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Dublin is top British destination DUBLIN is the most
popular destination for passengers jetting off from London’s five
main airports for a break, new figures show.
More than 4.2million passengers flew in both directions last year between
Dublin and the five airports: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London
City.
Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) quizzed 128,000 passengers
at the London airports and found the most popular destination for leisure
travellers was Dublin.
Edinburgh, New York’s John F Kennedy, Malaga in Spain and Amsterdam
were all behind Dublin.
The CAA also quizzed 75,000 passengers at British airports outside London
and found that Dublin was the third most important destination for business
travellers.
Aviation bosses in Britain carry out the survey annually to help airlines,
airports and governments better cater for air travel demand.
CAA figures also show that Ireland is second only to Spain as the most
popular destination for passengers either arriving or departing at airports
in Britain and the North.
Of the 121million European Union passengers passing through British airports
about 10 per cent were either arriving from or departing for Ireland.
Of those a third were travelling to and from Dublin. About half of those
were arriving from or heading for Heathrow while 1.02million were travelling
between Stansted and Dublin.
A little less than 750,000 were on the Dublin-Gatwick route with a further
138,500 on the London City flights and 361,000 on Luton
services.
Barring City airport, the London airports are also Britain’s busiest
and between them handled 57.2 per cent of the 185million air passengers
who passed through Britain last year. |
