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The table highlights data on the number of travellers using three major british airports between 1998 and 2003.

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The table provided information on
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the
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number
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 of
passengers
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 using three main airports, namely
Heathrow
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,
Gatwick
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, and Stansted, in the United Kingdom over the six
years
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 period from 1998 to 2003.
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, what stands out from the table was, three airports received an increasing
number
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 of travellers towards the end of the period in question with different patterns. Among the three of them,
Gatwick
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 stood out as the most preferred destination over the six
years
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, except in 2000,
Heathrow
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 was receiving more
passengers
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 than the rest. In 1998, standing as the lowest of all,
the
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Stansted
airport
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 was only getting 17.3
million
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 travellers which
were
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 approximately
two
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 times less than
Gatwick
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 and almost 10
million
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 less than that
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Heathrow
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.
This
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airport
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 reached its peak in 2001 with 43.3
million
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 and has remained at the same level over the new
two
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years
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. From 1998 towards 2002,
Gatwick
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airport
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had
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received an increasing
number
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 of
passengers
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 gradually with 3 to 5
million
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years
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 on year,
then
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 suddenly in 2003, the
travellers
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number of travellers
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 surged by 20
million
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.
Heathrow
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Airport
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,
on the other
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hand
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 got 48.2
million
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 in 2000 and became the top
airport
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 in that particular year compared to the other
two
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 airports. In the following
two
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 consecutive
years
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, the figures dropped gradually to 37.1 and 33.2
million
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 respectively,
while
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 the others never experienced a downfall in
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number
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 of
passengers
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.
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