Press Release
Gatwick February 2011 traffic performance summary
11 March 2011
Gatwick February 2011 traffic performance summary
11 March 2011
Continued passenger growth and strong half-term period at Gatwick
Feb-11 |
Feb-10 |
Growth
|
Mar-10 -Feb-11 |
Mar-09 -Feb-10 |
Growth
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total terminal passengers (000s) |
2,100.3 |
2,053.7 |
2.3 |
31,614.9 |
32,327.5 |
-2.2 |
| Market comparison: | ||||||
| UK + Channel Islands |
258.2 |
258.1 |
0.0 |
3,525.8 |
3,665.3 |
-3.8 |
| Ireland |
92.1 |
92.7 |
-0.6 |
1,231.2 |
1,402.3 |
-12.2 |
| European scheduled |
1,067.2 |
972.7 |
9.7 |
15,505.9 |
15,467.7 |
0.2 |
| European charter |
203.0 |
226.0 |
-10.2 |
4,778.8 |
5,135.8 |
-7.0 |
| North Atlantic |
92.3 |
98.8 |
-6.6 |
1,890.0 |
2,108.1 |
-10.3 |
|
Other long haul |
387.5 |
405.4 |
-4.4 |
4,683.2 |
4,548.3 |
3.0 |
| Air transport movements |
16,795 |
16,775 |
0.1 |
235,338 |
244,637 |
-3.8 |
| Cargo (metric tonnes) |
7,078 |
8,335 |
-15.1 |
103,493 |
77,471 |
33.6 |
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 grew 2.3% year on year, driven by increases in European scheduled traffic with an additional 46,600 passengers travelling through Gatwick
- Average load factors increased from 74.8% in February 2010 to 75.8% this month - a continuing trend at Gatwick
- Traffic during the spring school half term break increased by 4% with holidaymakers travelling to traditional hotspots including Dubai, Malaga, Tenerife and winter destinations such as Geneva and Grenoble
- airberlin - Europe's sixth largest airline - launched twice daily services to Nuremberg and Hanover on 7 February
- Aerosvit-Ukraine Airlines and Rossiya-Russian Airlines become the second and third airlines in recent months to choose Gatwick as their London airport
- As the largest Ukrainian network carrier, Aerosvit operates a five times weekly service to Ukraine's capital city, Kiev, offering an attractive service for both leisure and business travellers. Services launched on 1 March
- Rossiya-Russian Airlines returned to Gatwick with a twice weekly service to Pulkovo Airport, St Petersburg. Services to Russia's second largest city launched on 6 March. This service is scheduled to increase to five times per week from May 2011.
For further information, please contact:
Gatwick Airport Press Office
Tel: +44 (0)1293 505000
Email: gatwickmedia@gatwickairport.com
