BAA Traffic for April.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2002 BAA Baa See BBB. plc, the airport company, today announced that BAA's seven UK airports handled a total of 9.7 million passengers in April, a decrease of -4.5% over last year. The major reason for the lower traffic volume was the 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 , which this year meant that the pre-holiday build-up build·up also build-up n. 1. The act or process of amassing or increasing: a military buildup; a buildup of tension during the strike. 2. fell entirely in March. Taking the two months together, which largely eliminates the distorting effects of changed Easter dates, the result was a decline of -0.7%. Among the major markets, UK domestic and Irish services saw increases of +4.1% and +4.0% in April but European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. charter traffic was down by -18.4% as a result of the earlier Easter. North Atlantic traffic recorded a drop of -12.4% in April (-8.9% for the two months). European scheduled routes were down by -2.3% in April. Of the individual airports Edinburgh Edinburgh (ĕd`ĭnbərə), city (1991 pop. 433,200) and council area, royal burgh, capital of Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Leith, part of the city since 1920, is Edinburgh's port. (+17.2%), Stansted Stansted could be
Glasgow (glăs`gō, –kō, glăz`gō), city (1991 pop. 688,500) and council area, S central Scotland, on the river Clyde. (+4.0) experienced growth, largely underpinned by the low cost scheduled airlines. Heathrow recorded a fall of -3.5% and Gatwick saw declines of -18.3%. Air transport movements fell by -1.6% in April whilst the -2.3% decrease in cargo volumes represents an improvement on previous months. BAA's international contracts include in the US: Pittsburgh Pittsburgh (pĭts`bərg), city (1990 pop. 369,879), seat of Allegheny co., SW Pa., at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers, which there form the Ohio River; inc. 1816. , Indianapolis Indianapolis (ĭn'dēənă`pəlĭs), city (1990 pop. 731,327), state capital and seat of Marion co., central Ind., on the White River; selected 1820 as the site of the state capital (which was moved there in 1825), inc. 1847. , Boston Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. Logan Logan, city (1990 pop. 32,762), seat of Cache co., N Utah, on the Logan River; inc. 1859. It is the center of an irrigated dairy and farm area, with huge cheese plants, other food-processing facilities, and diverse manufactures. ; in Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. : Melbourne Melbourne, city, Australia Melbourne, city (1991 pop. 2,761,995), capital of Victoria, SE Australia, on Port Phillip Bay at the mouth of the Yarra River. Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, is a rail and air hub and financial and commercial center. , Launceston, Perth, Alice Springs Alice Springs, town (1991 pop. 20,448), Northern Territory, Australia. It lies in a pastoral area surrounded by desert near the center of the continent and is a stop on the Adelaide Darwin Railway. , Tennant Creek and Darwin Darwin, city (1991 pop. 67,946), capital of the Northern Territory, N Australia, on Port Darwin, an inlet of the Timor Sea. Remotely situated on the sparsely settled north coast, Darwin had no rail connection with any of the major Australian cities until 2003, when ; in Continental Europe Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and, at times, peninsulas. : Naples; in the Middle East: Seeb International and Salalah in Oman. BAA ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. ; prices may be accessed on Bloomberg Bloomberg A major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst coverage, as well as general news and sports. under the symbol BAA LN, on the Reuter Equities 2000 Service under BAA.L and on Quotron under BAANU.EU. BAA ADRs, each equal to one ordinary share, appear on the pink sheets under BAAPY. Additional information is available on BAA's home page: http://www.baa.com.
BAA Traffic Summary: April 2002
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Terminal % 12 months to %
Passengers (000s) Month Change Apr-02 Change
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Heathrow 5,074.5 -3.5 60,182.6 -6.1
Gatwick 2,074.9 -18.3 30,024.7 -6.6
Stansted 1,218.1 7.7 14,170.6 13.7
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London Area Total 8,367.5 -6.3 104,377.9 -4.0
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Southampton 63.0 -9.6 834.2 -3.9
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Glasgow 545.1 4.0 7,353.5 5.4
Edinburgh 547.9 17.2 6,335.9 12.2
Aberdeen 213.4 1.8 2,556.6 1.0
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Scottish Total 1,306.4 8.7 16,245.9 7.2
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BAA Total 9,737.0 -4.5 121,458.1 -2.6
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Air Transport % 12 months to %
Movements Month Change Apr-02 Change
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Heathrow 38,310 0.3 455,972 -0.8
Gatwick 18,002 -9.9 236,784 -6.1
Stansted 12,446 -4.3 149,666 0.2
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London Area Total 68,758 -3.4 842,422 -2.2
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Southampton 2,338 2.9 28,440 1.1
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Glasgow 7,045 -1.7 90,997 1.3
Edinburgh 8,852 11.9 102,638 13.3
Aberdeen 6,929 0.5 86,307 3.7
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Scottish Total 22,826 3.9 279,942 6.2
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BAA Total 93,922 -1.6 1,150,804 -0.2
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Cargo % 12 months to %
(Metric Tonnes) Month Change Apr-02 Change
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Heathrow 98,781 0.4 1,166,870 -9.0
Gatwick 19,256 -20.4 257,977 -18.0
Stansted 15,125 12.4 168,677 -2.9
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London Area Total 133,162 -2.1 1,593,524 -10.0
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Southampton 30 66.7 349 15.6
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Glasgow 351 -27.8 5,260 -38.0
Edinburgh 1,194 -11.0 15,359 -14.0
Aberdeen 325 -10.5 4,170 -19.4
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Scottish Total 1,870 -14.7 24,790 -21.3
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BAA Total 135,062 -2.3 1,618,662 -10.2
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Above data excludes Air Taxi passengers and Air Taxi movements.
Market Comparison: April 2002
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BAA Total BAA Total
Market Apr-01 Apr-02
(000s) (000s) % Change
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Domestic 1,867 1,944 4.1
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Eire 470 489 4.0
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European Scheduled 3,912 3,821 -2.3
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European Charter(a) 824 673 -18.4
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North Atlantic 1,592 1,395 -12.4
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Other Long Haul 1534 1,415 -7.7
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Total 10,198 9,737 -4.5
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(a) 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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