Press Release
August 2011 traffic performance summary
12 September 2011
August 2011 traffic performance summary
12 September 2011
Year on year passenger numbers at Gatwick rise by 3.6%
- 132,500 more passengers flew through Gatwick this July
- Record average load factors
Aug-11 |
Aug-10 |
Growth
|
Sept-10 -Aug-11 |
Sept-09 -Aug-10 |
Growth
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total terminal passengers (000s) |
3,825.5 |
3,693.0 |
3.6 |
33,027.6 |
31,579.7 |
4.6 |
| Market analysis: | ||||||
| UK + Channel Islands |
349.6 |
339.5 |
3.0 |
3,647.1 |
3,571.3 |
2.1 |
| Ireland |
131.0 |
127.7 |
2.6 |
1,284.1 |
1,273.7 |
0.8 |
| European scheduled |
1,985.1 |
1,777.1 |
11.7 |
16,950.3 |
15,201.9 |
11.5 |
| European charter |
740.6 |
800.1 |
-7.4 |
4,631.6 |
4,950.1 |
-6.4 |
| North Atlantic |
230.4 |
219.7 |
4.9 |
1,951.0 |
1,904.8 |
2.4 |
|
Other long haul |
388.8 |
428.9 |
-9.3 |
4,563.5 |
4,677.9 |
-2.4 |
| Air transport movements |
24,610 |
24,106 |
2.1 |
242,777 |
237,212 |
2.3 |
| Cargo (metric tonnes) |
7,278 |
8,789 |
-17.2 |
92,901 |
99,381 |
-6.5 |
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.
Key Points:
- Passenger numbers in August 2011 increased by 3.6% with 132,500 more passengers travelling through Gatwick compared to the same month last year
- This continues the recent trend of year-on-year increases in passenger numbers
- Average load factors rose 1.4 percentage points to 88.4% this month compared to the same month last
year - resulting in Gatwick's highest ever average load factors - The school summer holidays saw year-on-year growth with around half a million passengers travelling through Gatwick over the August bank holiday weekend. The most popular destinations being Malaga, Palma de Mallorca and Dalaman
- Overall capacity was up by 86,000 seats with growth to a wide range of Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Canadian destinations
- Air transport movements grew 2.1% with short haul markets seeing the greatest gains.
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Ben Nolan
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