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Table 9.2 Passengers on selected domestic routes, to/from certain Scottish airports 1

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

thousands

Aberdeen

Edinburgh

14.6

7.6

8.0

0.4

0.6

0.2|

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

Glasgow

23.5

22.9

20.9

8.5

5.3

4.7|

3.9

5.2

4.1

1.1

-

Inverness

-

-

0.1

-

-

-|

-

-

-

-

-

Kirkwall

35.4

38.8

39.0

37.3

36.8

35.3|

40.3

40.5

38.8

39.1

42.2

Sumburgh

219.0

200.1

171.6

144.7

73.1

73.9|

75.7

63.0

61.2

64.3

68.8

Other Scottish

58.9

65.8

68.8

61.6

139.9

120.0|

146.9

132.8

132.7

139.9

156.5

Heathrow

489.6

478.8

513.8

469.9

495.5

456.6|

514.7

507.3

623.6

664.0

673.2

Gatwick

166.3

207.0

237.5

216.6

235.6

224.0|

241.1

254.7

240.0

217.3

216.7

London City

-

-

-

-

8.8

41.3|

0.1

0.0

-

0.0

-

Luton

57.4

99.7

68.8

143.5

156.5

159.3|

163.7

159.1

156.0

156.7

148.7

Stansted

102.6

121.9

118.4

87.1

-

-|

0.0

-

-

-

-

Belfast 2

9.7

13.7

12.2

11.1

11.4

9.8|

8.6

4.1

4.4

26.7

29.9

Birmingham

44.3

47.6

51.3

51.3

54.7

55.7|

52.3

62.3

58.2

60.5

77.9

Bristol

17.8

22.3

26.3

27.4

28.3

29.8|

24.8

0.4

2.3

19.5

28.7

Cardiff Wales

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.6

2.3

2.6|

3.4

0.1

3.5

13.7

1.4

East Midlands

19.3

20.4

25.4

25.7

8.5

0.4|

14.2

14.4

20.9

21.2

22.5

Humberside

20.3

17.0

15.9

12.6

-

-|

28.9

28.0

26.7

29.9

29.6

Leeds/Bradford

13.8

21.1

21.9

18.5

18.7

17.8|

12.8

12.3

15.9

16.6

20.9

Manchester

111.6

119.6

131.2

122.6

133.4

148.6|

150.7

125.3

119.2

119.4

134.7

Newcastle

39.9

42.7

45.2

40.3

46.6

67.1|

46.3

19.6

19.9

21.2

26.7

Norwich

30.2

35.0

43.2

46.1

37.1

29.3|

52.2

60.7

59.1

57.6

68.7

Plymouth

-

0.0

0.2

0.2

0.0

0.1|

1.2

0.0

-

-

-

Southampton

1.5

3.2

6.6

8.2

12.6

14.7|

10.0

18.8

20.6

30.0

33.2

Teesside

26.1

23.4

28.4

30.8

22.7

-|

18.9

19.6

20.5

24.3

33.7

Total these routes

1,503.1

1,610.2

1,656.4

1,565.8

1,528.4

1,491.1|

1,610.9

1,528.0

1,627.8

1,723.0

1,814.1

Channel Islands

3.7

3.5

2.9

-

-

-|

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.5

Edinburgh

Aberdeen

14.6

7.6

8.0

0.4

0.6

0.2|

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

Glasgow

0.7

0.4

0.2

0.1

-

0.1|

0.7

0.3

-

-

-

Inverness

1.7

2.9

