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12/04/2010
BAA Reports Heathrow Losses
Heathrow airport lost 180,000 passengers due to last month's industrial action by disgruntled British Airways cabin crew, BAA revealed today.
However, the airport saw 5.2 million passengers travel through last month, an increase of 0.4% compared to March 2009.
BAA's UK airports as a whole handled a total of 8.2 million passengers in March, a decrease of 1.5% on the same month last year.
The two periods of industrial action affecting British Airways services caused an estimated net loss of 200,000 passengers across the UK airports, of which 180,000 were at Heathrow.
Without strikes it is estimated that Heathrow would have recorded a growth of 3.8% on last year, while the Group as a whole would have seen an increase of 1%.
Glasgow (down 9.6%), Edinburgh (down 3.3%) and Aberdeen (down 4.4%) were all affected by the British Airways industrial action, with each losing an estimated 1 to 2% of traffic for this reason.
Of airports unaffected by the strikes, Stansted's traffic declined by 4.2% compared to last March, demonstrating that challenging conditions remain. Southampton grew 5.3%, whilst Naples grew 5.7%.
Colin Matthews, BAA's Chief Executive Officer, said: "There is no doubt that the market remains difficult, compounded by industrial action last month. Despite the industrial action, Heathrow continued to demonstrate the resilience which comes from its role as the UK's only hub airport."
Across the group air transport movements fell by 6.6% in March, with Heathrow 6.5% lower. It is estimated that Heathrow lost 1,400 movements as a result of strike action, about 3.5% of its expected monthly total.
(PR/BMcC)
However, the airport saw 5.2 million passengers travel through last month, an increase of 0.4% compared to March 2009.
BAA's UK airports as a whole handled a total of 8.2 million passengers in March, a decrease of 1.5% on the same month last year.
The two periods of industrial action affecting British Airways services caused an estimated net loss of 200,000 passengers across the UK airports, of which 180,000 were at Heathrow.
Without strikes it is estimated that Heathrow would have recorded a growth of 3.8% on last year, while the Group as a whole would have seen an increase of 1%.
Glasgow (down 9.6%), Edinburgh (down 3.3%) and Aberdeen (down 4.4%) were all affected by the British Airways industrial action, with each losing an estimated 1 to 2% of traffic for this reason.
Of airports unaffected by the strikes, Stansted's traffic declined by 4.2% compared to last March, demonstrating that challenging conditions remain. Southampton grew 5.3%, whilst Naples grew 5.7%.
Colin Matthews, BAA's Chief Executive Officer, said: "There is no doubt that the market remains difficult, compounded by industrial action last month. Despite the industrial action, Heathrow continued to demonstrate the resilience which comes from its role as the UK's only hub airport."
Across the group air transport movements fell by 6.6% in March, with Heathrow 6.5% lower. It is estimated that Heathrow lost 1,400 movements as a result of strike action, about 3.5% of its expected monthly total.
(PR/BMcC)
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