Re Qatar passenger figures for MAN.
CAA Stats for Jan show them down nearly 10%.Stand corrected but think this is the 3rd month in a row they are down..?
I suspect the downward trend you refer to may be related to the mix of A332s & A333s.
My impression that the A333 with 305 pax (30/275) is seen less frequently than it used to be. I'm not sure whether the A332 is the version configured 24/248 or 24/256, but probably the former. If all the flights were A332 with 272 seats, then an average load of 240 in January would be a LF of 88%, and if all the flights had been A333, (which they certainly were not), the LF would be 78%. I'm sure we had more of the A332, so a LF of 85% maybe? Not unhealthy by any means. Of course, you could argue that the smaller version is used because of slightly reduced demand. On the other hand, it may simply depend on the equipment available with a A333 being found when heavier loads are booked.
Let's see what happens now the 4 x weekly evening flight has been introduced.