BAA reports 3% increase in Feb-2012 pax to 7.3 million, cargo down 2%

UK's BAA airports passenger numbers up 2.5% - traffic highlights for Feb-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 7.3 million, +2.5% year-on-year;
  • UK and Channel Isles: 1.3 million, 0.0%;
  • Ireland: 310,984, -1.1%;
  • European scheduled: 3.0 million, +2.8%;
  • European charter: 100,192, +17.1%;
  • North Atlantic: 932,119 million, +7.4%;
  • Other long haul: 1.6 million, +1.3%;
• Cargo volume: 134,935 tonnes, -2.2%;
• Aircraft movements: 69,446, +2.0%. [more - Original PR]