Heathrow Business and traffic commentary August 2017 (2980Q)
11 September 2017 - 4:00PM
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Heathrow
11 September 2017
07.00 11(th) September 2017
More passengers and trade send Heathrow soaring to record August
high
-- Heathrow rounded off a record summer welcoming 7.5 million
passengers in August. It was Heathrow's best-ever August - up 2% on
last year - and the second busiest month in the airport's
history
-- UK destinations saw 6% passenger growth on the back of
recently launched Flybe flights to Scotland. Middle Eastern
destinations were also popular with travellers with fuller aircraft
leading to a 7% increase in passengers to the region
-- Cargo flowing through the UK's largest port climbed 13% to
139,000 tonnes making August the 13th consecutive record month for
cargo volumes at Heathrow
-- Latin America was the fastest growing trading market with
cargo volumes increasing 30% in August. North America also
performed well with volumes up 13% to nearly 50,000 tonnes as
American Airlines, United and Air Canada increased cargo. Strong
growth to China, Hong Kong and Singapore also helped East Asia
record a 12% cargo uplift
-- Next-generation aircraft are making Heathrow cleaner and
quieter with more than 700 additional flights on Boeing 787s this
August versus last year - 787s are the fastest growing aircraft
type at the UK's hub
-- Earlier this month, Heathrow revealed that 121 sites have bid
to help build an expanded Heathrow. The airport is looking to build
as much of the project offsite as possible to boost jobs across the
country and make the project more affordable and sustainable
-- Lord Blunkett and the Heathrow Skills Taskforce today opened
a six-week online forum to gather feedback from across the UK to
shape Heathrow's once-in-a-generation careers and skills strategy.
With expansion, up to 180,000 jobs and 10,000 apprenticeships will
be created
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said:
"Demand to travel from Heathrow has never been stronger - every
day we're welcoming record numbers of passengers to Heathrow with
modern British hospitality and our trade with the rest of the world
is growing in the double-digits. Heathrow is firing on all
cylinders and showing the world our country is open for
business."
Traffic Summary
August 2017
Jan to Sep 2016
Terminal Passengers Aug to
(000s) Month % Change 2017 % Change Aug 2017 % Change
Heathrow 7,480 1.9 52,140 3.2 77,298 2.6
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Jan to Sep 2016
Air Transport Aug to
Movements Month % Change 2017 % Change Aug 2017 % Change
Heathrow 41,983 -0.1 316,242 -0.2 472,602 0.1
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Jan to Sep 2016
Cargo Aug to
(Metric Tonnes) Month % Change 2017 % Change Aug 2017 % Change
Heathrow 139,023 13.1 1,105,603 10.3 1,644,847 8.7
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Market comparison Jan to Sep 2016
(000s) Aug to
Month % Change 2017 % Change Aug 2017 % Change
Market
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UK 440 6.3 3,169 3.5 4,755 1.2
Europe 3,136 2.1 21,811 2.6 32,299 2.4
Africa 290 -1.8 2,066 -0.6 3,152 -0.5
North America 1,714 0.6 11,627 1.1 17,300 0.3
Latin America 116 1.0 861 3.5 1,255 0.9
Middle East 774 7.1 5,094 11.2 7,476 11.1
Asia / Pacific 1,011 -0.6 7,512 4.0 11,061 3.4
Total 7,480 1.9 52,140 3.2 77,298 2.6
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