BA passengers up 3.5% with load factor down

4 December 2010 British Airways (BA) reported passenger traffic, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), for November 2010 increased 3.5% primarily attributable to an 11.5% growth in the Asia Pacific region and 8.2% increase in UK/Europe region. The passenger...

EasyJet reports rise in passenger numbers

7 December 2010 EasyJet has reported a 10.2% increase in passengers for November 2010 compared to the same month last year. The low cost carrier said it flew 3,694,514 people during the month against 3,351,187 in 2009.  Its load factor rose by 0.9% to 85.7%. The...

Gatwick Airport passenger numbers up 2.7%

14 December 2010 Gatwick Airport has reported a rise in passenger numbers despite the economic downturn and weather implications. Passenger numbers in November 2010 were 2.12 million, up 2.7% on 2009. Had the airport not closed at the end of November 2010 due to bad...

Airports liquid ban to be relaxed

6 December 2010 UK airports are to relax the ban on liquids in luggage. The first phase, which begins in April 2011, will allow passengers on EU connecting flights to carry liquids bought in duty free shops. This should help to reduce the over 2,000 tonnes of liquids...

Single European Sky performance targets agreed

3 December 2010 The committee of experts from European Member States have unanimously agreed the performance targets for the Single European Sky (SES), presented by the European Commission (EC) in the areas of environment, capacity/delays, and cost-efficiency for the...