3.4

4.1

9.3

11.5|

8.1

12.7

17.1

17.1

15.3

Kirkwall

9.2

8.9

8.9

8.9

13.2

14.5|

28.0

20.4

20.7

20.4

23.2

Sumburgh

10.0

7.7

7.5

9.3

13.2

15.4|

16.7

15.2

15.8

21.9

23.3

Other Scottish

9.3

8.7

11.9

6.7

12.1

15.1|

13.4

30.1

37.2

34.7

31.9

Heathrow

1,512.7

1,500.7

1,515.2

1,488.6

1,587.1

1,477.8|

1,603.4

1,661.8

1,696.3

1,660.3

1,495.0

Gatwick

293.9

317.2

352.8

356.6

349.3

353.7|

679.4

771.1

739.1

753.8

754.1

London City

21.4

87.5

116.7

86.7

130.7

160.4|

137.0

117.7

192.3

236.6

313.9

Luton

168.6

264.4

301.6

365.4

386.1

486.0|

502.1

485.2

453.2

475.9

444.0

Stansted

176.0

203.3

252.9

461.5

447.9

486.4|

513.4

499.9

499.7

520.6

470.2

Belfast 2

64.0

74.7

84.3

94.4

95.2

216.8|

379.8

327.7

407.1

439.2

423.3

Birmingham

200.0

212.2

233.6

230.8

264.3

267.9|

334.9

373.4

384.3

471.1

495.3

Bournemouth

-

3.9

19.8

16.3

2.5

0.3|

0.1

0.1

-

-

-

Bristol

66.2

90.3

96.4

99.0

107.5

154.0|

298.4

326.7

326.1

329.7

318.2

Cardiff Wales

10.1

24.2

21.6

29.2

24.2

32.1|

29.1

132.3

151.7

159.5

156.3

East Midlands

80.2

81.1

70.6

73.6

70.4

61.8|

188.2

314.6

330.2

240.4

175.8

Humberside

0.7

0.2

-

-

-

-|

2.8

-

-

-

-

Leeds/Bradford

20.3

19.7

17.4

17.0

30.1

34.1|

49.7

55.1

57.4

51.8

50.8

Manchester

121.7

125.8

143.0

135.0

149.3

166.1|

190.3

209.2

222.0

285.9

257.6

Newcastle

1.2

1.8

0.0

-

-

-|

0.0

0.0

-

0.0

-

Norwich

14.0

3.1

-

-

6.5

-|

22.2

19.5

21.8

52.7

64.0

Plymouth

0.3

1.8

2.9

3.2

3.0

2.3|

1.8

-

-

-

-

Southampton

31.9

35.8

46.3

61.4

73.7

73.5|

68.3

98.4

198.4

221.4

237.5

Total these routes

2,828.7

3,084.2

3,314.9

3,548.2

3,776.2

4,030.2|

5,068.0

5,471.2

5,770.5

5,993.1

5,749.8

Channel Islands

10.9

11.8

10.0

9.4

11.1

8.2|

13.6

20.1

13.1

9.2

26.5

Isle of Man

-

-

-

-

-

-|

3.8

12.7

12.7

-

6.0

1. In this table only, non-paying passengers are excluded up to 2001 but included from then on. In addition, this table excludes some of the smaller domestic routes.
Note also that passengers between the four main cities will be counted twice eg flights between Aberdeen and Edinburgh will appear in both the 'Aberdeen' and the 'Edinburgh' sections.
2. Belfast includes Belfast and Belfast City airport.

Table 9.2(continued) Passengers on selected domestic routes, to/from certain Scottish airports 1

