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Heathrow passenger numbers fell 82% in March

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Heathrow passenger numbers fell 82% in March

Posted 12 April 2021

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

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