Exactly. Lot of water to go under the bridge between now and 2050, so pretty speculative....
Produced by Arup, it states that between now and 2050, the Northern gateway could secure direct flights to 50 new world-leading cities including Sydney, Tokyo, Montreal, Mumbai, Riyadh, San Francisco and Cape Town, driving passenger volumes to as high as 60m a year.
https://mediacentre.manchesterairpor...f-the-economy/