Article from BTNews 15 JULY 2013
Record airport figures
Britain’s airports have been rushing out figures for a record June, which may have had something to do with the terrible weather (people hastening to go away), the extra working day in the month, or the fact last year people were more concerned with the Queen’s Jubilee leading on to the Olympics.
In alphabetical order we note the passenger numbers from those airports who have reported so far to Business Travel News. All showed a rise.
|
Birmingham |
944,000 |
3.3% |
|
Bristol |
625,000 |
3.4% |
|
Edinburgh |
956,000 |
9.4% |
|
Gatwick |
3,440,000 |
3.3% |
|
Glasgow |
775,000 |
5.4% |
|
Heathrow |
6,500,000 |
4.6% |
|
London City |
311,000 |
20.0% |
|
Stansted |
1,670,000 |
2.0% |
Readers should not be misled by a single month’s figures. In May Stansted was up by 9.5% and last year London City found itself under the Olympics' shadow.
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