PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Air Routes (24 January 2023)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
Data on commercial flight operations is collected by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and is currently complete and held by the Department until the end of October 2022.
The top ten most popular international flight routes between January 2021 and October 2022, based on the number of terminal passengers departing from UK airports, is presented as Table 1.
The top ten most popular international flight routes between January 2021 and October 2022, based on the number of terminal passengers departing from Manchester Airport specifically, is presented as Table 2.
Table 1: Top ten most popular international flight routes based on the number of terminal passengers departing UK airports, January 2021 to October 2022
UK Airport | International Airport | Terminal Passengers* |
Heathrow | Dubai | 1,273,000 |
Heathrow | New York (JF Kennedy) | 1,254,000 |
Heathrow | Doha Hamad | 750,000 |
Heathrow | Dublin | 728,000 |
Heathrow | Madrid | 668,000 |
Heathrow | Los Angeles International | 644,000 |
Heathrow | Amsterdam | 636,000 |
Gatwick | Dublin | 635,000 |
Heathrow | Istanbul | 611,000 |
Heathrow | Frankfurt Main | 585,000 |
*rounded to the nearest 1,000
Table 2: Top ten most popular international flight routes based on the number of terminal passengers departing Manchester Airport, January 2021 to October 2022
UK Airport | International Airport | Terminal Passengers* |
Manchester | Tenerife (Sur Reina Sofia) | 463,000 |
Manchester | Palma De Mallorca | 451,000 |
Manchester | Dublin | 448,000 |
Manchester | Alicante | 416,000 |
Manchester | Amsterdam | 398,000 |
Manchester | Dubai | 394,000 |
Manchester | Malaga | 317,000 |
Manchester | Doha Hamad | 311,000 |
Manchester | Antalya | 294,000 |
Manchester | Faro | 285,000 |
*rounded to the nearest 1,000
Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
27 January 2023
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