Did you know that registration to Civilian Aviation is completely free and brings you lots of added features? Find out more....

NEWS: London's Heathrow Airport records busiest-ever month

Post your logs, movements and information for London Heathrow here.
Post Reply
Headset 57

NEWS: London's Heathrow Airport records busiest-ever month

Post by Headset 57 » Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:53 pm

London's Heathrow Airport records busiest-ever month

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10924771" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Heathrow Airport Sunday 18 July was Heathrow Airport's busiest-ever day

Heathrow airport, the UK's largest, had its busiest-ever month in July 2010.

Its terminals handled 6.7 million passengers during the month - a 3.5% increase on July 2009 total, according to airport operator BAA.

But four of the five other UK airports run by BAA saw a fall in passenger numbers in July 2010, compared with the same month last year.

Stansted Airport, in Essex, saw passengers fall 7.2% to 2.02 million.

Meanwhile, Southampton Airport had a 1.4% decrease in passengers to just under 188,000.
Busiest-ever day

In Scotland, Glasgow Airport saw passenger numbers fall by 3.6% to just under 789,000, and passengers at Aberdeen decreased 4.1% to just under 277,000.

But passengers at Edinburgh Airport increased by 0.6% to just over 961,000.

Sunday 18 July was Heathrow's busiest-ever day, when 232,000 passengers passed through the airport.

The six airports handled by BAA saw nearly 58.5 million passengers carried in the first seven months of 2010 - a 4.5% fall on first six months of 2009.

suzienderson

Re: NEWS: London's Heathrow Airport records busiest-ever month

Post by suzienderson » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:15 am

I think London's Heathrow airport is one of the biggest airport in the world. and it is the most busiest airport in the word. There are lots of international flights come on Heathrow airport and that is why there is the higher traffic in the world at that airport.

Post Reply

Return to “London Heathrow”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests