London Heathrow Airport pax up 1%, cargo up 8% in Feb-2015

London Heathrow Airport passenger numbers up 1% - traffic highlights in Feb-2015:

• Passenger numbers: 5.0 million, +1.1% year-on-year;
• • UK: 377,000, +2.4%;
  • Europe: 2.1 million, +0.4%;
  • Africa: 249,000, -6.6%;
  • North America: 970,000, +4.3%;
  • Latin America: 88,000, +15.8%;
  • Middle East: 453,000, +4.0%;
  • Asia Pacific: 760,000, -1.7%;
• Cargo volume: 118,248 tonnes, +7.7%;
• Aircraft movements: 35,056, -0.6%. [more - original PR]

The airport noted (11-Mar-2015) emerging markets continued to perform strongly, with passenger volumes increasing 23.5% to China, 14.9% to Mexico and 10.9% to Brazil in addition to robust performance on North American segments where volumes increased 4.3%.