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Gatwick Airport traffic falls by -4.1%
By Doug Newhouse, 18 June 2010
Year-on-year traffic declined by -4.1% to 2,730.900 passengers at London Gatwick Airport in May 2010 due to the timing of school half terms, plus the effects of further ash cloud disruption.
Total traffic fell by 3.2% comparing the June 2009 to May 2010 period with June 2008 to May 2009. By contrast, the traffic picture at Gatwick Airport was pretty mixed In May 2010, with UK and Channel Islands passenger numbers down -4% to 301,500; traffic to Ireland down -21.3% to 97,300; European scheduled traffic up 3.3% 1,360,100; European charter down -6.8% to 435,000; North Atlantic passenger numbers down -14.4% to 187,600; and other long haul up 10.4% to 349,400.
Gatwick airport management said that volcanic ash continued to cause the intermittent closure of airspace on transatlantic and European routes in May, although air space closures above London Gatwick were brief and disruption was caused largely at destination airports. On a brighter note, it reported that air cargo tonnage continues to out perform the prior year both on a monthly and 12-month basis.
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) became the owners of Gatwick Airport Limited on December 4 2009, buying the airport for what is generally regarded as a very good price at £1.51bn ($2.24bn). To its credit, the company immediately embarked on an ambitious improvement programme with an investment of nearly £1bn ($1.4bn) in what it says is an effort to make Gatwick 'a truly first class airport.
By Doug Newhouse, 18 June 2010
Year-on-year traffic declined by -4.1% to 2,730.900 passengers at London Gatwick Airport in May 2010 due to the timing of school half terms, plus the effects of further ash cloud disruption.
Total traffic fell by 3.2% comparing the June 2009 to May 2010 period with June 2008 to May 2009. By contrast, the traffic picture at Gatwick Airport was pretty mixed In May 2010, with UK and Channel Islands passenger numbers down -4% to 301,500; traffic to Ireland down -21.3% to 97,300; European scheduled traffic up 3.3% 1,360,100; European charter down -6.8% to 435,000; North Atlantic passenger numbers down -14.4% to 187,600; and other long haul up 10.4% to 349,400.
Gatwick airport management said that volcanic ash continued to cause the intermittent closure of airspace on transatlantic and European routes in May, although air space closures above London Gatwick were brief and disruption was caused largely at destination airports. On a brighter note, it reported that air cargo tonnage continues to out perform the prior year both on a monthly and 12-month basis.
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) became the owners of Gatwick Airport Limited on December 4 2009, buying the airport for what is generally regarded as a very good price at £1.51bn ($2.24bn). To its credit, the company immediately embarked on an ambitious improvement programme with an investment of nearly £1bn ($1.4bn) in what it says is an effort to make Gatwick 'a truly first class airport.
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