The UK's biggest airport, Heathrow, had its busiest-ever month in July 2011, it said today. Airport operator BAA said Heathrow handled 6.9 million passengers last month - up 2.5% on July 2010.
The statistics included the west London airport's busiest-ever day - Sunday July 31.
Overall, BAA's six UK airports handled just over 11 million passengers in July 2011 - an increase of 0.8% on July 2010.
Stansted airport had 7.2% fewer passengers last month compared with July 2010, while Southampton was up 2.4%, Glasgow rose 0.5%, Edinburgh increased 3.3% and Aberdeen had a 8.7% rise.
The six airports saw a 7.2% dip in passengers on domestic routes last month, but North America traffic rose 5.6%. The number of passengers travelling to and from Brazil increased by 80% in July 2011.
Gatwick airport in West Sussex, a former BAA-run airport which is now US-owned, said it had handled 3.63 million passengers last month - a 5.9% increase on its July 2010 figure.
