Passenger Traffic booms
MAN is booming. Just like the city's massive recent population growth, and perhaps related, the airport posted a rise of almost 9% in passengers for November against last year. The rolling annual total is now 19.6M. Significantly, both domestic and charter traffic were up, as well as scheduled international. And so even sectors which have traditionally been in decline have bounced back. It's only one month's figures but overall growth at MAN is now firmly established, with 20 million ppa likely by early next year. Aircraft movements are flat, and cargo remains in decline, falling below 100k tonnes for the first time in years.
http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/alldocs/460F505CACD7576780257ACA0052B112/$File/November+12.pdf