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Aviation: Domestic Flights

Volume 703: debated on Tuesday 22 July 2008

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many commercial passenger flights there were between Stansted Airport and (a) Newcastle, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Glasgow, and (d) other UK mainland destinations in each of the past five years; and how many passengers were carried between Stansted Airport and each of those destinations. [HL5074]

The tables below show the number of commercial passenger flights and passengers carried between Stansted Airport and Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other UK airports in each of the past five years.

Table 1: Commercial passenger flights between Stansted and Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other UK airports

Thousands

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Newcastle

2.7

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.9

Edinburgh

4.1

4.1

4.7

4.0

3.7

Glasgow

3.3

3.3

4.1

4.4

4.3

Other UK airports

16.8

16.4

13.2

12.9

13.2

Total (All UK airports)

26.9

26.5

24.8

24.2

24.1

Source: DfT analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data

Table 2: Passengers carried on commercial passenger flights between Stansted and Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other UK airports

Thousands

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Newcastle

299

319

319

303

298

Edinburgh

500

500

521

470

449

Glasgow

378

397

436

462

448

Other UK airports

1,526

1,519

1,389

1,425

1,359

Total (All UK airports)

2,702

2,734

2,665

2,660

2,554

Source: DfT analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data