Heathrow welcomes millions to the UK to join the royal celebrations

Heathrow welcomes millions to the UK to join the royal celebrations​

• 6.4 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in April. There are early indications that passenger growth may be levelling off, with recovery now stable at 93-95% of 2019 levels across each of the first four months of this year.
  
• We have continued to deliver excellent passenger getaways over Easter and the Coronation, with well over 90% of passengers passing though security in under 10 minutes. Heathrow had a Royal garden party theme for the Coronation, with brass bands playing patriotic tunes, guardsmen in the terminals and free Coronation shortbread. The ceremony was shown in full on the big screens in Terminal 5, with passengers pausing to witness the historic moment.
  
• The introduction of Loganair flights to the City of Derry and Dundee to Sumburgh and Kirkwall, supported by our discount on landing charges for domestic routes, increases our UK destinations served by 50%. Continued recovery of the East Asia market is expected with departures to 7 Chinese cities recommencing by the end of May.
• We welcome Sustainable Aviation’s roadmap, reaffirming that aviation can grow whilst meeting the UK’s legally binding commitments to net zero carbon by 2050. We echo calls for Government to set out a policy framework to secure Sustainable Aviation Fuel scale up and commercial production in the UK

Heathrow CEO, John Holland-Kaye said: “It is only 12 months since all international travel restrictions in the UK were lifted, and we have made tremendous progress. I am proud that colleagues across Heathrow have shown Britain at its best for visitors arriving for the Coronation.”

Traffic Summary
April 2023
Terminal Passengers (000s)	Apr 2023	% Change	Jan to Apr 2023	% Change	May 2022 to Apr 2023	% Change
Market
UK	326	11.2	1,340	39.2	3,733	49.1
EU	2,211	15.2	7,553	54.2	23,956	107.7
Non-EU Europe	420	3.6	1,675	30.4	4,838	83.2
Africa	292	19.3	1,210	40.2	3,226	94.5
North America	1,679	40.1	5,434	73.2	17,696	184.0
Latin America	166	17.6	700	34.9	1,905	110.5
Middle East	599	12.0	2,479	31.5	7,539	93.6
Asia / Pacific	705	105.1	2,914	144.6	7,271	185.4
Total	6,399	25.9	23,305	58.1	70,164	119.8
Air Transport Movements	Apr 2023	% Change	Jan to Apr 2023	% Change	May 2022 to Apr 2023	% Change
Market
UK	2,378	3.8	10,371	26.0	29,269	29.8
EU	16,387	6.0	60,010	39.1	182,962	71.0
Non-EU Europe	3,153	0.7	13,165	28.5	36,739	63.6
Africa	1,276	6.5	5,364	19.5	14,441	43.3
North America	7,772	32.1	27,511	50.2	83,387	88.2
Latin America	735	17.6	3,001	20.9	8,103	55.2
Middle East	2,410	20.0	9,564	28.9	27,707	38.8
Asia / Pacific	3,138	65.8	12,396	49.3	33,004	36.0
Total	37,249	14.6	141,382	37.8	415,612	62.4
Cargo (Metric tonnes)	Apr 2023	% Change	Jan to April 2023	% Change	May 2022 to Apr 2023	% Change
Market
UK	21	-13.8	193	16.5	435	-34.2
EU	7,549	-11.0	30,535	-22.1	97,948	-21.6
Non-EU Europe	2,594	-23.2	12,399	-13.5	40,022	-36.5
Africa	6,745	-4.7	24,957	-18.6	75,002	-5.8
North America	41,494	-17.4	175,733	-7.8	541,664	0.2
Latin America	4,189	25.3	15,615	25.9	46,766	47.8
Middle East	20,002	1.5	78,085	7.5	243,952	4.5
Asia / Pacific	25,241	3.9	98,115	-16.0	312,969	-22.7
Total	107,837	-7.5	435,631	-8.6	1,358,758	-8.1