Re the drop in freight in June, I guess CX was the main factor Nigel, although I think the flights were already on an ad hoc basis before they finally finished near the end of May. Not all that many years ago, we sometimes had 3 x B747 freighters on the ground at the same time.
MAN's record year for cargo carried was 2007 when it was 165,000 tonnes, the record for pax numbers being the previous year with 22.42 million.
Passenger-wise, things are going very well at present and if growth were to continue at 4-5% then 2015 calendar year could be a record for MAN. Of course, much could happen in the meantime be it terrorist alerts, wars, oil price hikes, volcanic eruptions or just economic downturns to change the picture, and as we know some airlines have issued profit warnings or talked about a soft market for this summer's bookings. Still, there are those rumours of new long haul routes for MAN to be announced with CX and the TCX routes to the US already confirmed so let's hope the upward trend continues. Other UK airports such as LGW and BHX have also been performing well.