The figures have flat lined due to August being the highest proportion of leisure travellers and with that, the loss of 9 based Monarch aircraft is at its peak. the individual boycotts are likely to account for 0.00001% of the loss, no matter how Romaric it would be to think they are the main reason for the dip in passenger figures.
once October hits and the Monarch losses are stripped out, then the true picture will be known if people are avoiding the airport and then we can made valid assessments. Given Easyjet are adding 5 aircraft, Jet2/TUI/MT 2 more each, 2 more BA weekenders, possibly 3 more Ryanair as well as the much lauded Jet Airways and Ethipioan flights, it see,s people still using MAN inthe droves, so, mass boycotts remain an individual case. These airlines work off forecasts and to add all this capacity, the forecasts clearly remain positive rather than negative.
(ps this May seem like post blindly defending MAN, end of the day some days have been s**t and people have the right to make a choice, but I’m sure people can agree balance can come from both sides)