BAA airports return to growth

In spite of the doom and gloom predicted BAA Ltd has come up with some good figures for January 2011.  Heathrow in particular showed its overall underlying strength, recording the highest first month of the year passenger figures since 2006.  Growth was particularly noted on the Chinese and Indian routes.

Domestic traffic gained most in January (up 8.3%), having been affected more than other markets by snow across the UK in the same month last year.  European scheduled numbers were up by 2.7% and North Atlantic traffic 3.2% higher.  Stansted again performed badly, down by 5.8% on last year, although there were mitigating circumstances.

Up in Scotland all the BAA airports improved and most of the routes lost, with the demise of Globespan, now have new operators. www.baa.co.uk

Index/Home page
 

OUR READERS' FINEST WORDS (All times and dates are GMT)

All comments are filtered to exclude any excesses but the Editor does not have to agree with what is being said. 100 words maximum