International air travel from the United Kingdom

London Heathrow Airport is not only the busiest international airport in the UK, but the world. The most travelled airport route on Earth is the Heathrow-JFK route.
Air New Zealand flies over 11,400 miles from Auckland Airport to London making it the furthest international route out of the UK
Manchester Airport serves more international passengers than the likes of LAX and Shanghai Pudong International Airport
An EasyJet Airbus A320 at Innsbruck Airport, the low cost airline is one of the most poupular carrier for flights to the likes of Spain, Italy and Switzerland
The U.S. carrier Continental Airlines serves Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow International, Heathrow and Manchester
A TAM Airlines Airbus A330 at Heathrow, the airport is the main UK base for flights to South America, although Cubana amongst other airlines use Gatwick, Manchester and others airports
Edinburgh Airport is the busiest international airport in Scotland, with the busiest international route out of the airport being to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Schiphol Airport is also the most popular international route out of Leeds Bradford International Airport
A Monarch Airlines Airbus 321 at Málaga Airport in Spain. The busiest international routes out of Belfast International Airport and Liverpool John Lennon Airport are to the holiday destination of Málaga
British Airways is one of the world's largest airlines and a flag carrier. It serves Ministro Pistarini International Airport, the most southerly commercial direct destination from the UK
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 departing San Francisco International Airport, the most westerly commercial direct destination from the UK
Dubai-based Emirates serves Birmingham, Glasgow International, Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Newcastle
The UK is the best served nation by Pakistan International Airlines besides Pakistan, the airline operates out of Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, Heathrow and Manchester
Dublin Airport which is less than 50 miles from the UK border at its nearest point is served by approximately 20 British airports

International air travel from the United Kingdom refers to the commercial carriage of passengers between the UK and the rest of the world. In 2008, London Heathrow Airport which is also the busiest international airport on Earth handled 67,054,745 passengers which is more than the total population of the United Kingdom. The 20 busiest airports in the UK handled close to 230 million passengers in 2008 (185 million of whom were international passengers). The geographical size of the UK means that many flights that would be considered domestic in for example the United States are actually international (i.e. the distance from Heathrow to Charles de Gaulle Airport is roughly the same as the distance between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport). The London airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted alongside Manchester Airport rank amongst the world's busiest airports by international passenger traffic. According to 2008 statistics the best served nations by direct flights from the UK were France, Italy, Spain, the United States and Germany with 50, 34, 33, 31 and 29 respectively. Overall Spain was the nation that saw the most passengers arrive from the UK in 2008, with a total of 34,557,729 (almost double the number that flew to the United States)

The table below shows the number of international passengers who travelled out of all UK airports in 2008 and to which countries.[1]

