UK air passenger numbers crash in 2009
Provisional figures of passenger numbers for February 2009 show a huge collapse in air travel.
- Heathrow - 4,370,800 down 9.5%
- Gatwick - 1,989,400 down 14.4%
- Stansted - 1,296,300 down 16.2%
- Edinburgh - 562,500 down 11.8%
- Glasgow - 421,900 down 17.4%
- Aberdeen - 204,300 down 16.0%
- Southampton - 108,500 down 20.0%
- East Midlands - 296,722 down 24.7%
- Luton - 544,956 down 23.8%
- Newcastle - 250,640 down 22.5%
- Bristol - 322,088 down 25.9%
- Exeter - 41,359 down 29.4%
- Norwich - 26,898 down 25.2%
- Blackpool - 7,376 down 69.7%
- Coventry - 36 down 99.8%
And apparently air cargo tonnage was down 20% overall for the same period.
You'd think they'd be back-peddling on plans for Heathrow's new runway...
