Press Release
Gatwick October 2010 traffic performance summary
9 November 2010
Gatwick October 2010 traffic performance summary
9 November 2010
Growth in year on year traffic of 0.8%
Oct-10 |
Oct-09 |
Growth
|
Nov-09 - Oct-10 |
Nov-08 - Oct-09 |
Growth
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total terminal passengers (000s) |
2,850.1 |
2,826.9 |
0.8 |
31,517.9 |
32,250.6 |
-2.3 |
| Market comparison: | ||||||
| UK + Channel Islands |
335.2 |
338.2 |
-0.9 |
3,562.4 |
3,637.1 |
-2.1 |
| Ireland |
115.9 |
129.4 |
-10.4 |
1,247.6 |
1,452.5 |
-14.1 |
| European scheduled |
1,420.3 |
1,363.4 |
4.2 |
15,216.4 |
15,079.3 |
0.9 |
| European charter |
398.6 |
454.4 |
-12.3 |
4,848.7 |
5,299.1 |
-8.5 |
| North Atlantic |
194.2 |
177.0 |
9.7 |
1,919.4 |
2,282.7 |
-15.9 |
| Other long haul |
385.9 |
364.5 |
5.9 |
4,723.4 |
4,499.9 |
5.0 |
| Air transport movements |
21,214 |
21,546 |
-1.5 |
235,745 |
244,573 |
-3.6 |
| Cargo (metric tonnes) |
9,709 |
7,485 |
29.7 |
103,866 |
73,073 |
42.1 |
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:
- Year on year traffic grew 0.8% in October as the summer 2010 season came to a close
- Traffic to European scheduled markets rose 4.2%, attributable to growth in passenger volumes to many of the largest countries within this market, including Italy, France, Portugal and Germany
- The North Atlantic market grew 9.7%, driven by increased passenger volumes to both Canada and the United States. Traffic to the US grew 2.1% marking the first year on year growth since early 2008 when the EU-US Open Skies agreement came into effect
- Traffic during the recent half-term period grew 2.1% against the same comparable period last year
- As the Winter 2010/11 season begins, Gatwick sees a number of new services already operating including easyJet to Luxor and Ryanair to Milan Bergamo, Faro and Oslo Rygge
- Summer 2011 also comes into focus with British Airways announcing a thrice-weekly service to Marrakech, commencing on 27th March 2011.
For further information, please contact:
Andrew McCallum
Director of Communications and External Affairs
Tel: +44 (0)1293 503696
Email: andrew.mccallum@gatwickairport.com
