I'm not so convinced. Think Manchester may have missed out on some potential money earners. I don't see any airline stimulating people to travel as much as Ryanair. I know a good few people who have said to me 'I'm going here, here and here 'cause it's costing me nothing.'....
The footfall will be Manchester airports loss and the inconvenience will be the peoples' disadvantage. Ryanair have a different business model to those of other airlines and that has to be taken into account when discussing their dealings with the airport authorities. Ryanair will incentivise their own operations by having x amount of pax pass through an airport....
And you can't only take airport charges as a stand alone issue. Look at the jobs, tourism and catering suppliers that gain in the process. Manchester's representatives need to take a leaf out of Leed's!