Heathrow Business and traffic commentary March 2018 (7935K)
April 13 2018 - 2:00AM
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Heathrow
13 April 2018
07.00 13(th) April 2018
Heathrow has busiest ever departures day with more passengers
travelling to emerging markets
-- Heathrow welcomes its 17(th) consecutive record month, with
6.5 million passengers in March (up 5.5% yoy)
-- Easter getaway, coupled with half term, led to the airport
having its busiest departures day ever, with over 136,000 departing
passengers travelling on the 30(th)
-- Long-haul, emerging destinations were some of the best
performers, as the airport reported double-digit growth in African
(12%) and Middle Eastern markets (11%). Latin America also
experienced significant growth, up 7.3%
-- Cargo volumes increased by 1.5%, with the airport reporting
the 20th consecutive record month. During the course of the month,
over 150,000 tonnes of cargo travelled through the UK's biggest
port
-- The USA (1,659t) and Japan (682t) were among the fastest
growing markets for cargo
-- March was also an award-winning month, as Heathrow's Terminal
2 beat international counterparts to win 'World's Best Airport
Terminal' for the first time in the 2018 Skytrax World Airport
Awards
-- New routes launched by Hainan Airlines and Tianjin Airlines
provided the UK's first direct connections to the growing cities of
Changsha and X'ian. Qantas also began its first direct service to
Perth from Heathrow - offering the fastest route to Australia for
both UK cargo and passengers
-- The Transport Select Committee announced the backing of the
northwest runway at Heathrow, believing this remains the right
answer for the UK and laying the groundwork for the parliamentary
vote in the summer
-- Heathrow expansion reached another significant milestone with
the close of one of the UK's largest ever public consultations
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said:
"The booming growth in passenger numbers and cargo, particularly
from emerging markets, underpins the urgency to secure Britain's
economic future with a third runway at Heathrow - which has now
been backed by the cross-party Transport Select Committee. We are
delighted that passengers have rated us one of the top ten airports
worldwide, recognising the huge improvements in service we have
made over the last few years"
Traffic Summary
March 2018
Apr
Jan 2017
to to
Terminal Passengers Mar Mar
(000s) Month % Change 2018 % Change 2018 % Change
Heathrow 6,493 5.5 17,689 3.1 78,516 3.2
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Apr
Jan 2017
to to
Air Transport Mar Mar
Movements Month % Change 2018 % Change 2018 % Change
Heathrow 39,109 -0.8 112,314 0.8 474,941 0.6
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Apr
Jan 2017
to to
Cargo Mar Mar
(Metric Tonnes) Month % Change 2018 % Change 2018 % Change
Heathrow 150,565 1.5 416,734 4.3 1,715,708 9.4
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Market comparison Apr
(000s) Jan 2017
to to
Mar Mar
Month % Change 2018 % Change 2018 % Change
Market
===================== ================ ========= ================ ========= ================ =========
UK 391 -1.5 1,098 2.7 4,831 3.6
Europe 2,651 4.2 7,115 2.5 32,661 2.5
Africa 286 12.3 823 6.5 3,220 2.4
North America 1,420 6.5 3,643 2.3 17,438 1.8
Latin America 111 7.3 326 6.9 1,315 6.9
Middle East 671 10.9 1,869 3.6 7,688 7.2
Asia / Pacific 964 4.9 2,815 3.9 11,364 4.7
Total 6,493 5.5 17,689 3.1 78,516 3.2
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