HC Deb 16 July 2002 vol 389 c146W
Mr. Moss

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what figures his Department has collated for the SERAS report on comparative rates of growth over the past five years at(a) Heathrow airport and (b) its competitors. [70063]

Mr. Jamieson

The Civil Aviation Authority published statistics show the rate of growth in terminal passengers at Heathrow airport over the last five years. These are set out in the table below together with equivalent figures for Heathrow's main European competitors.

Terminal passengers
million
Heathrow Amsterdam Paris(CDG) Frankfurt
1997 57.84 31.02 35.10 39.68
1998 60.35 33.95 38.47 42.15
1999 61.97 36.43 43.48 45.43
2000 64.27 39.27 48.14 49.05
2001 60.45 39.31 47.94 48.29
Percentage increase +4.5 +26.7 -36.5 +21.7

Source:

CAA statistics (Heathrow only) and DP statistics.