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Number of passengers using BAA's UK airports 2008
| Airport | Passengers (millions) |
|---|---|
| Heathrow | 66.9 |
| Gatwick | 34.2 |
| Stansted | 22.3 |
| Glasgow | 8.1 |
| Edinburgh | 9.0 |
| Aberdeen | 3.3 |
| Southampton | 2.0 |
| Total | 145.8 |
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Airport facts and figures
Visit our airport pages for specific details about Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Low-cost airlinesLow-cost carriers account for around 20% of flights from our airports. Stansted has the biggest growth in this area where passenger numbers have grown from one million in 1991 to over 22 million today.
Biggest scheduled airlinesBritish Airways (BA) has the largest market share of operations across our seven UK airports.
Financial performance, results for the year to 31 December 2008Download the full press release (760KB PDF)
StaffBAA directly employs around 13,000 staff, the majority of which are based at our UK airports.
Support builds for third runway at Heathrow