BAA Reports June 2010 Traffic

BAA has reported that its UK airports handled 9.5 million passengers in June 2010, a drop of 1.7% on June 2009.

The company said that passenger traffic in June was affected by the British Airways cabin crew industrial action at the start of the month. Without the impact of industrial action, BAA estimated that Heathrow would have seen 140,000 more passengers last month a 2.5% increase on last June and that group wide passenger numbers would have reached June 2009 levels.

The group's Scottish airports at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen were also affected by the British Airways industrial action, with drops of 2%, 7% and 4% respectively compared to June 2009.

Southampton recorded a 3.7% increase and Stansted a drop of 5.2%.

Overall, BAA's UK airports recorded a drop of 3.1% in the number of air transport movements. Cargo traffic continued a period of strong growth, with tonnage up by 23.4% at Heathrow and by 21.7% at the wider group level.

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