JANUARY TRAFFIC FIGURES BAA’S AIRPORTS
10 February 2009
BAA traffic commentary: January 2009
BAA’s UK airports handled a total of 9.4 million passengers in January 2009, a reduction of 6.3% on the same month in 2008.
The latest monthly figures demonstrate that the rate of decline continues to slow. In November 2008, traffic fell by 8.9%. The following month, the reduction was 6.9%.
In January, UK domestic traffic was down 12.0%, while North Atlantic traffic was down by 5.9%. Other long-haul traffic fell by an overall 1.9%. European scheduled activity was 6.0% lower.
In line with recent months, Heathrow recorded a drop of only 2.1%, reflecting an element of the hub’s resilience and the positive impact of Open Skies. Gatwick’s traffic was down in total by 10.8%. However, within this reduction there is a 1.1% increase in European scheduled traffic that was more than offset by a drop in North Atlantic and other long-haul traffic (mainly down to US carriers moving services to Heathrow) and the impact of the loss of airlines such as Zoom and XL.
Stansted Airport’s traffic was 11.2% lower than last year and Southampton dipped by 11.5%. In Scotland, the three airports together recorded a loss of 8.7%. Glasgow recorded a decline of 12.2% while Edinburgh and Aberdeen dropped 5.8% and 8.6% respectively.
The total number of air transport movements was down by 7.5% across BAA. January also saw a further reduction in cargo activity with an overall drop of 15.9%.
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