The number of passengers travelling through Gatwick increased last month on the same period in 2007, according to new figures released by BAA.
The airport operator has revealed that passenger traffic reached 2.8 million in March, a rise of 8.1 per cent in the same month the previous year.
While traffic to and from Ireland saw the biggest rise of 44.8 per cent, the domestic market decreased by 3.4 per cent. The North Atlantic market also saw a decline of 0.3 per cent.
European scheduled traffic also saw a rise of 13.9 per cent, while European charter traffic increased by 12.4 per cent.
easyJet was also the largest airline operating at Gatwick in the month of March, following its takeover of GB Airways, providing 62 routes to domestic and European destinations from the airport.
In total, BAA’s UK airports handled 12 million passengers last month. This was an increase of 1.2 per cent on March 2007.
