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1. Introduction
1.1 This chapter provides information on air transport, such as passenger numbers by origin, destination, and type of service, amount of freight carried, air transport movements, and income and expenditure figures of airline authorities.
1.2 The main changes in this edition are as follows:
2. Main Points
2.1 Air terminal passengers rose by 5% in 2000 over the previous year, to 16.8 million. Over the ten years from 1990 to 2000, terminal passengers have increased by 71%. (Table 9.1)
2.2 There were about 6.9 million terminal passengers at Glasgow airport in 2000, a 2% increase on the previous year, Edinburgh airport had almost 5.5 million (up 8%) and Aberdeen had just under 2.5 million, an increase of 1%. Together these three airports accounted for almost 90% of the total. Over the past ten years, the increases at these airports were: Edinburgh 121%; Glasgow 62%; and Aberdeen 27%. (Table 9.1)
2.3 There were also large increases in the numbers of passengers at Prestwick (905,000 in 2000: 203,000 more than in 1999) and Scatsta (240,000 in 2000: an increase of 147,000). The reduction in passenger numbers at Sumburgh (down by 132,000 to 252,000 in 2000) is as a result of the move of oil traffic to Scatsta Airport near Sullom Voe. (Table 9.1)
2.4 In 2000, 6% of all terminal passenger traffic was to/from other Scottish airports, 56% was to/from other parts of the UK, and 26% was between Scotland and Europe, of which almost three-fifths was to/from Glasgow Airport. (Table 9.2)
2.5 The most popular country of origin/destination for passengers flying directly to and from Scottish airports was Spain (excluding the Canary Islands) with over 1.1 million passenger journeys in 2000, roughly one fifth of all passengers on direct flights abroad. Other popular origins/destinations were the Netherlands (707,000 passengers), the Irish Republic (655,000 passengers) and the Canary Islands (626,000 passengers). (Table 9.4)
2.6 The most popular international airports (those with the largest numbers of passenger journeys for flights directly to and from Scotland's main airports in 2000) were Amsterdam with nearly 700,000 passengers and Dublin with over 640,000 passengers. (Table 9.5)
2.7 Looking at the numbers of passengers on selected domestic routes, London Heathrow accounts for around 40% of those travelling to or from both Edinburgh and Glasgow and 32% of those travelling to or from Aberdeen. London Gatwick accounts for over half of those travelling to or from Inverness. (It should be noted that the table does not cover all domestic routes - it excludes some of the smaller domestic routes.) (Table 9.6)
2.8 Air freight carried in 2000 rose by about 400 tonnes over the previous year to roughly 77,600 tonnes. Freight at Edinburgh increased very slightly (by about 40 tonnes) and remained just over 18,000 tonnes. There was also a 1% increase at Prestwick, to almost 41,500 tonnes. Freight through Glasgow fell by 3% to 8,800 tonnes. (Table 9.7)
2.9 The total number of aircraft movements in 2000 was about 474,000. Glasgow had the highest number of aircraft movements with around 105,000, of which 90% were commercial movements, and aircraft movements at both Edinburgh and Aberdeen in 2000 were just over 102,000 and just under 100,000 respectively. (Table 9.8)
2.10 BAA's operating profit for the three main airports (Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow) fell by 1% on the previous year to £49.0 million. The operating profit in 1999-00 at Glasgow was £24.8 million, at Edinburgh £14.7 million, and at Aberdeen £9.5 million. (Table 9.13)
3. Notes and Definitions
3.1 Aircraft Movement: an aircraft take-off or landing at an airport: one arrival and one departure are counted as two movements. Air transport movements are landings or take-offs of aircraft engaged in the transport of passengers or cargo on commercial terms. All scheduled service movements, whether loaded, empty or positioning; and charter movements transporting passengers or cargo and air taxi movements are included.
3.2 Terminal Passenger: a passenger joining or leaving an aircraft at the reporting airport. A passenger travelling between 2 reporting airports is counted twice, once at each airport. A Transit passenger is one who arrives at and departs from a reporting airport on the same aircraft which is transiting the airport. Each transit passenger is counted once only.
3.3 Freight: the weight of property carried out on an aircraft including, for example the weight of vehicles, excess baggage, and diplomatic bags, but excluding mail and passengers’ and crews’ permitted luggage. Freight in transit through the airport on the same aircraft is excluded.
3.4 International Services: services flown between the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, and places outside.
3.5 International and Domestic Destinations: the figures in tables 9.4 to 9.6 are based on the origin and destination of passengers as reported to UK airport authorities by UK and foreign airlines. Operators are required to report in respect of each service operated, the point of uplift and discharge of each passenger. The figures may not reflect a passenger's entire air journey: the point at which a passenger disembarks from a particular service may not represent his ultimate destination. In some cases the actual point of uplift or discharge is not recorded. In such cases all passengers are allocated to the end point of the service, i.e. the aircraft's origin or ultimate destination. The figures include all passengers carried on scheduled and chartered services excluding those carried on aircraft chartered by Government Departments.
In table 9.4, international traffic figures are given for each country for which scheduled traffic was reported. Charter only routes to other countries are shown under 'Other Routes' in cases where less than 5,000 passengers were carried.
4. Sources
4.1 Tables 9.1 to 9.11 are compiled from information supplied by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
4.2 Tables 9.12 was compiled by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd.
4.3 Table 9.13 was compiled from information supplied by BAA Scottish Airports Ltd.
5. Further Information
5.1 Further information on UK civil aviation is available in the CAA’s regular publications.
5.2 For further information on UK civil aviation contact Mrs D McLean of the Civil Aviation Authority (tel: 0207 453 6258)
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