The biggest airport operator in the UK said on Wednesday that July passenger volumes were up despite an impact from the London bombings kept some passengers at home.

BAA Plc, which operates seven airports including Gatwick and Heathrow, said that passenger traffic grew by 2.6 percent in July compared to the same month last year, to 14.6 million passengers, a new record. The growth came due to the growth of low-cost airlines and recovery in the number of long-haul passengers.

Besides the terrorist attacks, growth was limited due to capacity constraints, especially at Heathrow, which is the world‘s busies international airport. BAA said that passenger traffic was down by 0.6 percent at Heathrow, but it was up by 3.3 percent at Gatwick and by 6.1 percent at Stansted.

Stansted is a base of operations for two low-cost air carriers, Ryanair and easyJet. Further, BAA said that all markets except for the European charter sector showed rises in passenger traffic. North Atlantic traffic was up by 1 percent, and other long-haul traffic rose by 7.5 percent in July.