Heathrow Heathrow traffic and business commentary (6123Y)

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10 September 2015

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Heathrow traffic and business commentary August 2015

August was Heathrow's busiest ever month

-- Heathrow experienced its busiest ever month in August, with 7.33 million passengers passing through the airport, up 4% on the same month last year. The 2(nd) of August was the busiest day ever with 257,312 passengers choosing the UK's only hub, whilst August 2015 was a record for arrivals, with 3.75 million passengers landing at the airport.

-- Larger, quieter, fuller aircraft continued to be a key driver for growth. Seats per aircraft increased 2.3% on August 2014 to an average of 209.8, whilst load factors increased 0.4% to an average of 84%.

   --      Transfer volumes remained consistent with the same month last year, up a marginal 0.1%. 

-- Within the emerging markets, cargo volumes were up 8.6% to China, 11.3% to Mexico and 36.9% to Turkey on the previous August.

-- The figures come as new polling by Populus shows 50% of residents in 12 local consistencies to Heathrow support expansion, whilst 33% oppose. 57% of those residents feel positive about Heathrow while only 8% have a negative feeling.

Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said:

"With more local residents supporting Heathrow than opposing it, and with the backing of the Airports Commission, airlines, trade unions and businesses across the country, Heathrow expansion is the right and deliverable solution for the whole of the UK. Every month that we delay is costing our economy GBP1bn. The Prime Minister has a mandate to give Heathrow the green light - let's get on with it."

 
 Traffic Summary 
 
 August 2015 
 
                                                                                               Sep 
                                                                  Jan                         2014 
                                                                   to                           to 
 Terminal Passengers                                              Aug                          Aug         % 
  (000s)                          Month   % Change               2015   % Change              2015    Change 
 Heathrow                        7,333         4.0             50,147        2.2           74,439        1.8 
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                                                                                               Sep 
                                                                  Jan                         2014 
                                                                   to                           to 
 Air Transport                                                    Aug                          Aug         % 
  Movements                       Month   % Change               2015   % Change              2015    Change 
 Heathrow                       41,783         1.4            316,918        0.6          472,507        0.3 
---------------------  ----------------  ---------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------  -------- 
 
 
                                                                                               Sep 
                                                                  Jan                         2014 
                                                                   to                           to 
 Cargo                                                            Aug                          Aug         % 
  (Metric Tonnes)                 Month   % Change               2015   % Change              2015    Change 
 Heathrow                     122,540         -0.2            985,627        0.8        1,507,203        2.6 
---------------------  ----------------  ---------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------  -------- 
 
 
 Market comparison                                                                             Sep 
  (000s)                                                          Jan                         2014 
                                                                   to                           to 
                                                                  Aug                          Aug         % 
                                  Month   % Change               2015   % Change              2015    Change 
 Market 
---------------------  ----------------  ---------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------  -------- 
 UK                                 464       -0.7             3,508         1.5             5,335       2.5 
 Europe                           3,048        7.4           20,864          3.7           30,724        2.6 
 Africa                             310       -7.0             2,206        -6.6             3,371      -5.2 
 North America                    1,757        1.6           11,518          1.6           17,158        1.5 
 Latin America                      108        9.3                798       10.4             1,191      10.6 
 Middle East                        658       10.0             4,252         5.1             6,254       4.3 
 Asia / Pacific                     988        0.1             7,001        -0.5           10,406       -0.4 
 Total                            7,333        4.0           50,147          2.2           74,439        1.8 
---------------------  ----------------  ---------  -----------------  ---------  ----------------  -------- 
 

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September 10, 2015 02:01 ET (06:01 GMT)