BAA reports rise in March passenger numbers

Airport owner BAA saw a rise in the number of passengers travelling through its airports in March, boosted by an earlier Easter this year.

Airport owner BAA saw a rise in the number of passengers travelling through its airports in March, boosted by an earlier Easter this year.

The number of passengers rose 4% to 8.6m at its six UK airports, with Heathrow being particularly busy; Heathrow's numbers leapt by 6.9% to 5.7m, meaning the airport saw more than 70m passengers over a twelve month period for the first time.

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