965 23.2 17,946 21.0 30,944 9.5
Glasgow 8,030 2.5 47,984 0.3 88,857 -0.7
Edinburgh 9,039 0.9 53,958 -1.2 105,532 0.5
Aberdeen 6,760 -3.1 40,651 -3.9 79,322 -5.1
Scottish Total 23,829 0.2 142,593 -1.5 273,711 -1.6
BAA Total 102,988 1.1 609,466 0.4 1,166,276 2.2
Cargo % Fin year to % 12 months %
date: to
(Metric Tonnes) Month Change* Apr to Sep 03 Change** Sept 03 Change**
*
Heathrow 94,802 -8.8 590,924 -4.9 1,222,877 2.0
Gatwick 17,591 -11.9 108,885 -9.8 228,301 -5.9
Stansted 17,548 1.8 95,721 2.2 194,195 8.9
London Area 129,941 -8.0 795,530 -4.8 1,645,373 1.6
Total
Southampton 27 -3.6 180 -10.9 359 -7.6
Glasgow 564 -28.1 3,364 -12.2 4,960 -10.1
Edinburgh 2,299 11.7 12,774 11.8 24,390 28.2
Aberdeen 314 1.0 1,836 -5.9 3,491 -10.9
Scottish Total 3,177 0.8 17,974 4.5 32,841 15.4
BAA Total 133,145 -7.8 813,684 -4.6 1,678,572 1.8
Above data excludes Air Taxi passengers and Air Taxi movements.
* compared to the month of September 2002
** compared to the six months April to September 2002
*** compared to the twelve months to September 2002
Market Comparison: September 2003
BAA Total BAA Total
Market Sep 02 Sep 03
(000s) (000s) % Change
Domestic 2,140 2,263 5.8
Eire 577 570 -1.2
European Scheduled 4,394 4,730 7.6
European Charter* 1,823 1,686 -7.5
North Atlantic 1,620 1,602 -1.1
Other Long Haul 1,593 1,617 1.5
Total 12,147 12,469 2.6
* 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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