Oh dear......I've gone through this time and time again on various boards. From experience, the amount pax spend in the airport is often nothing to do with the airline and more to do with the destination. Easyjet operates probably the most varied network of any airline out of MAN. City routes, predominantly VFR/migrant routes, ski routes, expat sun/villa routes, and routes that are actually damn right charter in nature. Just by seeing who comes onboard with what purchases and the amount spent onboard usually tells me who spends and who don't. And the big spenders are quite often the ones who everyone here tends to dismiss.