Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 1 April 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 April 2005. It was answered by Charlotte Atkins (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 April 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport by air between (a) 04.00 and 05.59 and (b) 06.00 and 06.29 hours were transfer and transit passengers in the last period for which figures are available.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers arriving at Heathrow airport by air between (a) 04.00 and 05.59 and (b) 06.00 and 06.29 hours were transfer and transit passengers in the last period for which figures are available. [224706] Charlotte Atkins: The number of transit passengers arriving at Heathrow airport between 04.00-05.59 and 06.00-06.29 hours in 2004 were 434 and 3,292 respectively. In total, there were 67,343,000 passengers at Heathrow airport in 2004. Overall around 35 per cent. of passengers at Heathrow are transfer passengers. No reliable data are available on the time of arrival and departure of transfer passengers.

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