We all know there's a way to go yet to reach the levels of 2006. My boom comment was rather to note that MAN is enjoying a period of sustained Passenger traffic growth and is one of the few UK airports to be in this position. Well above the national average, as the table in a previous post shows. Of course local population will not be the main driver, but the city was the fastest growing major UK city in the first decade of this century, 19% according to the 2011 Census. The conurbation of Greater Manchester saw population growth too. All this after a long period of decline in the last century. It will be one factor.
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