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Old 7th May 2016, 12:29
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Trinity 09L
 
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Is Heathrow really a Hub

Below are the passenger figures published by HAL for 2014

Number of passengers arriving and departing per day: average 201,000 (split 50/50 between arriving and departing)
Number of passengers arriving and departing in 2014: 73.4 million
Busiest day ever recorded (passenger numbers): 17 August 2014 with 241,412
Busiest year ever recorded (passenger numbers): 2014 with 73.4 million
Percentage of international passengers in 2014: 93% (68.1 million)
Percentage of domestic passengers in 2014: 7% (5.3 million)
Percentage of business travellers in 2014: 30% (22.2 million)
Percentage of other leisure travellers in 2014: 70% (51.2 million)
Percentage of transfer passengers in 2014: 36% (26.3 million)
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Only 30% are business travellers, but there are more = 36% as transfer pax, and 70% pax are leisure travellers.
No individual breakdown of domestic or business travellers as transfer passengers.
Is it really a "hub".
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