Here are the most recent CAA stats:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport...Statistics.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport...Statistics.pdf
Growth in Sept for all Airports was 5.4% whereas MAN had 5.5%
Growth in Oct for all Airports was 6.6% whereas MAN had 4%. Note that some airports are missing from the Oct data.
This suggests that MAN is basically ticking along, growing at the background rate (for the last two months) and not faster than that. Some might say that that is slightly disappointing.
Rolling year, background growth (average of all airports) is at 5.4% (taken from fuller Sept stats) whereas MAN is at 5.6%. So MAN is growing slightly quicker than aviation in general. MAG's other main airport down in London has grown by 15.5% over the same period and Gatwick is up 5.8% for comparison.