The table showcases particular data regarding the number of people who utilized three main British airports, over the course of six years starting from 1998.
In general, what stands out from the graph is that there were significant upward trends in the Gatwick and Stansted airports, whereas the Heathrow witnessed considerable fluctuations over the time period covered by the graph. Another notable point is not changing the popularity of Gatwick airport.
Looking at the details, the passengers of Gatwick airport commenced with 36.5 million, and experienced only growths until 2003. The initial number rose gradually during the five years before soaring from 51.1 million in 2002 to 69.3 quantity of travellers in 2003, becoming more well-known airport than others. The Stansted airport also saw remarkable rises which increased from 17.3 million to 43.3 between 1999 and 2001, and it remained stable at that number over two years until 2003.
By contrast, the Heatrow grew from 27.2 million to 48.2 number of people in two years from the beginning. Having seen tremendous rises from 1999 to 2000, it then experienced a plunge to 33.2 million the next two years. Although it reached 45.6 million passengers in 2003, which then ranked more popular than Stansted airport, which did not see any decreases as Heathrow.