London Heathrow Airport has released its traffic figures for last July.
Passenger numbers increased by 4.7% compared to July 2014 to reach a record 7.29 million. A large part of this growth is attributed to airlines using larger aircraft on existing routes, supplemented by more passengers travelling to emerging markets.
Cargo volumes over the last 12 months grew by 3.2% but compared to July 2014 were down 5.4% this July.
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London Gatwick Airport has reported that last month its pattern of consecutive monthly growth continues with 3.8 million passengers passing through its terminals - a whopping 5% increase over its June 2014 performance.
The growth was spearheaded by long-haul routes which grew by 8% in June 2015 compared to the previous year.
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London Heathrow Airport recorded more modest growth last month with 6.68 million passengers using the terminals, an increase of 1.1% over June 2014.
Heathrow did record a significant increase of 4.3% in cargo volumes over the last year.
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London Heathrow airport has announced that combined April and March passenger numbers through the terminals increased by 1.2% over the corresponding period in 2014. Heathrow also reports that it saw cargo volumes grew by 2.2%. For more from Heathrow click here.
London Gatwick recorded a 0.6% increase in passenger numbers for April 2015 over April 2014, and saw a 26th consecutive month of consistent growth. For more from Gatwick click here.
With a decision hoped for soon regarding the preferred location for another runway both major London Airports continue to make there case for the decision going there way.
Virgin Atlantic and Delta Airlines have announced an extension to their transatlantic partnership with the introduction of six new daily services to their customers.
Starting this weekend the joint schedule offers up to 39 return transatlantic flights a day between the UK and a total of 15 destinations across the USA.
Virgin is launching additional services between Heathrow and Los Angeles, Atlanta & San Francisco.
Further services are being introduced to Philadelphia, New York JFK, Detroit, Orlanda and Las Vegas.
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It's now official, Dubai International Airport (DXB) is now the largest airport in the world for international passenger numbers as shown by their 2014 traffic report that has just been released.
London' Heathrow Airport previously held the title, but DBX's passenger numbers increased during the year by an incredible 6.1% to a whopping 70,475,636 to overtake Heathrow.
During 2015 DBX plans further enhancements to its facilities and capacity, so it looks as though they'll hang on to the title for a while yet to come.
DBX experienced the most growth from Western Europe, followed closely by the Indian sub-continent.
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The International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has reported that it has recently made an offer to buy Irish airline Aer Lingus.
IAG's press release says that Aer Lingus has rejected the offer.
IAG the owner of British Airways also controls Iberia the Spanish airline and Vueling a low cost carrier.
Aer Lingus is based in Dublin and operates a fleet of 47 Airbus aircraft carrying over 10.6 million passengers a year. It is the 3rd largest operator at London's Heathrow airport.
Major shareholders in Aer LIngus are Ryanair and the Irish Government, both of whom would have had to approve the deal.
It is reported by The National that Dubai International is now the world's busiest airport, pushing London Heathrow back into second position.
The airport was at its busiest ever during the week ended 24 December, processing an incredible 638,317 passengers.
Figures published by the Airports Council International show that Dubai's growth in passenger numbers is much greater than Heathrow's so indications are that Dubai will remain as top dog for a while to come.
Last Thursday 18 December marked the official sale of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton Airports by Heathrow Airport Holdings to a new business AGS Airports Ltd which is itself a partnership between Ferrovial and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.
At the same time as the deal AGS announced that the Managing Director of Glasgow Airport will become CEO of the new company
Virgin Atlantic Airways saw the celebratory flight of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft last Thursday from London Heathrow to Atlanta. The aircraft called 'Birthday Girl' will subsequently be operated on Virgin's Heathrow to Boston route 6 days a week.
Virgin so far has ordered a total of 16 Dreamliners, and plans to operate them on on other key routes from London to the US East Coast with Washington, Newark and JFK all due to start over the next five months.
The Dreamliner offers passengers larger windows than they are accustomed to, cleaner air provided by an advanced filtration system, and improved storage with larger overhead bins.
Passengers will also be able to make use of WiFi on board at a cost of £14.99 for 24 hours. If they don't wish to use their own devices, every seat has Virgin's latest in flight entertainment system as standard.
It all sounds just great!
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Horrible weather this morning!
Due to the strong winds and rain there are reports that travel disruption is likely on road and rail this morning.
Up to 10% of outbound flights from the major carriers are likely to be cancelled.
Seems though that the worst of the problems will be this morning, with things then quickly returning to normal.
