MANCHESTER 1

[BHX5DME]

Airports on CAA so far for Decmeber shows MAN as 8th in terms of % growth but in term of extra pax 2nd behind Gatwick

NEWQUAY 20,977 up 62.08469 %
BELFAST INTERNATIONAL 421,507 up 33.7349 %
PRESTWICK 25,076 up 25.20471 %
SOUTHAMPTON 147,425 up 24.8148 %
BIRMINGHAM 847,530 up 24.01704 %
LEEDS BRADFORD 197,876 up 23.94285 %
SCATSTA 14,149 up 20.86964 %
MANCHESTER 1,810,174 up 19.89948 %
NEWCASTLE 302,873 up 18.59189 %
BARRA 859 up 17.99451 %
GATWICK 3,108,227 up 14.97355 %
EDINBURGH 862,194 up 14.37892 %
CARDIFF WALES 73,064 up 14.05557 %
EXETER 52,414 up 13.21252 %
LIVERPOOL (JOHN LENNON) 340,237 up 10.73405 %
GLASGOW 627,446 up 10.326 %
NORWICH 33,434 up 8.513193 %
BENBECULA 2,520 up 5.749056 %
ISLE OF MAN 66,532 up 5.247172 %
HEATHROW 6,165,653 up 4.442318 %
BOURNEMOUTH 31,857 up 1.387607 %
LONDON CITY 323,605 up 0.621568 %
JERSEY 105,311 up 0.54324 %
STORNOWAY 9,598 up 0.46054 %
EAST MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL 203,387 up 0.207918 %
LANDS END (ST JUST) 2,841 down -0.03519 %
DUNDEE 1,737 down -1.91982 %
CITY OF DERRY (EGLINTON) 20,785 down -2.5231 %
ALDERNEY 3,812 down -3.95566 %
ABERDEEN 227,228 down -5.70826 %
BELFAST CITY (GEORGE BEST) 180,830 down -6.24012 %
SUMBURGH 19,920 down -6.47448 %
GUERNSEY 63,356 down -7.26445 %
LERWICK (TINGWALL) 152 down -7.87879 %
BLACKPOOL 2,492 down -9.84081 %
WICK JOHN O GROATS 1,503 down -12.1053 %
HUMBERSIDE 13,952 down -13.9668 %
DURHAM TEES VALLEY 9,864 down -14.4047 %
LYDD 61 down -25.6098 %

[SWBKCB]

And some big players missing so far from the CAA stats - particularly Luton and Stansted

[chaps1954]

Stansted is slightly bigger than Manchester at 1,850,000 I think and I think Luton will be large increase.

[LAX_LHR]

And in other stat news, MAN-AMS has now carried over 1 million passengers in a year.

1,013,216 passengers.

At over 976,000 passengers, Dublin is not far behind either, and I'm sure I had read somewhere that Emirates expects to break the 1m pax a year at MAN mark at some point soon too.

[Scottie Dog]

Dubai for the year ending December 2016 was 932,315 based on CAA statistics.

[LAX_LHR]

Went past the airport a few days ago, and vegetation removal in full force around T2 area ready for ground works.

Also, the concrete plant next to the cargo centre seems to be in the process of being brought back to life. There were wagons and lots of workmen on site.

[Scottie Dog]

December passenger statistics

I hope you may find the following of interest - my apologies for the formatting, however I believe the data is just readable.

Manchester Statistics - December 2016 (Part 1)

Destinations that are either new (no passengers since my records started in January 2005), or have not been served for a number of years - if the latter then the month and year of the last service is shown.

Baghdad - Iraqi Airways restarted this route for the first time since before 2005. Passengers carried are shown as 781.

Aqaba (Jordan) - this destination last appeared in May 2010 when 150 passengers were reported. The only other record I have was in November 2006 when 360 shown. This December the figure was 576.

Odessa - A new entrant with 394 passengers

Dubai (World Travel Centre) - Another new airport, although not a new city with 1661 passengers



 
Manchester Statistics - December 2016 (Part 2)

Top 25 destinations - by passenger numbers

DUBLIN.............................................. 84,632
DUBAI................................................ 84,629
AMSTERDAM..................................... 82,418
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA)............. 68,958
HEATHROW....................................... 57,474
PARIS (CHARLES DE GAULLE)............ 55,451
ALICANTE.......................................... 43,822
ABU DHABI........................................ 34,892
MALAGA............................................ 32,204
DOHA................................................. 30,650
ARRICIFE............................................ 30,458
FRANKFURT MAIN............................. 28,588
COPENHAGEN.................................... 28,218
BERLIN (TEGEL).................................. 27,931
MUNICH............................................. 27,819
ORLANDO........................................... 25,912
LAS PALMAS....................................... 25,570
BARCELONA....................................... 24,370
BELFAST INTERNATIONAL.................. 24,225
GENEVA.............................................. 23,341
HAMBURG.......................................... 22,532
BRIDGETOWN.................................... 22,374
FUERTAVENTURA............................... 22,256
DUSSELDORF...................................... 21,999
KEFLAVIK............................................ 21,519

CAA provisional statistics for December are missing a number of domestic destinations.





