Passenger figures up

Stansted Airport carried 22.23 million passengers in the year to the end of March, a 5 per cent increase on the moving annual total.Stansted Airport carried 22.23 million passengers in the year to the end of March, a 5 per cent increase on the moving annual total.

Nick Barton, Stansted Airport’s business development and planning director, said: “The past six months have seen the welcome return of transatlantic services to New York and the launch of direct services to Washington.

“Blue 1 – the Finnish member airline of the SAS Group – started direct services to the cosmopolitan capital Helsinki last month and FlyMe, the new low fare Swedish airline, launched direct flights to Gothenburg as part of its recent major expansion across Europe.”