Written question asked by Lord Hanningfield (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour) on Thursday, 10 July 2008.

Airports: Stansted

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:How many and what proportion of air passengers travelled to Stansted Airport by public transport in each of the past 10 years.

Answer

The table below shows the number and proportion of air passengers who travelled to or from Stansted Airport by public transport in 1996 and 2000 to 2007. Data for 1997 to 1999 are not available.

Air passengers who travelled to or from Stansted Airport by public transport (rail or bus/coach) ¹
	Passengers using public transport %	Passengers using public transport (million)	Total terminating passengers (million)
1996	33	1.5	4.5
2000	34	3.7	11.0
2001	35	4.4	12.6
2002	34	4.9	14.5
2003	39	6.1	15.7
2004	40	7.3	18.3
2005	39	7.5	19.2
2006	40	8.5	21.3
2007	45	9.6	21.6
Source: CAA Passenger Survey
¹ figures for use of public transport are based on final mode of transport used by passengers arriving at Stansted

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Type: Written question
Reference: 4563; 703 c91WA
Session: 2007-08
Subjects: Public transport Passengers Stansted Airport
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Airports: Stansted

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