Manchester Statistics - December 2016 (Part 3)
Top 25 destinations with highest percentage increase.
Destination......................................Total Pax....Schedule Pax....Charter Pax....Percentage change
TOULOUSE.................................... 3,439........... 2,939.................. 500...................... 579.644
LYON............................................. 5,069........... 5,069...................... 0...................... 223.484
PALMA DE MALLORCA.................. 6,329........... 6,329...................... 0...................... 200.808
MILAN (MALPANSA).................... 13,258.......... 13,258..................... 0..................... 196,533
KRAKOW...................................... 13,998.......... 13,998..................... 0..................... 146.574
BERLIN (TEGEL)............................ 27,931.......... 27,931..................... 0..................... 122.469
FUNCHAL...................................... 9,445............. 6,646............... 2,799.................... 114.27
TEL AVIV....................................... 5,357............. 5,357...................... 0.................... 112.327
HAMBURG................................... 22,532............ 22,532...................... 0................... 109.308
KEFLAVIK.................................... 21,519............ 18,552............... 2,967................... 102.208
ISLAMABAD................................ 21,325............ 21,325..................... 0...................... 89.152
GOA............................................ 10,001.............. 7,612.............. 2,389...................... 78.4937
GIBRALTAR................................... 7,482.............. 7,482..................... 0...................... 71.4089
SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA.......... 2,970..................... 0............... 2,970..................... 68.5585
TURIN........................................... 3,029.............. 2,184.................. 845..................... 68.2778
KNOCK.......................................... 2,597............. 2,597...................... 0...................... 62.5156
HOLGUIN...................................... 4,418.............. 4,418..................... 0...................... 62.069
LAS PALMAS................................ 25,570............ 18,288............... 7,282..................... 60,203
SALONIKA..................................... 1,979............... 1,979...................... 0.................... 60,1133
NANTES........................................ 1,129............... 1,129...................... 0.................... 59.6888
JEDDAH......................................... 9,845.............. 9,845...................... 0..................... 59.0983
ALMERIA....................................... 2,087.............. 2,087...................... 0...................... 45,537
PRAGUE.......................................15,821 ............ 15,821..................... 0...................... 45.1734
ROME (FIUMICINO)..................... 6,751................ 6,751..................... 0...................... 42.5164
SOUTHAMPTON........................ 15,662.............. 15,662..................... 0...................... 41.1627


CAA provisional statistics for December are missing a number of domestic destinations.


 
Manchester Statistics - December 2016 (Part 4)

Figures for the European and long haul destinations that I consider to be the main points for our connecting traffic.

Foreign_airport……..Total_pax……..Total sched pax……Total charter pax……..% change
VIENNA……………………..8,111……………..8,111……………………0………………………………..+0.0 6168
BRUSSELS………………..18,174……………18,174……………………0………………………………..+7.1 1381
BEIJING……………………..7,770……………..7,770…………………..0………………………………….0. 00
PRAGUE…………………..15,821……………15,821……………………0………………………………..+45.1 734
COPENHAGEN………….28,218…………..28,218……………………0………………………………..+7.2 4792
HELSINKI…………………….8,801…………….8,801……………………0….……….……………………+2.5 1602
PARIS (CDG)………………55,451………….55,451……….……………0…..…………………………..+30.867 1
DUSSELDORF……………21,999………….21,999…………………….0…..…………………………..+20 .0557
FRANKFURT MAIN……28,588………….28,588….…………………0……..…………………………-5.76524
MUNICH……………………27,819..……….27,819…………………….0.………………………………+2.69 482
HONG KONG…………….10,276………….10,276…..………………..0……………………………….-3.59321
KEFLAVIK………………….21,519………….18,552………………2,967……………………………….+10 2.208
DUBLIN…………………….84,632………….84,606……………………26…...…………….…………..+1 3.3641
MILAN (MALPENSA)….13,258………….13,258…………………...0…………………………………+196.53 3
ROME (FIUMICINO)…….6,751..…………6,751…………………….6………………………………..+42.51 64
AMSTERDAM…………… 82,418………….82,418.……………………0….………………………......+10.8708
ISLAMABAD………………21,325..………..21,325…………………….0……………………………….+89 .152
LISBON ……………………..16,904………….16,904……………………..0….………………..…………+23.7119
DOHA……………………….30,650………….30,650……………………..0……………………………….+0.93 858
JEDDAH……………………..9,845…………….9,845……………………..0….…………………………..+59 .0983
SINGAPORE……………….6,376…………….6,376….………………….0……………………………….-31.6686
MADRID…………………..12,766…………..12,766…………………...0…………………………………+2. 98483
STOCKHOLM (ARN)….15,245…………..15,245…………………….0…………………………………+37.4414
GENEVA……………………23,341…………..23,341..………………….0………….………………...... +17.9673
ZURICH…………………….14,581……………14,581..………………….0…………………………….….+0. 93452
ABU DHABI……………….34,892…………..34,892…..……………….0…………………………………-9.20162
DUBAI……………………….84,629…………..84,629……………………0…………………………………+5.97 303
ATLANTA…………………..12,443………….12,443…………..……….0…………………………………+5. 86183
CHICAGO…………………….7,146……………7,146…………………….0…………………………………-4.65644
NEW YORK (JFK)…………20,834………….20,834……………………0…………………………………-5.86906
NEW YORK (NEWARK).10,637………….10,637……………………0…………………………………+2.20023
PHILADELPHIA……………11,301………….11,301……………………0………………………………..+2. 5127
HEATHROW……………….57,474………….57,474…………………….0……….……………………..+1.4 5634

