G-APDK The growth at MAN has partially been though the area being a designated as an Enterprise Zone and the investment benefits that come with it must help. Stansted has no such EZ designation.
Not quite true that is it, the Enterprise Zone is a recent event and the Airport City which it comprises has only just gone through planning phase.
I can see an enterprise zone developing there given the right amount of political arm twisting.
Getting BAA out of it is a great way forward and if Gatwick is anything to judge by then it will only get better.