Heathrow passenger numbers fell 82% in March
Heathrow has announced that passenger numbers at the airport fell by 82.6% (year-on-year) in March.
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Heathrow’s cargo volumes are also down, by 25.7% on an annual basis. However, cargo
movements have increased by 21.4% compared with March 2020.
Traffic Summary
March 2021
Terminal Passengers
(000s)
Mar
2021
%
Change
Jan
to
Mar 2021
%
Change
Apr 2020
to
Mar 2021
%
Change
Market
UK
58
-72.1
166
-81.9
712
-84.9
EU
140
-84.0
45
-90.3
3,915
-85.0
Non-EU Europe
48
-78.1
126
-88.3
830
-84.8
Africa
60
-68.2
191
-75.7
553
-83.8
North America
52
-92.7
181
-94.4
826
-95.5
Latin America
5
-93.9
21
-93.2
146
-89.1
Middle East
66
-81.4
255
-84.2
1,100
-85.5
Asia / Pacific
113
-75.9
295
-86.3
1,059
-90.2
Total
542
-82.6
1,680
-88.5
9,142
-88.2
Air Transport Movements
Mar
2021
%
Change
Jan to
Mar 2021
%
Change
Apr 2020 to
Mar 2021
%
Change
Market
UK
731
-67.3
2,120
-76.0
8,465
-79.4
EU
2,037
-81.0
6,135
-85.3
46,831
-76.8
Non-EU Europe
515
-78.8
1,577
-83.5
8,956
-78.7
Africa
599
-37.0
1,747
-50.2
5,697
-61.5
North America
2,342
-50.1
6,306
-63.9
23,524
-71.2
Latin America
96
-78.2
320
-77.1
1,883
-68.0
Middle East
1,131
-38.0
3,412
-50.8
13,113
-56.4
Asia / Pacific
1,964
-22.0
5,165
-46.5
20,073
-55.5
Total
9,415
-63.4
26,782
-72.9
128,542
-72.2
Cargo
(Metric Tonnes)
Mar
2021
%
Change
Jan to
Mar 2021
%
Change
Apr 2020 to
Mar 2021
%
Change
Market
UK
10
-79.7
57
-60.0
158
-72.7
EU
11,303
88.4
29,132
54.8
86,402
-4.2
Non-EU Europe
5,663
144.6
16,906
96.1
54,341
6.0
Africa
8,064
31.7
22,619
12.2
71,645
-20.0
North America
42,788
11.0
103,782
-19.5
361,556
-33.0
Latin America
1,359
-64.2
3,230
-71.2
25,784
-50.2
Middle East
18,432
4.1
52,830
-8.5
206,728
-19.3
Asia / Pacific
34,854
32.4
87,390
0.4
318,375
-26.9
Total
122,474
21.4
315,945
-5.0
1,124,989
-25.7