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Heathrow Airport

Volume 454: debated on Thursday 14 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many overseas residents on (a) leisure and (b) business trips transferred or transited at Heathrow Airport to (i) an overseas destination and (ii) another destination in the UK in 2005. (108522)

The estimated number of overseas residents who transferred at Heathrow Airport in 2005 on:

(a) leisure trips to an:

(i) overseas destination (international) = 12,244,000

(ii) another destination in the UK (domestic) = 879,000

(b) business trips to an:

(i) overseas destination (international) = 5,277,000

(ii) another destination in the UK (domestic) = 391,000

Data are from the Civil Aviation Authority's Passenger Survey Report 2005, which can be found at:

www.caa.co.uk/dafault.aspx?categorvid=81 .

This information is not available for transit passengers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) transfer and (b) transit passengers used Heathrow airport in 2005. (108523)

At Heathrow airport in 2005 there were:

(a) 23,036,000 transfer passengers, and

(b) 230,000 transit passengers.

Source:

Data for transfer passengers are from table 3 of CAA Passenger Survey report 2005. Data for transit passengers are from table 9 of CAA Airport Statistics 2005.Both reports may be accessed through www.caa.co.uk .

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many overseas residents on (a) leisure and (b) business trips to the UK arrived at Heathrow airport in 2005. (108525)

Data on the aggregate number of overseas residents who arrived or departed from Heathrow airport (terminal passengers) are available from the Civil Aviation Authority’s Passenger Survey Report 2005, Table 4b, found on the following website.

http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=81

There are no data on arrivals only.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many UK residents on (a) business and (b) leisure trips to (i) other parts of the UK and (ii) overseas arrived at Heathrow airport in 2005. (108528)

Data on the aggregate number of UK residents who arrived or departed from Heathrow airport (terminal passengers) are available from the Civil Aviation Authority’s Passenger Survey Report 2005, Table 4a, found on the following website.

http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=81

There are no data on arrivals only.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many UK residents on (a) leisure and (b) business trips transferred or transited between domestic and overseas flights at Heathrow airport in 2005. (108532)

The estimated number of UK residents who transferred at Heathrow airport in 2005 on:

(a) leisure trips to an:

(i) overseas destination (international) = 1,965,000

(ii) another destination in the UK (domestic) = 1,361,000

(b) business trips to an:

(i) overseas destination (international) = 666,000

(ii) another destination in the UK (domestic) = 399,000

Data are from the Civil Aviation Authority’s Passenger Survey Report 2005, which can be found at:

www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?categoryid=81 .

This information is not available for transit passengers.