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BAA Limited - July 2012 Traffic Figures
14th August 2012
BAA Ltd
Traffic and business commentary July 2012
9.6m passengers passed through BAA's five airports in July 2012, down 4.1% on July 2011. This included a drop of 4.4% at Heathrow to 6.6m passengers. The drop was more pronounced in the second half of the month and it is likely that the Olympics played a part, with UK passengers staying at home as well as non-Olympic visitors from overseas choosing to defer their journeys.
Those that chose to travel enjoyed a good experience at Heathrow, with a record breaking month for customer satisfaction. The airport's monthly survey asks passengers to rate their experience on a scale of 1-5, where 5 is excellent and 4 very good. In July, arrivals scored a record 4.3. Departures scored 4.22, the second highest departures score ever and a record for July.[i]
Within the Heathrow figures, domestic traffic saw an increase of 1.2% compared with last year, whilst European scheduled traffic, significantly affected by the Olympics, fell 6.6%. North Atlantic traffic remained almost unchanged (+0.1%), whilst other long haul routes had a collective decline of 6.3%. Within that passenger numbers to and from India dropped 11% but Brazil saw an increase of 15% and China 3.4%.
At Stansted passenger numbers were down 5.3% compared with July 2011, whilst Glasgow saw numbers fall 0.5% and Southampton 9.5%. Aberdeen though saw an increase in passenger numbers of 4.4% compared with July 2011, which meant a combined increase of 0.9% across the Scottish airports.
The amount of cargo carried across the group's five airports was up 0.6% on the same month last year.
BAA Chief Executive, Colin Matthews, said:
"We are proud to have played our part in giving the very best welcome to London 2012 to athletes and visitors alike. Seven years of hard work and planning, the warmth and enthusiasm of more than a thousand volunteers and additional Border Force staff produced our strongest ever passenger satisfaction scores."
For further information, please contact Heathrow media relations on 020 8745 7224.
July 2012 | ||||||
Terminal Passengers (000s) | Month | % Change | Jan to Jul 2012 | % Change | Aug 2011 to Jul 2012 | % Change |
Heathrow | 6,569.6 | -4.4 | 40,161.6 | 1.1 | 69,813.6 | 1.7 |
Stansted | 1,779.7 | -5.3 | 9,938.5 | -4.6 | 17,559.0 | -4.8 |
London Area Total | 8,349.4 | -4.6 | 50,100.1 | -0.1 | 87,372.6 | 0.3 |
Southampton | 174.0 | -9.5 | 963.2 | -4.2 | 1,720.5 | -1.1 |
Glasgow | 789.5 | -0.5 | 4,083.0 | 4.0 | 7,019.4 | 3.9 |
Aberdeen | 314.3 | 4.4 | 1,923.9 | 10.1 | 3,280.0 | 10.7 |
Scottish Total | 1,103.8 | 0.9 | 6,006.9 | 5.8 | 10,299.3 | 6.0 |
BAA UK Total | 9,627.2 | -4.1 | 57,070.3 | 0.4 | 99,392.4 | 0.9 |
Air Transport Movements | Month | % Change | Jan to Jul 2012 | % Change | Aug 2011 to Jul 2012 | % Change |
Heathrow | 41,127 | -1.1 | 276,291 | -0.4 | 475,011 | 1.1 |
Stansted | 12,510 | -3.1 | 76,393 | -4.6 | 133,203 | -4.9 |
London Area Total | 53,637 | -1.6 | 352,684 | -1.4 | 608,214 | -0.3 |
Southampton | 3,701 | -7.4 | 22,601 | -4.9 | 39,743 | -2.4 |
Glasgow | 7,081 | 2.4 | 42,104 | 2.5 | 71,511 | 0.9 |
Aberdeen | 8,995 | 6.8 | 59,857 | 7.7 | 101,921 | 8.3 |
Scottish Total | 16,076 | 4.8 | 101,961 | 5.5 | 173,432 | 5.1 |
BAA UK Total | 73,414 | -0.6 | 477,246 | -0.2 | 821,389 | 0.7 |
Cargo (Metric Tonnes) | Month | % Change | Jan to Jul 2012 | % Change | Aug 2011 to Jul 2012 | % Change |
Heathrow | 126,512 | -1.2 | 852,487 | -1.9 | 1,467,971 | -1.8 |
Stansted | 18,417 | 9.0 | 121,302 | 1.7 | 205,899 | -0.0 |
London Area Total | 144,929 | -0.0 | 973,788 | -1.5 | 1,673,870 | -1.6 |
Southampton | 32 | 351.0 | 163 | 104.2 | 215 | 41.1 |
Glasgow | 867 | 595.3 | 5,539 | 212.2 | 6,766 | 107.6 |
Aberdeen | 627 | 28.8 | 4,366 | 29.6 | 7,187 | 28.3 |
Scottish Total | 1,495 | 144.3 | 9,905 | 92.6 | 13,953 | 57.5 |
BAA UK Total | 146,455 | 0.6 | 983,857 | -1.0 | 1,688,038 | -1.3 |
Market comparison - UK airports | BAA Total | BAA Total | % Change | |||
Market | ||||||
UK and Channel Isles | 1,184.5 | 1,155.5 | -2.4 | |||
372.4 | 353.0 | -5.2 | ||||
European Scheduled | 4,382.3 | 4,219.1 | -3.7 | |||
European Charter* | 348.1 | 306.2 | -12.0 | |||
North Atlantic | 1,685.1 | 1,675.9 | -0.5 | |||
Other Long Haul | 2,065.7 | 1,917.5 | -7.2 | |||
10,038.0 | 9,627.2 | -4.1 | ||||
* includes North African Charter | ||||||
Note: Origins and destinations are classified according to ultimate origin or | ||||||
destination of aircraft in the case of multi sector flights | ||||||
Note: Figures for the market sectors have been rounded. Totals as per Traffic Summary | ||||||
[i] Data taken from the QSM' programme (Quality of Service Monitor), launched in April 1990. The survey is compiled by circa 22,000 departure, and 15,000 arrival interviews per year, split across Terminals.
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