Record breaking year for Stansted Airport

Passenger numbers at Stansted Airport have reached record levels

Stansted Airport recorded its busiest ever year as it welcomed almost 26 million passengers in 2017, an increase of more than 1.5 million passengers over the previous 12 months.

The record-breaking performance was achieved with the addition of 11 new routes across the year with Stansted now serving over 190 destinations across 38 countries.

The top five destination airports recording the largest increase in passenger numbers during the year were Copenhagen (+263,000), Oslo (+240,000), Hamburg (+180,000), Toulouse (+153,000) and Sofia (+137,000).