BAA announces busiest Christmas ever
British airport operator BAA has said that passenger traffic rose 6.2% over December compared with the same period the year before, with Stansted enjoying the biggest rise among its airports.
The company operates seven airports in Britain and runs or owns stakes in airport operations in four other countries.
The group said that the airports experienced their busiest ever December Christmas period and handled a record number of passengers in the calendar year 2003, up 3.6 per cent on 2002 at 131.1 million.
Most major markets saw increases in December, with European scheduled traffic performing strongly, up 9.9%, North Atlantic traffic up 2.1%, and other long haul traffic up 8.7%.
Domestic routes grew by 4.2% but European charter traffic fell 3.3%, it reported.
