It’s the summer, and everyone wants to get away from the UK’s cold weather.

A record number of passengers travelled from London’s Heathrow Airport in July, according to the Moodie David report published on Friday.

Go deeper with GlobalData

Data Insights

The gold standard of business intelligence.

Find out more

Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe, handled 7.53m passengers in July, a rise of 1.2 percent compared to last year.

The peak was driven by the high number of summer holiday-makers — an average 243,000 travellers took flights from the airport every day in July.

Seven percent more people chose to fly to Middle Eastern destinations, while flights to Brazil pushed up passenger numbers to Latin America by three percent year-on-year.

How well do you really know your competitors?

Access the most comprehensive Company Profiles on the market, powered by GlobalData. Save hours of research. Gain competitive edge.

Company Profile – free sample

Thank you!

Your download email will arrive shortly

Not ready to buy yet? Download a free sample

We are confident about the unique quality of our Company Profiles. However, we want you to make the most beneficial decision for your business, so we offer a free sample that you can download by submitting the below form

By GlobalData
Visit our Privacy Policy for more information about our services, how we may use, process and share your personal data, including information of your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications. Our services are intended for corporate subscribers and you warrant that the email address submitted is your corporate email address.

UK traffic increased by almost 5 percent thanks to Flybe’s new route to Scotland, which launched in March.

Passenger traffic to Europe, North America and Asia Pacific showed growth of 2.7 percent, 1.2 percent and 4.8 percent respectively.

In the first seven months of 2017, Heathrow’s traffic rose by 3.4 percent to 44.66m.