The table below highlight data on the number of travellers using three major British airport between 1998 and 2003. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided table shows the information about how many people visited using three major airports of the UK over a 6-year period, commencing from 1998. Overall, it can be seen that there was a fluctuating trend in the number of travellers who travelled via Heathrow, whereas other two airports saw an upward trend. Another more interesting point is that Gatwick airport was the most popular at the end. Looking at the table in more detail, it is evident that Heathrow started from 27. 2m in 1998, and then it rose sharply to 48. 2m in 2000. After that there was slight fall in 2001 and 2002 to 37. 1m and 33. 2m respectively. At the last year, it again grew rapidly at 45. 6m passengers. Turning to the remaining data sets, it is clear that Gatwick began at 36. 5m 1998, then the number of passengers climbed moderately to the end at 69. 3m in 2003 and it reached a high of. However, if we look at Stansted, it commencing from at the lowest point to 17. 3m in 1998. After this point, the trend increased significantly to 43. 3m in 2001. At the last two years it remained stable at 43. 3m passengers.