Heathrow Airport says carried record number of passengers in August
Heathrow is Britain’s biggest airport and the world’s busiest international airport. The heat was definitely on Heathrow Airport this summer as they have reported that August was its busiest month on record with over 7 million passengers travelling through its terminals, topping July’s record-high of 6.97 million passengers.
The airport said that larger, fuller aircraft were behind the growth in passenger traffic in August. Passenger numbers in August were up 1.3 percent from the same month last year, the airport said. Passenger traffic with Mexico grew 15.3 percent and was up 9.3 percent with China.
Is this another sign of economic recovery with more of the general public / businesses travelling abroad or are more travellers just opting for flights from Heathrow? Either way, travellers still want great value and convenience which is why thousands choose to park their vehicle with vipheathrow.co.uk. VIP has served this airport for 10 years delivering a professional, friendly, affordable and above all else convenient parking service. When you are travelling from the World’s busiest international airport (amongst the millions), who wants to get caught up in queues, transfers and buses?!
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So is this growth at Heathrow sustainable without airport expansion? Heathrow, situated west of London, is operating at 98 percent of its capacity, and is at the centre of a long-running political tussle over airport expansion in the south-east of England.
A government-appointed commission is due to make a recommendation on where to expand London’s airports next year, from a short-list comprised of two options at Heathrow and one at Gatwick, an airport to the south of London.
In September, business lobby group the Confederation of British Industry said that trade growth would be best delivered by a single British hub airport with spare capacity, a view which would favour expanding Heathrow.
The airport is owned by unlisted Heathrow Airport Holdings (HAH). Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial, is the largest shareholder in HAH alongside partners Qatar Holding, China Investment Corp. and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp.
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Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/11/uk-heathrow-traffic-idUKKBN0H60QG20140911
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