Attended an event this afternoon, not much concrete to report.
New services - expect an announcement in the next couple of weeks (no indication on what)
X Ray equipment, first of the new scanners start arriving in September in T2 then following in lots of two, all training complete and fully operational for next summer.
T3 will be dedicated to Ryanair once T2 is completed.
U.S flights, working on them, hurdles are the exchange rate, lack of aircraft and lack of pilots - demand is not an issue.
Need to encourage more inbound traffic currently 15% inbound and 85% of traffic UK originating.
Marketing Manchester working with the Welsh Govt and Aer Lingus to market Manchester as gateway to Wales using New York flights, Aer Lingus looking at a long term partnership with Manchester (portent to future growth maybe?)