The provisional CAA Stats for May show pax increases for May 2015 compared to May2014 : Liverpool + 7.3%, Leeds +5.3%, Glasgow +13.3%, Edinburgh + 9.4%, Stansted +11.9%, Gatwick +6%......Manchester 2.8%
Might it be pertinent to look at an extra column in those statistics
Liverpool 7.3% more pax, 5.4% more flights
Leeds 5.3% more pax. 2.3% more flights
Glasgow 13.3% more pax, 6% more flights
Edinburgh 9.4% more pax, 4.9% more flights
Stansted 11.9% more pax, 5.8% more flights
Gatwick 6% more pax, 2.4% more flights
Manchester 2.8% more pax,
4% fewer flights
Now if MAN had either zero growth or an increase in flights, then is it not unreasonable to speculate that we would be taking in the regions of a 5% or so increase in passenger numbers? The other thing to bear in mind is that we've been advised of a 1.3% increase in available seats this summer so I guess we're not doing that badly?