Table 38a and Table 38b

Table 38a and Table 38b

Table 38a: Flights in the last 12 months for work or business purposes 1
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-2013
Column percentages
Yes 8.7 6.9 7.9 7.8 8.0 7.9
No 90.9 92.9 92.1 92.1 91.9 92.0
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 38b: Frequency of flying for business by destination in last 12 months 1
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009-2013
All business flights Column percentages
1 or 2 33.8 31.0 28.7 31.5 27.8 30.6
3 or 4 15.9 15.6 18.1 14.1 17.2 16.3
5 or 6 9.4 9.7 8.7 10.2 9.1 9.4
7 or 8 6.9 5.3 6.7 5.8 8.0 6.6
9 to 12 10.3 9.3 8.7 8.6 8.9 9.2
13 to 20 7.3 9.6 9.4 9.5 8.4 8.8
More than 20 16.3 19.6 19.7 20.4 20.6 19.1
Lower decile 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lower quartile 2 2 2 2 2 2
Median 5 6 6 6 6 6
Upper quartile 12 16 16 18 16 16
Upper decile 30 40 40 40 40 37
Mean* 14.4 23.3 16.5 16.0 14.3 16.6
Of which:
Flights within Scotland
0 83.3 85.7 83.8 86.2 85.4 84.7
1 or 2 7.7 5.2 5.8 3.9 5.4 5.8
3 or 4 2.3 1.1 2.5 1.8 2.7 2.1
5 or 6 2.0 1.5 1.3 1.3 0.7 1.4
7 or 8 0.8 1.3 1.7 0.6 1.4 1.2
9 to 12 2.0 2.4 0.9 1.7 1.0 1.6
13 to 20 0.9 0.6 1.3 1.6 0.8 1.1
More than 20 1.0 2.1 2.5 3.0 2.6 2.2
Flights to rest of UK
0 24.2 26.1 25.9 26.6 27.8 26.0
1 or 2 30.8 28.7 25.1 25.2 25.7 27.2
3 or 4 11.2 10.5 13.9 11.8 11.4 11.8
5 or 6 8.9 8.0 7.7 7.7 6.6 7.8
7 or 8 4.7 3.6 3.8 4.6 5.3 4.4
9 to 12 6.7 7.1 9.3 8.9 6.7 7.8
13 to 20 5.0 5.3 4.7 5.0 4.7 4.9
More than 20 8.5 10.7 9.5 10.1 11.8 10.0
Flights to other European Countries
0 65.9 64.2 65.0 67.8 64.5 65.5
1 or 2 16.5 17.8 14.5 11.9 16.4 15.4
3 or 4 5.4 6.1 6.2 6.4 7.8 6.3
5 or 6 3.6 2.5 3.3 2.6 1.9 2.9
7 or 8 1.4 1.2 2.0 2.2 2.6 1.9
9 to 12 3.8 4.3 3.0 3.9 2.2 3.4
13 to 20 1.9 1.6 2.3 1.7 2.0 1.9
More than 20 1.5 2.4 3.7 3.4 2.6 2.7
Flights to countries outside Europe
0 78.2 77.3 79.2 75.6 80.9 78.3
1 or 2 10.7 9.9 10.1 12.3 8.7 10.3
3 or 4 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.9 2.8 3.4
5 or 6 1.6 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.0 1.7
7 or 8 0.5 0.5 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.2
9 to 12 2.9 2.3 2.1 1.6 2.2 2.3
13 to 20 1.4 2.5 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4
More than 20 1.0 2.3 0.8 1.8 1.5 1.4
Sample size (=100%) 982 685 928 743 737 4,075

1. Sample size is those who answered yes to previous question asking whether respondent had flown for work or business purposes 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.