BAA passenger numbers hit by strike
BAA has said the number of passengers using its airports fell in June because of disruption sparked by the BA cabin crew dispute.
Passenger numbers in BAA’s airports fell 1.7 per cent compared with June 2009.
BAA said that without the strike it would have expected traffic to have been at the same levels as the previous year.
BAA operates six airports in the UK – Heathrow, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton.
The airports operator – which is majority-owned by Spanish firm Ferrovial – sold Gatwick for £1.5bn last year.
British Airways cabin crew were on strike for f 22 days this year, including nine in June, in a dispute over pay and job security.
Glasgow airport suffered the worst decline, falling seven per cent compared with the same month a year earlier.
Stansted saw a drop in passenger numbers of 5.2 per cent – though BA does not fly from that airport.