§ Mr. Richard Pageasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what percentage of the traffic at each of London's airports is accounted for by passengers making a connection between one international flight and another.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerProvisional figures for 1984 show that 3.4 million passengers at Heathrow made a connection between one international flight and another, representing almost 12 per cent, of total terminal passengers at Heathrow. The equivalent figures for Gatwick were 0.6 million and 4 per cent. The number of such passengers at Luton and Stansted was negligible.
§ Mr. Richard Pageasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers were handled at each of London's airports in 1974, 1979 and the last year.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerThe figures are:
Terminal Passengers (000s) 1974 1979 *1984 Heathrow 20,077.3 27,978.5 29,163.9 Gatwick 5,119.4 8,694.6 13,955.8 Stansted 199.1 347.2 528.2 Luton 2,022.8 2,207.3 1,795.0 * Provisional.
§ Mr. Richard Pageasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers from the major regional airports in 1984 travelled to or from each of London's airports; and what percentage transferred to international flights.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerThe information is as follows.
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Route Total Passengers Percentage transferring to/from international flights Per cent. Manchester/Heathrow 675,000 56 Manchester/Gatwick 167,000 48 Glasgow/Heathrow 940,000 26 Glasgow/Gatwick 139,000 25 Aberdeen/Heathrow 375,000 26 Aberdeen/Gatwick 74,000 21 Edinburgh/Heathrow 864,000 40 Edinburgh/Gatwick 152,000 31 Newcastle/Heathrow 247,000 43 Newcastle/Gatwick 25,000 32
Route Total Passengers Percentage transferring to/from international flights Per cent. Birmingham/Heathrow 87,000 84 East Midlands/Heathrow 66,000 79 East Midlands/Birmingham/Gatwick 24,000 65