European airport trade body, ACI Europe released its traffic report for February. The report is the only air transport report which includes all types of civil aviation passenger flights: full service, low cost and charter. It reveals that freight traffic across the European airport network – an established bellwether of economic performance – was up +2.9 per cent. Aircraft movements were up +1.4 per cent. Passenger traffic at Europe’s airports grew by an average +5.0 … [Read more...] about Europe Feb freight traffic up 2.9%
Olivier Jankovec
UK’s BAA airport group sees slowing decline
UK airports group BAA – which owns London airports Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted as well as Southampton in Southern England and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen in Scotland – said cargo traffic showed a slower rate of decline in July, but was still down 11.7 per cent on the year. Cargo volumes at its airports are down 17 per cent for the first seven months of 2009 compared with a year earlier. Its airports also handled 14.5 million passengers in July, down just 2.4 per … [Read more...] about UK’s BAA airport group sees slowing decline
