16.48 The airport’s owner, Manchester Airport Group (MAG), has a long-term aim to secure the lifting of the current planning cap of 35 million passengers a year ?
I think you will find that this refers to Stansted not Manchester
16.47 Stansted Airport: Stansted has recently begun an £80 million terminal redevelopment to improve the airport facilities and offer airlines a more tailored and differentiated airport product. The airport aims to grow its mix of airlines, attracting both short-haul and long-haul full service, and the volume of extra capacity currently available at Stansted will be key to the wider London airports system in the years before any new runway is operational. The Commission therefore welcomes the renewed focus on the needs of airport users travelling by rail to Stansted, and to Southend, in the consultation on the West Anglia Route Study.
16.48 The airport’s owner, Manchester Airport Group (MAG), has a long-term aim to secure the lifting of the current planning cap of 35 million passengers a year, and in 2014 Stansted Airport held a consultation on its Sustainable Development Plan which sets out how the airport believes it can develop its single runway to a capacity of around 40-45 million passengers a year within pre-existing environmental limits on noise and air transport movements