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Security alert hits BAA traffic forecastsSecurity alert hits BAA traffic forecasts
Emily Pacey
13-Sep-2006
August passenger traffic throughout BAA's airports in the UK was up by 0.3% year on year, but down by 5% against forecast
Passenger traffic at BAA's seven UK airports reached 14.3m in August, an increase of 0.3% on the previous year. However, numbers were down 5% against forecast as a result of the tightening of security following the terror alert of August 10. BAA incurred losses of £13m ($24.5m) during the month.Domestic UK traffic was the hardest hit by the disruption to flights, with traffic in the sector down by 7.6%. Passenger numbers to North America declined by 3.3%, although other long-haul traffic increased by 8.8%. European scheduled traffic was up by 4.5% but the charter market continued its decline, falling by 6.8% as competition from low-cost carriers intensifies.
Traffic at BAA's biggest airport London Heathrow fell by 2.2%, although its other London airports, Gatwick and Stansted, enjoyed increases of 2.1% and 4.9% respectively. In Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports suffered traffic falls of 1.3% and 2.2%, although Aberdeen posted growth of 8.1%.
At the BAA-owned airport of Budapest, traffic in the 12 months to July 2006 grew by 11.8% to 8.2m.
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