Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many helicopter flights were used for offshore oil and gas workers in each year between 2001 and 2018.
The table below shows the annual number of flights and passengers between UK airports (those with an annual volume of more than 150,000 terminal passengers) and Oil Rigs split by direction of travel. The Civil Aviation Authority do not collect data from smaller airports, as those airports with an annual volume of more than 150,000 terminal passengers constitute the vast majority of flights.
Year | Direction | Flights | Passengers |
2001 | Arrival | 29,800 | 327,729 |
2001 | Departure | 30,094 | 312,224 |
2001 Total |
| 59,894 | 639,953 |
2002 | Arrival | 29,201 | 318,830 |
2002 | Departure | 29,722 | 309,835 |
2002 Total |
| 58,923 | 628,665 |
2003 | Arrival | 26,561 | 284,493 |
2003 | Departure | 27,461 | 282,294 |
2003 Total |
| 54,022 | 566,787 |
2004 | Arrival | 26,128 | 282,478 |
2004 | Departure | 27,269 | 281,707 |
2004 Total |
| 53,397 | 564,185 |
2005 | Arrival | 28,996 | 313,999 |
2005 | Departure | 30,018 | 313,055 |
2005 Total |
| 59,014 | 627,054 |
2006 | Arrival | 32,431 | 356,127 |
2006 | Departure | 33,462 | 357,031 |
2006 Total |
| 65,893 | 713,158 |
2007 | Arrival | 34,801 | 385,649 |
2007 | Departure | 35,862 | 382,053 |
2007 Total |
| 70,663 | 767,702 |
2008 | Arrival | 34,596 | 381,970 |
2008 | Departure | 35,658 | 381,337 |
2008 Total |
| 70,254 | 763,307 |
2009 | Arrival | 34,404 | 376,235 |
2009 | Departure | 35,511 | 376,117 |
2009 Total |
| 69,915 | 752,352 |
2010 | Arrival | 31,359 | 356,569 |
2010 | Departure | 32,407 | 357,908 |
2010 Total |
| 63,766 | 714,477 |
2011 | Arrival | 32,775 | 379,441 |
2011 | Departure | 33,972 | 381,256 |
2011 Total |
| 66,747 | 760,697 |
2012 | Arrival | 32,807 | 385,118 |
2012 | Departure | 34,653 | 395,457 |
2012 Total |
| 67,460 | 780,575 |
2013 | Arrival | 37,797 | 414,549 |
2013 | Departure | 39,176 | 426,062 |
2013 Total |
| 76,973 | 840,611 |
2014 | Arrival | 38,855 | 438,125 |
2014 | Departure | 39,879 | 448,112 |
2014 Total |
| 78,734 | 886,237 |
2015 | Arrival | 35,549 | 409,674 |
2015 | Departure | 36,334 | 415,564 |
2015 Total |
| 71,883 | 825,238 |
2016 | Arrival | 30,074 | 347,855 |
2016 | Departure | 31,014 | 353,065 |
2016 Total |
| 61,088 | 700,920 |
2017 | Arrival | 27,384 | 302,219 |
2017 | Departure | 28,263 | 314,159 |
2017 Total |
| 55,647 | 616,378 |
2018 | Arrival | 27,448 | 304,389 |
2018 | Departure | 28,455 | 315,827 |
2018 Total |
| 55,903 | 620,216 |