Heathrow Increases Passengers For July 2010

BAA celebrated a record number of passengers passing through its Heathrow terminals last month. The airport owner which owns Heathrow, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Southampton, Aberdeen and until recently Gatwick saw some 10.9 million passengers across all its airports for July.

Heathrow also recorded its busiest ever day on the 18 July as the airport catered for 232,000 passengers and was up by 3.5% to 6.7 million for the month. Its other airports had mixed results as Glasgow, Stansted and Aberdeen’s traffic fell. Whilst Edinburgh and Heathrow increased.

Travel firm Tui confirmed they had taken more bookings for their holiday packages but admitted their profits were down due to the low prices they were charging to try to entice Uk holiday makers abroad. The news was welcoming at Heathrow but there is still a long way to go before the travel industry returns to normal.