Table 37a and Table 37b

Table 37a and Table 37b

Table 37a: Flights in the last 12 months for leisure, holidays, visiting friends or family 1
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-2013
Column percentages
Yes 46.8 44.3 43.4 45.9 46.7 45.3
No 52.9 55.5 56.5 54.1 53.3 54.5
Sample size (=100%) 12,543 12,439 12,893 9,893 9,918 57,686

1. Percentages may not add up to exactly 100% as very small numbers of people responded 'don't know' or refused to answer.

Table 37b: Frequency of flying for leisure by destination in last 12 months for those who have flown
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-2013
All leisure flights Column percentages
1 or 2 49.8 50.9 50.6 49.4 50.2 50.2
3 or 4 25.1 23.8 24.3 24.9 23.6 24.4
5 or 6 11.4 10.8 10.4 11.5 12.2 11.2
7 or 8 6.1 5.6 5.6 6.2 5.9 5.9
9 to 12 4.4 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.9
13 to 20 2.3 2.8 3.1 2.0 2.2 2.5
More than 20 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
Lower decile 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lower quartile 2 2 2 2 2 2
Median 3 2 2 3 2 2
Upper quartile 5 5 5 6 6 5
Upper decile 8 8 8 8 8 8
Mean* 4.2 20.8 4.3 4.2 4.3 7.2
Of which:
Flights within Scotland
0 92.9 93.8 95.9 94.2 94.3 94.2
1 or 2 4.9 4.6 2.8 4.1 4.0 4.1
3 or 4 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.9
5 or 6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4
7 or 8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
9 to 12 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
13 to 20 0.1 ** ** 0.1 0.1 0.1
More than 20 0.1 ** ** 0.0 ** 0.0
Flights to rest of UK
0 67.2 67.0 68.9 69.8 70.5 68.6
1 or 2 22.4 22.0 20.3 19.8 18.8 20.7
3 or 4 5.8 5.7 5.3 6.0 5.5 5.7
5 or 6 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.2
7 or 8 0.8 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2
9 to 12 0.8 0.9 1.3 0.8 1.0 1.0
13 to 20 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4
More than 20 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2
Flights to other European Countries
0 27.1 30.5 28.1 26.2 25.9 27.5
1 or 2 49.7 47.8 48.6 48.7 48.7 48.7
3 or 4 15.3 13.5 15.1 17.0 16.2 15.4
5 or 6 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.6 5.8 4.8
7 or 8 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.0
9 to 12 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1
13 to 20 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3
More than 20 ** 0.2 0.1 ** 0.2 0.1
Flights to countries outside Europe
0 68.3 63.5 66.1 67.3 70.2 67.1
1 or 2 25.2 29.0 26.6 26.6 23.7 26.2
3 or 4 4.3 4.9 5.0 4.0 4.1 4.5
5 or 6 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.3
7 or 8 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
9 to 12 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3
13 to 20 0.1 0.1 ** 0.2 ** 0.1
More than 20 ** ** . ** ** 0.0
Sample size (=100%) 5,305 4,177 5,096 4,250 4,376 23,204

1. Sample size is those who answered yes to previous question asking whether respondent had flown for leisure, holildays and visiting friends or family in the last 12 months.
* Note mean value can be dragged up by a handful of respondents reporting making a large number of flights eg in 2010. The median is a better measure of the average.
** value supressed as cell contains less than 5 responses