I think MAN is now at 22.8m, not 22.4?
The next few months will be interesting.
I fully expect STN to overtake MAN in the winter season, possibly November/December time.
MAN will still grow going forward though. At least 8 newly based passenger aircraft coming for the summer season means a lot of good growth, as well as new routes from away based carriers such as Vueling, Austrian (OS wasnt accounted for this summer so will be growth for next summer) and hopefully SAS will continue their expanded winter flights into summer.
Cargo is one area that grows ever stronger. This should get a good boost this winter with the new Lufthansa Cargo flight, DHL based B757 and the much rumoured Air Bridge Cargo based B747.