§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the annual growth in air traffic to 2010. [97249]
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§ Mr. MullinThe Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997 Air Traffic Forecasts forecast international terminal passengers under three growth scenarios; low growth, mid-point growth and high growth. The full results are in the table. New forecasts are expected to be complete by early 2000.
Millions of passengers 2000 2005 2010 2015 Short Haul Low 66.3 73 84.8 99.3 Mid-P 73.9 87.8 107.9 131.1 High 81.6 102.6 130.9 163.0 Long Haul Low 36.5 43.9 52.5 63.6 Mid-P 39.3 51.7 66.5 85.4 High 42.2 59.5 80.6 107.3 Total Low 102.8 116.9 137.2 162.8 Mid-P 113.3 139.5 174.3 216.5 High 123.7 162.1 211.4 270.2