BAA announces growth in passenger numbers

Report by John Lavabre

BAA has reported a good start to the new year with an 8.6% increase in passengers and traffic, thanks to the continuing disruption to rail services.

Passenger numbers grew to 8.3 million at its seven UK airports while domestic routes increased by 14.1%, long haul, excluding North America, grew 11.7% and the North Atlantic routes recorded a 5.5% gain. European charter services increased by 2.2% and European scheduled services were up 8.6%.