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London Stanstead airport in Essex saw passenger number rise up 7.4 percent on last years July figures to a whopping 2.8 million passengers. The airports CEO, Ken O’Toole said, “As the main summer holiday season firmly gets underway, July is always a very busy month for us and this year we have welcomed a record number of passengers to the airport."
London Luton had the busiest July in its history with 1.67 million passengers passing through its doors, some 3.1 percent more than used the airport in July last year. “July was a milestone month for LLA, as we celebrated 80 years of growth and reached the next stage of our £160 million redevelopment." Nick Barton, chief executive of Luton said.
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London Heathrow also saw some record numbers of passengers in July, indeed the 29th was the busiest day in Heathrow’s history, on that day the airport welcomed nearly 262,000 passengers in 24 hours. Overall, July reached unprecedented peaks, with over a quarter of a million passengers travelling through the airport on 19 different days in the month. Over 7.8 million passengers travelled through the Heathrow in July, up 3.7 percent on 2017 and was the 21st consecutive record month.
(Photos London Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, London Gatwick Airport)