Band 7+: The pie charts show the reasons (visiting friends/family, business, holiday, other) people fly from the airport. Summarize the information by describing the main features of the charts and making comparisons where appropriate.

The pie charts illustrate the percentage of passengers who have different purposes of travel in four airports in 2016.

Overall, visiting friends and family was the most popular reason in Heathrow airport, Luton airport and Stansted airport, while the proportion of passengers for holiday was the highest figure in Gatwick airport. The figures for other reasons had the lowest among four airports.

Looking at the charts in more detail, 54% of passengers flew from Gatwick airport for holiday, compared to 30% of those visiting family and friends, 14% for business and 2% for other reasons. In terms of Heathrow airport, Visiting friends and family was the common reason, at 37% followed by 33% of passengers for holiday, 26% for business and 4% for other reasons.

Regarding the other airports, the proportion of passengers who fly from Luton airport and Stansted airport for visiting family and friends was similar, at 50% and 48%, respectively. While the figure for those having holiday was lower, 35% of passengers in Luton airport and 36% of passengers in Stansted airport. Business accounted for 13% of passengers in Luton airport and 14% passengers in Luton airport. Finally, both airports recorded 2% of passengers who have other reasons for travelling.