Tania Mathias – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tania Mathias on 2016-07-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of long-haul business passengers that will terminate at Heathrow Airport in 2050 (a) with and (b) without a third runway at that airport; and what proportion of those passengers will be (i) UK residents and (ii) foreign visitors.

Mr John Hayes

The estimated numbers of total passengers that will terminate at Heathrow Airport in 2050 are as follows:

• without airport expansion: 88.0 million terminal passengers. Of these, the estimated number of long-haul business passengers is 16.08 million, of which 59.75% of these are estimated to be UK residents and 40.25% foreign visitors;

• with a third runway at Heathrow: 114.8 million terminal passengers. Of these, the estimated number of long-haul business passengers is 16.29 million, of which 59.81% of these are estimated to be UK residents and 40.19% foreign visitors.

These estimates are based on the Airports Commission forecasts of July 2015, Assessment of Need/carbon traded scenario.

These estimates include both departures and arrivals at Heathrow airport and exclude transfer passengers.