Heathrow has busiest ever September
Passenger growth at Heathrow continued to be supported by larger, fuller, quieter aircraft, as seats per aircraft increased 0.4% to 204.8, while load factors increased 1.1 percentage points to 81% and passengers per aircraft rose 1.5% to 165.9.
Within emerging markets, passenger volumes increased 17.6% to Mexico, 14.9% to China and 10.3% to Brazil.
Heathrow continued to welcome the transfer passengers that make such long-haul routes viable, with volumes increasing 2.9%.
Cargo was up 7.8% overall, increasing 57.2% to Mexico, 52.2% to Nigeria, 37.1% to Russia, 25.6% to China and 20.8% to India.
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said: “September saw growing support from MPs and local residents for expansion at Heathrow as the best solution to the UK’s hub capacity crisis. Heathrow handles a quarter of all British exports by value but is full. More and more people are asking "how can we double Britain's exports if we don't expand Heathrow?”