121.9 Million Passengers Through BAA UK Airports 2001/02; March Traffic Grows to 10.1 Million Passengers.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2002 BAA Baa See BBB. plc, the international airport group, today announced that BAA's seven UK airports handled 10.1 million passengers in March, an increase of +3.4% compared with March 2001. Figures were buoyed by an earlier Easter Easter [A.S. Eastre, name of a spring goddess], chief Christian feast, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion. In the West, Easter is celebrated on the Sunday following the full moon next after the vernal equinox (see calendar); thus, it than last year and the underlying growth rate for the month is around +1% which represents a modest improvement on the gains recorded in February. For BAA's financial year ended March 2001/02, its seven UK airports handled 121.9 million passengers, a decrease of -2.2% over the previous year, with traffic impacted by both foot and mouth disease a contagious disease See also: Foot , general global economic slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation). A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties. and the events of September 11. March 2002 traffic highlights: Across the group and boosted by Easter, there were rises of +17.9% on Irish routes, +14.7% on European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. charter routes, +4.4% in domestic traffic and +3.3% in the European scheduled market. In the long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. sector, North Atlantic routes made further improvements with a fall of -5.4%, compared to -7.7% in February and -10.1% in January, whilst other long haul routes recorded a collective gain for the first time since July 2001, of +1.7%. At the airports, Heathrow reported its first monthly increase (+2.2%) since February 2001. Underpinned by competition from low cost scheduled carriers, Edinburgh (+21.9%), Stansted (+17.2%) and Glasgow (+7.9%) each experienced strong growth. Traffic at Gatwick decreased -3.3%, which represents an improvement against January and February, when traffic for the months fell -16.4% and-10.8% respectively. Air transport movements fell by -3.9% in March and cargo tonnage TONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel. 2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. fell by -6.6%. Financial year to March 31, 2002: For the fourth year running, Stansted was one of the fastest growing major airports in Europe • • [ as low cost scheduled airlines continued their growth. The airport added +14.9% traffic in 2001/2 and just passed 14 million passengers for the financial year. Continued growth amongst low cost scheduled carriers also helped Glasgow to 7.3 million passengers per annum Per annum Yearly. for the first time. Edinburgh added 11.6% traffic growing to 6.3 million passengers for the year and Aberdeen added 1.5% to 2.6 million passengers for the year. Foot and mouth disease and September 11 impacted traffic through Heathrow and Gatwick, with drops of -6.1% and -5.1% respectively. Southampton recorded a fall of -3.0 for the year. BAA's international contracts include in the US: Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Boston Logan; in Australia: Melbourne, Launceston, Perth, Alice Springs Alice Springs, town (1991 pop. 20,448), Northern Territory, Australia. 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BAA Traffic Summary: March 2002
Terminal % Financial year - %
Passengers (000s) Month Change 12 mths Change
to March 2002
Heathrow 5,289.2 2.2 60,364.2 -6.1
Gatwick 2,277.4 -3.3 30,489.8 -5.1
Stansted 1,134.2 17.2 14,083.8 14.9
London Area Total 8,700.8 2.4 104,937.7 -3.5
Southampton 62.1 -8.8 840.9 -3.0
Glasgow 535.5 7.9 7,332.6 5.3
Edinburgh 561.3 21.9 6,255.6 11.6
Aberdeen 197.8 -5.0 2,552.7 1.5
Scottish Total 1,294.7 11.1 16,141.0 7.0
BAA Total 10,057.7 3.4 121,919.6 -2.2
Air Transport % Financial year - %
Movements Month Change 12 mths to Change
March 2002
Heathrow 38,270 -1.7 455,873 -0.8
Gatwick 18,298 -6.8 238,772 -5.2
Stansted 11,213 -8.6 150,229 1.9
London Area Total 67,781 -4.3 844,874 -1.6
Southampton 2,267 -1.9 28,375 0.9
Glasgow 6,676 -10.2 91,118 1.8
Edinburgh 8,803 8.8 101,699 13.8
Aberdeen 6,664 -8.1 86,273 4.7
Scottish Total 22,143 -2.8 279,090 6.8
BAA Total 92,191 -3.9 1,152,339 0.4
Cargo % Financial year - %
(Metric Tonnes) Month Change 12 mths to Change
March 2002
Heathrow 105,776 -2.5 1,166,476 -9.6
Gatwick 22,216 -18.7 262,919 -17.2
Stansted 15,129 -7.5 167,003 -2.7
London Area Total 143,121 -6.0 1,596,398 -10.3
Southampton 31 0.0 337 12.7
Glasgow 236 -54.5 5,395 -37.8
Edinburgh 1,209 -23.6 15,507 -13.1
Aberdeen 336 -57.4 4,208 -18.3
Scottish Total 1,781 -38.4 25,111 -20.7
BAA Total 144,933 -6.6 1,621,845 -10.5
Above data excludes Air Taxi passengers and Air Taxi movements.
Market Comparison: March 2002
BAA Total BAA Total
Market March-01 March-02 % Change
(000s) (000s)
Domestic 1,866 1,948 4.4
Eire 437 515 17.9
European Scheduled 3,622 3,741 3.3
European Charter(a) 695 797 14.7
North Atlantic 1,521 1,439 -5.4
Other Long Haul 1,591 1,617 1.7
Total 9,731 10,058 3.4
Market Comparison: Financial Year 2001-02
BAA Total BAA Total
Market Apr 00 - Mar 01 Apr 01 - Mar 02 % Change
(000s) (000s)
Domestic 21,919 22,178 1.2
Eire 5,916 6,153 4.0
European Scheduled 45,015 44,701 -0.7
European Charter(a) 13,049 13,336 2.2
North Atlantic 20,119 17,655 -12.2
Other Long Haul 18,635 17,897 -4.0
Total 124,653 121,920 -2.2
(a) includes North African North Africa A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. North African adj. & n. Adj. 1. Charter Note: Origins and destinations are classified according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 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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