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

thousands

Glasgow

Aberdeen

23.5

22.9

20.9

8.5

5.3

4.7|

3.9

5.2

4.1

1.1

-

Edinburgh

0.7

0.4

0.2

0.1

-

0.1|

0.7

0.3

-

-

-

Inverness

16.1

17.2

20.4

23.0

21.0

23.7|

27.7

21.4

6.2

5.6

1.9

Kirkwall

5.2

4.8

4.9

5.3

4.8

4.9|

5.4

5.8

6.9

6.9

11.6

Sumburgh

3.2

3.6

7.6

10.2

11.4

11.9|

12.4

15.4

14.4

15.2

15.1

Other Scottish

99.3

106.4

111.9

105.9

104.2

103.8|

107.3

107.4

102.9

102.8

122.8

Heathrow

1,394.7

1,365.0

1,366.5

1,364.3

1,402.6

1,258.4|

1,448.3

1,465.2

1,535.6

1,427.1

1,284.5

Gatwick

235.4

268.6

320.8

323.3

331.7

325.0|

338.5

387.8

396.5

372.3

433.0

London City

-

-

13.1

35.0

34.5

33.5|

1.1

28.2

0.0

-

0.0

Luton

137.8

226.4

259.9

325.7

428.0

492.0|

509.8

475.0

466.5

451.7

413.9

Stansted

125.2

158.7

164.5

156.1

65.5

286.4|

334.5

377.9

396.7

436.4

461.6

Belfast 2

140.0

142.1

135.7

140.5

133.4

242.6|

428.7

377.0

421.3

457.9

426.1

Birmingham

193.2

218.7

243.7

254.5

266.8

247.3|

316.0

361.4

345.1

324.3

326.5

Bournemouth

-

9.3

34.1

25.9

4.1

-|

-

-

-

-

-

Bristol

68.5

87.8

95.7

97.4

100.5

135.1|

265.9

293.4

308.8

299.3

279.9

Cardiff Wales

21.0

22.8

23.8

25.0

25.0

24.1|

19.0

53.9

0.1

0.1

82.5

City of Derry

12.2

16.0

16.5

15.3

18.4

20.6|

14.7

15.5

14.2

14.3

15.9

East Midlands

81.9

80.5

81.1

84.7

81.2

82.8|

177.3

266.2

209.7

170.1

184.0

Leeds/Bradford

27.0

30.3

31.3

33.3

33.2

34.5|

39.2

42.2

44.2

42.8

41.0

Liverpool

-

-

-

-

-

-|

-

0.6

-

12.4

-

Manchester

126.0

125.9

133.2

117.6

121.6

127.6|

143.7

169.2

182.7

169.9

171.2

Plymouth

-

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.8

3.5|

0.7

0.3

-

-

-

Southampton

30.9

34.4

54.8

64.9

72.3

69.1|

66.2

77.3

117.3

192.6

202.6

Total these routes

2,741.8

2,945.3

3,143.7

3,219.1

3,268.6

3,531.6|

4,261.2

4,546.7

4,573.3

4,502.7

4,474.0

Channel Islands

29.2

30.1

29.8

22.6

20.3

18.8|

13.7

13.2

9.1

10.3

7.4

Isle of Man

20.0

22.8

22.1

22.0

25.2

25.8|

24.0

18.1

29.4

29.7

21.8

Glasgow Prestwick

Stansted

205.4

233.6

221.9

276.4

418.9

596.5|

694.2

721.1

590.7

504.8

469.6

Belfast City

61.2

65.5

47.6

40.1

0.7

0.0|

-

-

-

-

0.0

Birmingham

-

-

-

0.6

0.1

-|

-

-

-

-

-

Bournemouth

-

-

-

-

-

-|

-

85.0

100.4

97.5

93.3

Cardiff Wales

-

-

-

-

-

-|

-

36.3

50.9

32.8

4.9

City of Derry

-

-

-

-

-

-|

-

-

-

-

2.8

Total these routes

266.5

299.1

269.5

317.1

419.8

596.6|

694.2

842.4

742.0

635.2

570.6

Channel Islands

-

-

-

-

-

-|

1.3

-

-

-

-

Isle of Man

-

-

-

-

-

-|

-

8.1

0.3

-

-

Inverness

Aberdeen

-

-

0.1

-

-

-|

-

-

-

-

-

Edinburgh

1.7

2.9

3.4

4.1

9.3

11.5|

8.1

12.7

17.1

17.1

15.3

Glasgow

16.1

17.2

20.4

23.0

21.0

23.7|

27.7

21.4

6.2

5.6

1.9

Kirkwall

7.4

7.3

7.7

7.9

7.8

9.0|

14.2

16.0

16.4

18.5

22.0

Sumburgh

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.9

4.3

4.6|

1.0

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.2

Other Scottish

31.1

31.8

28.7

27.0

22.5

23.1|

26.3

28.4

31.5

33.2

33.5

Heathrow

201.8

176.8

-

-

-

-|

-

-

46.9

65.7

51.0

Gatwick

0.2

12.7

150.0

155.4

149.5

141.6|

158.9

224.5

247.8

235.0

240.8

London City

-

-

-

-

-

1.2|

0.0

-

-

-

-

Luton

4.8

65.6

80.9

92.5

104.9

112.9|

111.8

112.3

115.0

102.4

100.5

Stansted

4.4

33.9

7.1

2.7

-

-|

2.3

-

0.2

-

-

Birmingham

-

-

-

-

-

-|

-

1.6

12.7

15.3

18.2

Leeds/Bradford

-

-

-

-

-

-|

-

-

-

-

4.7

Liverpool

-

-

-

-

-

-|

-

-

-

-

14.5

Manchester

-

-

-

-

-

-|

2.0

14.4

15.3

18.1

20.6

Total these routes

271.2

351.5

301.6

316.5

319.4

327.7|

352.3

431.4

509.3

511.1

523.1

1. In this table only, non-paying passengers are excluded up to 2001 but included from then on. In addition, this table excludes some of the smaller domestic routes.
Note also that passengers between the four main cities will be counted twice eg flights between Aberdeen and Edinburgh will appear in both the 'Aberdeen' and the 'Edinburgh' sections.
2. Belfast includes Belfast and Belfast City airport.

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