The 2009 passenger figures for the UK have been released and show the recession had certainly kicked in with some showing major decreases with Norwich at over -25%. Only Edinburgh and Belfast City saw modest increases.

The selection below of the top 12 are all shown in millions of pax passing through the terminals and the number shows their position in terms of UK status position:

1. Heathrow at 65.9 Million decrease of 1.5%
2. Gatwick at 32.4 Million decrease of 5.3%
3. Stansted at 19.5 Million decrease of 10.7%
4. Manchester at 18.6 Million decrease of 11.5%
5. Luton at 9.1 Million decrease of 10.4%
6. Birmingham at 9.09 Million decrease of 5%
7. Edinburgh at 9.04 Million increase of 0.6%
8. Glasgow at 7.2 Million decrease of 11.3%
9. Bristol at 5.6 Million decrease of 9.8%
10.Liverpool at 4.9 Million decrease of 8.4%
11. East Midlands at 4.6 Million decrease of 17.2%
12. Newcastle at 4.5 Million decrease of 8.9%

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