UK. BAA’s UK airports handled a record 140.1 million passengers during the calendar year 2004, an increase of +6.9% over 2003.
It was the first time BAA’s seven UK airports have handled in excess of 140 million passengers during a calendar year.
Among individual airports London Heathrow Airport recorded a +6.2% increase to 67.1 million passengers, Gatwick a +5.0% increase to 31.4 million, Stansted an +11.7% increase to 20.9 million and Southampton a +25.7% increase to 1.5 million.
At BAA Scotland, Glasgow passenger numbers rose +5.5% to 8.6 million, Edinburgh added +7.0% to 8 million passengers and Aberdeen increased +5.0% to 2.6 million.
Traffic also performed strongly during December, increasing +4.6% to 10.5 million passengers in December 2004. The tragic events arising from the Indian Ocean tsunami occurred late in the month and had a negligible impact on traffic.
Heathrow passenger traffic increased +2.5% in the month, Gatwick +8.1%, Stansted +4.6% and Southampton +6.8%. In Scotland, Glasgow passenger numbers rose +7.3%, while Edinburgh increased +6.9% and Aberdeen 8.6%.
In December long haul services (excluding North Atlantic flights) recorded the highest gains, increasing +9.4%, followed by domestic markets which increased +6.2% and European scheduled markets which increased +5.1%. The North Atlantic market fell -1.2% and European charter markets fell -2.9%.
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