Stansted overtakes Manchester !
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Stansted overtakes Manchester !
CAA figures released today show that Stansted has now overtaken Manchester on annual pax total.
Heathrow - 67,784,236 up 2.7%
Gatwick - 32,286,394 up 5.9%
Stansted - 21,580,666 UP 7.2%
Manchester - 21,559,786 up 5.3%
Birmingham - 8,894,703 down 1.5%
Glasgow - 8,668,460 up 5.3%
Luton - 8,457,422 up 21.6%
Edinburgh - 8,219,287 up 6.6%
Newcastle - 4,971,115 up 14.3%
Bristol - 4,825,330 up 14.1%
East Mids - 4,332,600 up 1.8%
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Heathrow - 67,784,236 up 2.7%
Gatwick - 32,286,394 up 5.9%
Stansted - 21,580,666 UP 7.2%
Manchester - 21,559,786 up 5.3%
Birmingham - 8,894,703 down 1.5%
Glasgow - 8,668,460 up 5.3%
Luton - 8,457,422 up 21.6%
Edinburgh - 8,219,287 up 6.6%
Newcastle - 4,971,115 up 14.3%
Bristol - 4,825,330 up 14.1%
East Mids - 4,332,600 up 1.8%
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A few facts that seem relevant to this topic:
Department for Transport studies have said that regional airports like Manchester are set to grow more rapidly than the major London hubs where the air travel market is "more mature". Latest CAA figures support this with Manchester growing more rapidly than Heathrow and Gatwick and it is predicted that by 2015 the number of pax flying from Manchester will double to around 40 million every year - nine million more pax than Gatwick currently handles.
Department for Transport studies have said that regional airports like Manchester are set to grow more rapidly than the major London hubs where the air travel market is "more mature". Latest CAA figures support this with Manchester growing more rapidly than Heathrow and Gatwick and it is predicted that by 2015 the number of pax flying from Manchester will double to around 40 million every year - nine million more pax than Gatwick currently handles.
were cathching on last months figs
Way to go MME!!
, but it's good to see the UK regional airports doing well 
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Back to the thread title - STANSTED will never take over MANCHESTER.
What has STN got ? A lot of FR rubbish and european traffic and little else to offer.
MAN has 3 terminals, and is a major international airport, with a major BA base.
Never heard anything so ridiculous.
What has STN got ? A lot of FR rubbish and european traffic and little else to offer.
MAN has 3 terminals, and is a major international airport, with a major BA base.
Never heard anything so ridiculous.
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Latest CAA figures support this with Manchester growing more rapidly than Heathrow and Gatwick and it is predicted that by 2015 the number of pax flying from Manchester will double to around 40 million every year - nine million more pax than Gatwick currently handles.
Things could get a little tight after that, have to start thinking about a second runway and maybe a 3rd building...
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Robt100 - what does having more terminals show?
JFK has more terminals than Heathrow, but who handles more traffic?
Simply put, STN is going to be bigger than MAN - face facts.
JFK has more terminals than Heathrow, but who handles more traffic?
Simply put, STN is going to be bigger than MAN - face facts.
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Am I not right in thinking that Stansted is getting a bit tight at certain times of the day, particularly with nightstoppers? That would suggest that the number of based EZY/FR aircraft will not increase by much, which may affect the figures, although STN do seem to be doing well bringing in foreign airlines these days, so the effect may be masked.
It will also be interesting to see how the figures look at the end of October. Although it isn't as pronounced as it used to be, Manchester has much more of a summer peak than Stansted, and so they may catch up over the next 3 months.
Either way they are both doing pretty well. I remember my first visit to Stansted as a teenage spotter 20 years ago when literally nothing moved during our 2 hour visit!
It will also be interesting to see how the figures look at the end of October. Although it isn't as pronounced as it used to be, Manchester has much more of a summer peak than Stansted, and so they may catch up over the next 3 months.
Either way they are both doing pretty well. I remember my first visit to Stansted as a teenage spotter 20 years ago when literally nothing moved during our 2 hour visit!
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So Manchester has 3 terminals but where do you get the major BA base? From BA mainline as such pulled out of Manchester some years ago. The major long haul out of Manchester must be PIA, and looking around the Airport Jet2 seems to have more aircraft about than BA these days even BA citiexpress are cutting back aircraft at Manchester
So Manchester has 3 terminals but where do you get the major BA base? From BA mainline as such pulled out of Manchester some years ago. The major long haul out of Manchester must be PIA, and looking around the Airport Jet2 seems to have more aircraft about than BA these days even BA citiexpress are cutting back aircraft at Manchester