Country Number of Passengers (2008) Percentage change
from 2007		 Airports served by
direct flights from the UK in 2008
(Scheduled and Charter)
 Albania 62,453 Increase11
 Algeria 122,180 -
 Angola 19,506 Increase4
 Antigua and Barbuda 233,118 Decrease4
 Argentina 75,888 Increase18
 Armenia 21,104 Increase11
 Australia 1,272,470 Increase5
 Austria 1,825,538 Decrease3
 Azerbaijan 67,466 Decrease15
 Bahamas 50,297 Decrease17
 Bahrain 460,377 Increase24
 Bangladesh 139,712 Increase5
 Barbados 703,023 Increase4
 Belarus 20,744 Increase28
 Belgium 1,397,686 Increase14
 Belize 193 -
 Bermuda 100,207 Increase1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13,441 Increase17
 Brazil 311,946 Increase1
 Brunei 107,058 Increase3
 Bulgaria 992,310 Increase4
 Canada 3,521,971 Decrease9
 Cape Verde 87,278 Increase30
 Cayman Islands 30,288 Decrease7
 Costa Rica 11,724 -
 Croatia 575,781 Decrease13
 Cuba 358,112 Decrease6
 Cyprus 2,951,202 -
 Czech Republic 1,817,013 Decrease12
 Denmark 2,394,634 Increase2
 Djibouti 11,098 Increase8
 Dominican Republic 442,064 -
 Egypt 2,279,730 Increase16
 Equatorial Guinea 2,680 Decrease76
 Estonia 156,827 Decrease13
 Ethiopia 91,391 Increase23
 Faroe Islands 6,607 Decrease18
 Finland 960,751 Increase2
 France 11,675,910 -
 Gambia 127,431 Decrease13
 Georgia 17,811 Increase3
 Germany 11,155,171 Decrease4
 Ghana 182,815 Decrease9
 Gibraltar 368,738 Increase25
 Greece 5,199,122 Decrease5
 Grenada 79,109 Decrease6
 Hong Kong 1,553,833 Decrease6
 Hungary 1,096,124 Increase14
 Iceland 357,810 Decrease17
 India 2,362,651 Decrease5
 Indonesia 76 -
 Iran 169,244 Decrease4
 Ireland 12,320,809 -
 Israel 818,094 Increase15
 Italy 10,737,437 Decrease4
 Jamaica 441,048 Increase5
 Japan 963,111 Decrease7
 Jordan 171,289 Increase12
 Kazakhstan 45,479 Decrease3
 Kenya 499,413 Decrease23
 Kosovo 21,686 -
 Kuwait 233,334 Increase2
 Kyrgyzstan 17,165 Increase22
 Latvia 464,232 Decrease3
 Lebanon 142,776 Increase19
 Liberia 11,954 Decrease62
 Libya 143,045 Increase12
 Lithuania 358,583 Increase5
 Luxembourg 245,423 Decrease2
 Macedonia 1,670 Increase113
 Malaysia 400,201 Decrease7
 Maldives 127,914 Decrease9
 Mali 76 Decrease60
 Malta 1,100,771 Decrease4
 Mauritius 259,360 Increase2
 Mexico 568,163 Increase14
 Moldova 5,625 Decrease9
 Montenegro 7,175 Increase870
 Morocco 559,160 Decrease27
 Namibia 42,509 Decrease22
 Netherlands 7,659,692 Decrease8
 Netherlands Antilles 18,623 Increase59
 New Zealand 1,637,146 Increase5
 Nigeria 670,174 Increase7
 Norway 1,990,165 Increase7
 Oman 96,142 Decrease43
 Pakistan 773,248 Increase13
 People's Republic of China 571,459 Decrease9
 Peru 994 Increase105
 Poland 5,022,751 Increase15
 Portugal 5,448,267 Increase2 (Mainland)
Increase18 (Madeira)
 Qatar 779,182 Decrease8
 South Africa 1,530,148 Decrease9
 Romania 487,651 Increase46
 Russia 782,296 Increase4
 Saint Lucia 166,953 Increase10
 Saudi Arabia 299,555 Increase17
 Senegal 1,268 Decrease67
 Serbia 149,910 Decrease15
 Seychelles 34,943 Decrease2
 Sierra Leone 38,011 Increase74
 Singapore 1,247,546 Increase1
 Slovakia 715,595 Increase35
 Slovenia 168,171 Decrease12
 South Korea 285,115 Decrease1
 Spain 34,557,729 Decrease3 (Mainland)
Decrease3 (Canary Islands)
 Sri Lanka 270,723 Decrease14
 Sudan 24,335 Decrease27
 Sweden 2,296,189 Decrease3
  Switzerland 5,415,511 Increase5
 Syria 87,324 Increase15
 Taiwan 116,369 Increase13
 Tanzania 45,071 Decrease1
 Thailand 594,163 Decrease14
 Trinidad and Tobago 115,539 Decrease22
 Tunisia 536,617 Decrease18
 Turkey 4,354,637 Increase12
 Turkmenistan 83,317 Decrease2
 Turks and Caicos Islands 8,969 -
 Uganda 48,368 Decrease17
 Ukraine 152,280 Increase1
 United Arab Emirates 4,048,788 Increase8
 United States 18,151,690 Decrease2
 Uzbekistan 18,296 Decrease62
 Venezuela 25,970 Increase22
 Yemen 24,116 Increase12
 Zambia 46,381 Decrease3
 Zimbabwe 41,113 Decrease52

References

  1. ↑ http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport_data/2008Annual/Table_12_1_Intl_Air_Pax_Route_Analysis_2008.pdf
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