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?
Strip out those near empty VS Red movements and I expect it was largely flat.
So they are in T3 for no real good reasons unless Flybe deliver the highest % of transit traffic.
Ah yes, let's get MAN having fewer passengers. What a splendid idea.
If current trends continue it will happen anyway. JFK/ORD/PHL should soak up all those CLT passengers during June-August and if that doesn't happen, well anyone's guess