So, after a little tinkering on the iPad, it seems Manchester should comfortably reach the 25m passenger milestone next summer.
There are 22 new routes in 2016, some new winter routes heading into the summer and some decent increases on other routes.
The 22 new routes are:
Boston, Kavala and Los Angeles with Thomas Cook
Islamabad with Shaheen Air
Aruba, Dubai and Keflavik with Thomson
Beijing with Hainan
Rome and Alicante with Vueling
Naples, Kraków and Girona with Jet2
Brindisi, Bratislava, Malta, Limoges and Carcassone with Ryanair
Palma with Small Planet and Air Europa
Rotterdam with Flybe.
Rumours or Waterford with VLM, Podgorcia with Montenegro Airlines, 6 new routes with Easyjet, 1-2 new routes with Delta/Virgin and more expansion from Thomas Cook and Thomson.
Increases on routes are Athens, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Hannover, Munich, Prague, Barcelona, Faro, Alicante, Palma, Valencia, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Edinburgh, Keflavik, Milan, Basle, New York, Orlando, Las Vegas , Islamabad, Dubai and more.
Rumoured expansion includes 4 extra flights from Cathay Pacific, 3 extra flights from Saudia and Virgin Atlantic.
New routes in winter heading through to summer are Austrian and Easyjet to Vienna and Ryanair to Bremen.
New cargo includes Saudia to Taif, Air Bridge to various points, Lufthansa from Los Angeles and DHL to Leipzig.
Not a bad little list!