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OAG Security Alert Fact Sheet

10 August 2006

  • 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.  

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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  

 

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