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Airports operators BAA has released its passenger statistics for October, revealing that 13.2m travellers passed through its UK hubs in the month, 3.5% more than at the same time last year.

Heathrow and Gatwick's figures continued to benefit from comparison with 2006 – following the introduction of new security rules in August last year – with traffic increases of 3.8% and 4.9% respectively.

Edinburgh airport saw a monthly passenger increase of 5% in October while Aberdeen handled 6.6% more customers.

It was not all good news in Scotland, however, as Glasgow airport was the only of BAA's hubs not to report growth in traffic, with a 1.8% fall in passenger numbers.

Among UK airports' key markets there was marked growth in North Atlantic routes, with passenger growth of 8.9% in October, compared to 4.1% in September.

Overall long-haul traffic saw an improvement, with an 8.5% increase in passenger numbers last month.

The higher number of travellers passing through BAA airports in October was reflected in a 1.3% rise in air transport movements.

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