BAA August Figures

BAA issues August 2004 traffic figures – busiest August on record..10 September 2004

Highlights:3.7% growth on last year
14.2 million passengers used the airports in August, making it the busiest August on record.

European scheduled traffic growth strong at 8.3%.
North Atlantic activity rose by 4.5% while traffic on other long haul routes was 9.0% up on last August.

European charter traffic weakest sector, experiencing an 11.2% decrease in August, following a 6.2% drop in July.

Heathrow’s traffic grew 2.0%, Gatwick grew 2.1% despite the decline in charter traffic, Stansted recorded a 9.4% gain and Southampton an 8.4% increase.

The Scottish airports recorded a 6.1% gain.
Edinburgh up 7.8%. Aberdeen continued its recent recovery with a 7.5% increase. Glasgow trailed with 4.4%

Air transport movements handled at BAA’s airports was up by 2.9%. Cargo growth continued its recent strong recovery with an overall increase of 10.8% in tonnage handled. Heathrow’s growth was again in double figures adding 12.9%.