SEN-MAN
I used this service today. Northbound this morning I think there were 25 of us, I'd say around 35-40 were waiting at MAN for the return (they had to be for SEN as there were no other flights from those gates).
Coming back at 17:00, there were about 30. Some others had also been on my morning flight up.
A key observation would be that like myself almost all pax northbound appeared to be on business, and about 70% southbound. I've used SEN for work a couple of times but mostly leisure. This is the first time I've seen any real concentration of business travellers. So even if pax numbers are mediocre, perhaps Stobart are to be congratulated for bringing a new demographic to SEN.
I would also add that I think there were actually less pax on the morning DUB flight than on ours. It also left before us, despite being scheduled for five minutes later.