MAG is between a rock and a hard place. The current resurgence in pax numbers and the way airline alliances and mergers have come about mean that the use of both terminal and apron space has had to be reactive rather than planned.
A fair point. I think we can accept that the planning, discussions with airlines and handling agents, financing arrangements and shareholder approval for a major overhaul / rebuild of terminals takes time, but it would be interesting to know when this process started, bearing in mind MAN's recovery back to growth started 2 or 3 years ago now.
Nevertheless, given that we must be talking several years before anything substantial is built, (and presumably it will be a staged project which can be added to as demand warrants), I feel it is legitimate to ask whether some further measures could be implemented in the meantime. In this context, it did seem strange that at the time MAN was back in growth mode, the airport decided to convert some a/c stands to car parking. To be fair, some steps have been taken such as the new security channels at ground level in T1. But if MAN is to continue to fulfill its ambitions for growth in the interim the indications are that some more temporary improvements will be necessary.