Airport News
CAA publishes figures for UK domestic travel
Tue, 11 Nov, 2008
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published the findings of a survey entitled Connecting Passengers at UK Airports, which show the importance of different hubs in terms of redirecting passengers.
Its poll found that 90 per cent of connecting air passengers in the UK use the three main London airports; London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport and Stansted Airport.
In fact, Heathrow was found to account for 70 per cent of all connections.
Meanwhile, in contrast, only three per cent of passengers at Manchester Airport were there to catch connecting flights, perhaps because it runs more charter services.
The CAA says its survey "suggests that connecting passengers at Heathrow help to maintain a wider range of flights to different destinations and help to ensure more frequent flights to popular, often business, destinations".
As the UK's specialist aviation regulator, the CAA is responsible for air safety, consumer protection, economic regulation and environmental research, among other things.