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Heathrow witnesses 40 years of passenger growth in the last 4 months

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In a sign of the recovery of UK aviation, nearly 6 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in June, totalling 25 million passengers in the first six months of the year. Unprecedented growth in passenger numbers over the last four months matches what took place over the last 40 years.

Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said: “Last month, we saw exponential growth in passenger numbers as nearly six million people got away – the equivalent of 40 years of growth in just four months. I am very proud of the way that our team is rising to the challenge of growth and giving excellent service to the vast majority of passengers. However, we have already seen times recently when demand exceeds the capacity of the airport, airlines and ground handlers.

“We will review the schedule changes that airlines have submitted in response to the government’s requirement to minimise disruption for passengers this summer and will ask them to take further action if necessary. We want everyone who is travelling through Heathrow to be confident that they will have a safe and reliable journey.”

Traffic Summary      
June 2022     
Terminal Passengers
(000s)		 Jun 2022%ChangeJan to
Jun 2022		%ChangeJul 2021 to
Jun 2022		%Change
Market      
UK           320127.8       1,608243.4        2,908198.8
EU        2,252535.0       9,145642.9      15,172245.5
Non-EU Europe           400436.8       2,051564.0        3,279238.7
Africa           209240.0       1,299260.7        1,979183.1
North America        1,6681087.2       6,2091214.0        9,074796.0
Latin America           137692.2          7941384.5        1,153599.1
Middle East           541517.2       2,955589.0        4,827314.8
Asia / Pacific           463478.1       2,011283.0        3,224179.6
Total        5,990526.2     26,072577.5      41,617295.4
Air Transport Movements Jun 2022%ChangeJan to
Jun 2022		%ChangeJul 2021 to
Jun 2022		% Change
Market      
UK        2,53060.1     13,525141.7      25,144123.8
EU      15,993244.8     75,420351.7    131,282149.5
Non-EU Europe        2,791216.4     16,013322.5      26,656159.3
Africa        1,00773.9       6,72195.9      11,17766.0
North America        7,331194.5     32,679137.0      53,662102.5
Latin America           589184.5       3,696381.3        6,085195.4
Middle East        2,09268.7     11,66769.4      21,82454.2
Asia / Pacific        2,36344.2     12,71123.7      25,39920.6
Total      34,696161.8    172,432181.6    301,229108.3
Cargo
(Metric Tonnes)		 Jun 2022%ChangeJan to
Jun 2022		% ChangeJul 2021 to
Jun 2022		% Change
Market      
UK             21-14.0            57-46.0           17119.2
EU        8,346-19.1     54,153-11.0    114,5099.2
Non-EU Europe        3,312-40.3     19,699-41.9      53,393-14.8
Africa        6,42719.7     44,0548.4      81,0223.1
North America      42,54212.9    272,22121.3    529,58429.5
Latin America        3,57644.3     19,542127.6      34,44725.7
Middle East      20,4447.8    111,3631.0    229,7054.5
Asia / Pacific      27,888-9.1    167,198-10.3    383,3537.8
Total     112,5551.3    688,2873.5 1,426,18513.4
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