OAG SECURITY ALERT FACT SHEET - An estimated 400,000 people in the UK impacted
- Over 3,800 flights planned to take off in the UK today
- Almost 3% of all today’s planned flights from UK are transatlantic
- More than 6m people forecast to travel from London Heathrow in August
In light of today’s airport security alert, OAG - the global travel and transport information company which collates data from more than 1000 scheduled airlines on a daily basis – has provided some statistics for media use. | Ranked by number of seats | Total Outbound Passenger Flights From UK Airports scheduled to operate on 10 August 2006 (inc domestic) | | | | | Departure Airport Name | Total Number of Seats | Total Number of Seats % | Frequency | Frequency % | | 1 | LONDON HEATHROW APT | 131980 | 30.10% | 668 | 19.76% | | 2 | LONDON GATWICK APT | 50588 | 11.54% | 324 | 9.58% | | 3 | LONDON STANSTED APT | 44385 | 10.12% | 263 | 7.78% | | 4 | MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL APT | 33938 | 7.74% | 277 | 8.19% | | 5 | EDINBURGH | 18014 | 4.11% | 174 | 5.15% | | 6 | LONDON LUTON APT | 17367 | 3.96% | 111 | 3.28% | | 7 | GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT | 16630 | 3.79% | 148 | 4.38% | | 8 | BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT | 16000 | 3.65% | 156 | 4.61% | | 9 | BRISTOL | 9971 | 2.27% | 95 | 2.81% | | 10 | BELFAST INTERNATIONAL APT | 9430 | 2.15% | 63 | 1.86% | | 11 | LIVERPOOL | 9167 | 2.09% | 63 | 1.86% | | 12 | NEWCASTLE | 8535 | 1.95% | 80 | 2.37% | | 13 | NOTTINGHAM EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT | 6954 | 1.59% | 48 | 1.42% | | 14 | LONDON CITY APT | 6470 | 1.48% | 106 | 3.14% | | 15 | SOUTHAMPTON | 6388 | 1.46% | 95 | 2.81% | | 16 | ABERDEEN | 6329 | 1.44% | 96 | 2.84% | | 17 | LEEDS BRADFORD | 6115 | 1.39% | 59 | 1.75% | | 18 | BELFAST GEORGE BEST CITY APT | 5259 | 1.20% | 60 | 1.77% | | 19 | GLASGOW PRESTWICK APT | 4438 | 1.01% | 24 | 0.71% | | 20 | JERSEY | 3463 | 0.79% | 47 | 1.39% | | 21 | CARDIFF | 2805 | 0.64% | 29 | 0.86% | | 22 | GUERNSEY | 2730 | 0.62% | 48 | 1.42% | | 23 | ISLE OF MAN | 1929 | 0.44% | 41 | 1.21% | | 24 | BOURNEMOUTH | 1913 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.33% | | 25 | DURHAM TEES VALLEY | 1817 | 0.41% | 19 | 0.56% | | 26 | DONCASTER | 1765 | 0.40% | 10 | 0.30% | | 27 | COVENTRY | 1753 | 0.40% | 11 | 0.33% | | 28 | EXETER | 1719 | 0.39% | 20 | 0.59% | | 29 | NORWICH | 1687 | 0.38% | 23 | 0.68% | | 30 | INVERNESS | 1403 | 0.32% | 24 | 0.71% | | 31 | NEWQUAY | 1157 | 0.26% | 18 | 0.53% | | 32 | BLACKPOOL | 1115 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.27% | | 33 | LONDONDERRY | 858 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.21% | | 34 | HUMBERSIDE | 545 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.24% | | 35 | PENZANCE | 468 | 0.11% | 18 | 0.53% | | 36 | KIRKWALL | 430 | 0.10% | 18 | 0.53% | | 37 | ISLES OF SCILLY ST MARY'S APT | 410 | 0.09% | 20 | 0.59% | | 38 | STORNOWAY | 378 | 0.09% | 13 | 0.38% | | 39 | PLYMOUTH | 350 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.21% | | 40 | SHETLAND ISLANDS SUMBURGH APT | 349 | 0.08% | 11 | 0.33% | | 41 | BRIZE NORTON | 300 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.03% | | 42 | ISLES OF SCILLY TRESCO APT | 156 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.18% | | 43 | ALDERNEY | 128 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.24% | | 44 | DUNDEE | 124 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.12% | | 45 | FILTON | 124 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | | 46 | BENBECULA | 123 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.15% | | 47 | WICK | 122 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.15% | | 48 | ISLAY | 102 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.09% | | 49 | BARRA | 57 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.09% | | 50 | CAMPBELTOWN | 38 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.06% | | 51 | LANDS END | 36 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.12% | | 52 | TIREE | 34 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.03% | | 53 | NORTH RONALDSAY | 24 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.09% | | 54 | PAPA WESTRAY | 24 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.09% | | 55 | OUTER SKERRIES | 16 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | | 56 | SANDAY | 16 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | | 57 | SHETLAND ISLANDS LERWICK/TINGWALL APT | 16 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | | 58 | STRONSAY | 16 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | | 59 | WESTRAY | 16 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | | | | Percentage: | 100.00% | | 100.00% | | | Sum: | 438474 | | 3381 | | Worldwide, airlines had planned to operate 81,958 scheduled flights today, offering the equivalent of some 9.5 million seats. More than 650 flights were scheduled to depart today from London Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports. Of these, 76 (11 per cent) were destined for a US airport. Of the 59 airports in the UK, 9 operate transatlantic flights. Below are some tables of topical statistics for media use: | Total Outbound Passenger Flights From UK Airports to the US scheduled to operate on 10 August 2006 | | Departure Airport Name | Total Number of Seats | Total Number of Seats % | Frequency | Frequency % | | LONDON HEATHROW APT | 22384 | 63.08% | 76 | 58.46% | | LONDON GATWICK APT | 6953 | 19.59% | 26 | 20.00% | | MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL APT | 3672 | 10.35% | 14 | 10.77% | | GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT | 1154 | 3.25% | 5 | 3.85% | | EDINBURGH | 554 | 1.56% | 3 | 2.31% | | LONDON STANSTED APT | 252 | 0.71% | 3 | 2.31% | | BELFAST INTERNATIONAL APT | 172 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.77% | | BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT | 172 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.77% | | BRISTOL | 172 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.77% | | | Percentage: | 100.00% | | 100.00% | | Sum: | 35485 | | 130 | | OAG provides the media with Quarterly Airline Traffic Statistics, a regular snapshot of airline activity around the world. - E N D S - For further information please contact: Duncan Alexander, Managing Director for OAG Business Development Tel: +44 (0)1582 695476 Email: dataservices@oag.com or Christopher Pickard at DBA Tel 44 (0)207 930 8033 Email: chris@dbapr.co.uk About OAG OAG is a global travel and transport information company. 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