Stansted Airport was the only BAA airport to experience a fall in passenger numbers in August.

The airport handled 1,982,800 passengers in August, down 5.1% when compared with August 2010.

The drop in passenger numbers is being blamed on cutbacks in airline capacity.

In a rolling 12-month period, September 2010 to August 2011, Stansted saw a 5.9% drop in passenger traffic compared to the previous 12 months.