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Passenger numbers at UK airports fall to 17 year low

16 March 2009

The number of passengers at UK airports has fallen for the first time since 1991and will likely decline again this year – marking the first time since World War 2 that traffic has fallen for two consecutive years.

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The number of passengers at UK airports has fallen for the first time in seventeen years, according to a report published today.

The UK’s airports handled 235 million passengers during 2008, representing a fall of 1.9% compared with 2007, said the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), in what is the first fall since 1991.

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