The table demonstrates the number of visitors using different British airports named: Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted from 1998 to 2003.
Overall, the number of guests who come to Gatwick and Stansted experienced an increase trend, meanwhile, this figure for Heathrow had seen a fluctuation during the period. While the number of travelers using Gatwick airport reached a peak, this figure for Stansted hit the lowest point throughout the time.
Look at the details, the number of passengers using Gatwick in 1998 was 36.5 million. This number climbed up slowly to 51.1 million in 2002 before reaching the highest point at 69.3 million in 2003. A similar trend was witnessed in the number of visitors using Stansted. The year 2001 experienced a considerable rise from 17.3 million in 1998 to 43.3 million in the number of passengers using Stansted. This figure remained stable at 43.3 million until 2003.
In 1998, the total amount of travelers utilizing Heathrow was started at 27.2 million. This number substantially went up to 48.2 million in 2000, but later fell sharply to 15 million in 2002. In the last year of the period, the number of travelers who via Heathrow increased to 45.6 million.