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 (a) departed from and (b) arrived at Heathrow by air between 06.00 and 06.59 hours in the last period for which figures are available; and how many were transfer and transit passengers.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers (a) departed from and (b) arrived at Heathrow by air between 06.00 and 06.59 hours in the last period for which figures are available; and how many were transfer and transit passengers. [224709] Charlotte Atkins: 965,000 passengers departed from Heathrow by air between 06.00 and 06.59 hours in 2004 and 2,556,000 passengers arrived. During this period, 34,000 transit passengers arrived and no transit passengers departed. There were 67,343,000 passengers at Heathrow airport overall in 2004. 35 per cent. of all passengers at Heathrow in 2004 were transfer passengers. No reliable data are available on the time of arrival and departure of passengers on transfer flights.

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