| | Passengers down 0.8%16.07.10 Passengers at Gatwick Airport dropped by 0.8% in June to 3.04m, as a result of capacity reductions on North Atlantic and Irish services. Passengers on long-haul flights rose by 6.2%, driven by growth to the Middle East and North Africa, even though North Atlantic passengers fell by 13.2%. Passengers on Irish routes fell by 14.9% whilst domestic passengers grew by 2.4%. Gatwick’s biggest markets, European scheduled and charter passengers, remained static compared to the prior year as the airport entered its peak summer period. Air transport movements fell by 2.1% in June as the full year impact of capacity consolidations continues, the airport added.
In the rolling 12-month period to June 2010 passenger traffic hit 31.7 million, down by 2.6% on the previous period. | Jun-10 | Jun-09 | Growth
(%) | Jul-09 - Jun-10 | Jul-08 - Jun-09 | Growth
(%) | Total terminal passengers (000s) | 3,046.7 | 3,070.0 | -0.8% | 31,737.0 | 35,574.8 | -2.6% | Market comparison: | | | | | | | UK + Channel Islands | 329.0 | 321.2 | 2.4% | 3,592.5 | 3,593.1 | 0.0% | Ireland | 112.0 | 131.6 | -14.9% | 1,305.1 | 1,430.0 | -8.7% | European scheduled | 1,476.6 | 1,475.9 | 0.0% | 15,281.0 | 14,644.3 | 4.3% | European charter | 589.6 | 590.7 | -0.2% | 4,993.8 | 5,776.2 | -13.5% | North Atlantic | 193.2 | 224.5 | -13.9% | 1,963.5 | 2,632.2 | -25.4% | Other long haul | 346.3 | 326.1 | 6.2% | 4,601.1 | 4,499.0 | 2.3% | Air transport movements | 21,868 | 22,331 | -2.1% | 239,397 | 246,562 | -2.9% | Cargo (metric tonnes) | 9,089 | 5,169 | 75.8% | 92,204 | 79,391 | 16.1% |
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