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Old 13th Sep 2006, 09:01
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Manchester airport pax numbers fall by over 60,000

Passenger numbers at Manchester Airport fell by over 60,000 last month after, the terror alert caused a string of flights to be cancelled.

The airport handled 62,000 fewer passengers in August compared with the same month last year - down from 2.53m to 2.47m, a drop of 2.4 percent. Charter traffic slid 6 percent, which was anticipated.

The overall decline was put down to slower-than-forecast growth on domestic and some scheduled international routes. It followed the cancellation of 26 flights during the terrorist alert in the second week of the month, mostly on routes to London but also on services to European cities such as Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Hanover.

A spokesman said the underlying outlook still showed growth of around 1.5 percent for the year as a whole, albeit slightly down on initial forecasts.
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