BAA traffic up year-on-year, cargo steady

• Passenger numbers: 13.5 million, +3.0% year-on-year;
• • Heathrow: 6.0 million, +1.4%;
  • Gatwick: 3.3 million, +2.9%;
  • Stansted: 2.0 million, +5.0%;
  • Southampton: 183,000, +18.5%;
  • Glasgow: 901,200, +2.1%;
  • Edinburgh: 782,700, +6.9%;
  • Aberdeen: 267,900, 10.0%.
• Cargo volume: 150,971 tonnes, steady;
• Aircraft movements: 110,779, +3.6%.

12 months ended 30-Sep-05:

• Passenger numbers: 143.8 million, +3.6%;
• Cargo volume: 1.8 million tonnes, +1.7%;
• Aircraft movements: 1.2 million, +3.2%.

Across the markets, traffic on other long haul routes rose 8.6% year-on-year, while North Atlantic and domestic traffic increased 3.1% and 2.3% respectively.

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