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Heathrow traffic and business commentary September

13th Oct 2014 07:00

RNS Number : 0455U
Heathrow
13 October 2014
 

 

 

 

07.00 13 October 2014

 

Heathrow traffic and business commentary September 2014

· 6.58 million passengers chose to travel through Heathrow in September 2014, an increase of 0.3% on September 2013, making it the airport's busiest ever September

· Passenger growth at Heathrow continued to be supported by larger, fuller, quieter aircraft. Seats per aircraft increased 0.4% to 204.8, while load factors increased 1.1 percentage points to 81%. Passengers per aircraft rose 1.5% to 165.9

· Within emerging markets, passenger volumes increased 17.6% to Mexico, 14.9% to China and 10.3% to Brazil

· Heathrow continued to welcome the transfer passengers that make such long-haul routes viable, with volumes increasing 2.9%

· Cargo was up 7.8% overall, increasing 57.2% to Mexico, 52.2% to Nigeria, 37.1% to Russia, 25.6% to China and 20.8% to India

· Two independent polls underlined growing support for Heathrow's expansion amongst MPs and local residents. A majority of MPs now support an additional runway at Heathrow, with 91% of those who support also believing it will secure parliamentary approval (Ipsos MORI). Local residents are also more in favour of expansion at Heathrow, with 49% supporting an additional runway and 32% opposing (Populus)

 

Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said:

 

“September saw growing support from MPs and local residents for expansion at Heathrow as the best solution to the UK’s hub capacity crisis. Heathrow handles a quarter of all British exports by value, but is full. More and more people are asking “how can we double Britain's exports if we don't expand Heathrow?.”

 

Traffic Summary

September 2014

Terminal Passengers(000s)

 Month

% Change

Jan toSep 2014

% Change

Oct 2013 toSep 2014

% Change

Heathrow

6,577.7

0.3

55,660.9

1.5

73,146.4

1.8

Southampton

177.1

1.7

1,391.9

4.2

1,779.5

3.3

Glasgow

782.8

2.4

5,885.3

3.7

7,568.6

3.6

Aberdeen

344.0

6.8

2,827.4

8.2

3,703.7

7.5

Total

7,881.5

0.8

65,765.5

2.0

86,198.2

2.2

Air Transport Movements

 Month

% Change

Jan toSep 2014

% Change

Oct 2013 toSep 2014

% Change

Heathrow

39,837

-1.2

354,943

0.3

470,735

0.6

Southampton

3,284

-2.2

27,175

-2.6

35,356

-3.7

Glasgow

7,026

2.2

56,238

0.8

73,263

0.5

Aberdeen

9,659

9.7

82,315

6.9

109,146

7.6

Total

59,806

0.8

520,671

1.2

688,500

1.4

Cargo(Metric Tonnes)

 Month

% Change

Jan toSep 2014

% Change

Oct 2013 toSep 2014

% Change

Heathrow

124,570

7.8

1,102,075

5.3

1,478,310

4.4

Southampton

13

45.6

100

-5.0

128

-44.2

Glasgow

1,579

40.9

11,538

32.9

14,990

31.9

Aberdeen

534

-8.8

4,768

-13.7

6,640

-4.0

Total

126,695

8.0

1,118,480

5.4

1,500,068

4.6

Market comparison - All airports (000s)

Month

% Change

Jan toSep 2014

% Change

Oct 2013 toSep 2014

% Change

Market

UK

1,116.4

2.2

9,296.1

4.3

12,305.5

4.7

Europe

3,266.9

0.4

26,882.6

1.1

35,013.4

1.1

Africa

305.7

-1.5

2,724.7

0.1

3,643.4

-1.5

North America

1,633.5

-0.7

13,186.1

1.6

17,208.9

2.3

Latin America

113.4

15.4

865.8

6.0

1,133.4

6.7

Middle East

555.3

3.4

4,882.4

4.0

6,439.5

4.2

Asia / Pacific

890.3

0.9

7,927.9

2.1

10,454.1

2.7

Total

7,881.5

0.8

65,765.5

2.0

86,198.2

2.2

 

 

 

Note: Origin and destination is classified according to ultimate origin or

destination of aircraft in the case of multi sector flights

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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