But look at Liverpool losing a whopping 20% of their passengers in the month. Wow.These are magnificent results passenger wise considering LJLA has had a 24pc reduction in available flights. This means airlines have had a large increase in bums on seats well done Liverpool
Most magnificent piece of spin doctoring since Alistair Campbell
And worthy of the plot of the Thick of It.
A 20% decrease might well increase the number of passengers per movement on the remaining flights, but we don't know what the number of seats reduced by
In addition a 20% decrease in passengers doesn't do much for LPL Airport Company's revenue.....
especially if it has not been budgeted for...
Anyway this is the Manchester thread - perhaps we can have an intelligent discussion on the dynamic of passenger demand and behaviour in the NW?
It looks to me to be changing again. Why? It's critical mass. MAN is now attracting the low cost boys with sufficient volume and variety to add to its already wide portfolio of flights by legacy carriers both long and short haul, so that there is often a flight to where people want to go when they want to go and at a price that suits. In addition there has been a concentration in the last couple of years on trying to get the MAN passenger experience right (such as it can be in an airport nowadays) and a considerable amount of capital has been spent on this.
And interestingly, there have been management changes at both MAN and LPL airports in the last 18 months or so. Wonder if that has also had an effect?
Suzeman