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Old 19th Jun 2011, 17:35
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delta154
 
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LN-KGL, whilst I have no doubt the figures about MAN vs OSL growth are true and fairly accurate, the rest of your post is just drivel.

More and less the sole reason for the "recovery" at MAN is only the cancelling out of the Icelandic ash effect - the airport still hasn't reached the level they had for their 12 month rolling numbers in March 2010 (24,000 passengers are missing for that).
This is far from the truth. If the Growth is soley 'ash related', then why were passenger figures rising before the aforementioned event started to affect passenger numbers?
Also, are you also saying that as the growth is soley 'ash related', that the new EK flight, new QR flight, new TP flight, the 6th based easyjet unit, the new Ryanair flights, a new based Jet2 unit and upgrade from B733 to B738 on some routes, as well as increases across the board from the likes of BD/AA and so on are having ZERO effect on MAN?

Yes, I will agree that the overall pax figure is still down from 2007 levels, but, rome wasnt built in a day and its going to take time to build back up again. We cant just click our fingers and it be back to 2007 levels overnight. Theres also events out of MAN's control that have hit our pax figures, such as XL going belly up, the big 4 charter ops merging into 2, and the smaller carriers also going belly up such as Eurocypria, Turkuaz and Kibris. These dont exactly help matters.

Also, worth noting is that yes, the 12 month rolling pax figure is still not as high as once was, but, it is in the + figures for the first time in ages, so, its going in the right direction.

Things will still pick up though. We have easyjet confirming based unit number 7, as well as promising further growth. Ryanair have said they will still grow at MAN, Jet2 have announced 4 new routes which presumably means another based unit as only a 2 weekly REU has been dropped for 2012 so far. That with Air Asia X confirming MAN is on their radar, the new Norweigan service, the 2nd daily Etihad in August, growth from Monarch in 2012 and Tunisair going year round to MIR. It all helps.

So, not quite the doom and gloom. As a last bit, with the reductions in pax numbers at STN still going down, combined with the above increases at MAN, I would not be at all surprised if MAN reaches number 3 for busiest UK airport again this year.
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