CAA provisional statistics for December are missing a number of domestic destinations.


 
Manchester Statistics - December 2016 (Part 5)

Comparison of top 25 destinations - December 2006 versus December 2016

I have revised the format this month so that the 2006 figure is shown as the benchmark, and 2016 is then the comparison.

Foreign airport.............................Dec-06...............Dec-16
HEATHROW....................................... 76,212.................. 57,474
TENERIFE (SURREINA SOFIA)............. 61,664.................. 68,958
DUBLIN.............................................. 56,393.................. 84,632
AMSTERDAM..................................... 47,046.................. 82,418
DUBAI................................................ 42,016.................. 84,629
ALICANTE........................................... 39,552.................. 43,822
PARIS (CHARLES DE GAULLE)............. 38,312.................. 55,541
GATWICK........................................... 37,058.................. 119
MALAGA............................................ 32,820.................. 32,204
FRANKFURT....................................... 26,779.................. 28,588
ARRECIFE........................................... 28,244.................. 30,458
ORLANDO.......................................... 22,680.................. 25,912
CHICAGO (O'HARE)............................ 20,476................... 7,146
BELFAST CITY..................................... 20,273................... 20,603
NEW YORK (JFK)................................. 18,959.................. 20,834
SHARM EL SHEIKH.............................. 18,874................. 0
LAS PALMAS....................................... 18,019................. 25,570
SANFORD........................................... 17,865................. 0
NEW YORK (NEWARK)........................ 17,189................. 10,637
BELFAST INTERNATIONAL................... 16,892................. 24,225
KITTILA................................................ 16,597................. 15,836
GOA.................................................... 16,538................. 10,001
SINGAPORE.......................................... 16,423................. 6,376
BRIDGETOWN...................................... 16,390................. 22,374
FUERTEVENTURA................................ 16,339................. 22,256

CAA provisional statistics for December are missing a number of domestic destinations.

[chaps1954]

Taken from another forum, the loads on Iraqi flight yesterday were excellent both ways

[CabinCrewe]

Aqaba and DWC just TOM cruise related charters

[Council Van]

New staff parking, Staff East opening on the 1st April on what is currently Jet Parks Plus off Styal Road.

If your main base is Terminal 2, The Station, Voyager or 4M you will continue to park in Staff West.

I find it amusing that the airport calls every one "colleagues", perhaps they might like to remember that a lot of people who are based at the airport, such as flight crew and the airlines they fly for are actually​ CUSTOMERS of the airport.

Increased traveling time to and from Staff East, due to it's distance from the Motorway network and initially longer journey times to the terminal are hardly ideal for those of us who's working lives are ruled by flight time limitations.

[chaps1954]

Most companies are now dropping the word employee and replacing with colleague even if they work for other companies

[inOban]

Because most people working at any location will not be directly employed by the company. Quite apart from agency workers on zero hours contracts, they will have outsourced all non-core activities from cleaners to IT support.

[Council Van]

My point was that I am employed by a Company who are a CUSTOMER of Manchester airport.

Just out of interest, who gets to park in the car park right next to T2, are those places taken up by colleges who are employed in time duty limited posts?

A good location for staff parking might have been the carpark on short finals to 23R by Ringway Road. Closer to the Motorway Network and closer to the terminal.

But why would MAG want flight safety to get in the way of profit from car parking?

[CCGE29]

The car park right next to T2 has closed in the past week. Ground works have now begun on half of the car park. The taxi waiting area is still in use though.

[LAX_LHR]

Council Van,

The new car park location probably adds about 5 minutes to an M56 routed journey, and then the bus transit from car park to T1 about the same as the current transit.

If you are implying that the said 5 minutes would be a borderline of a safe flying duty to then turning into an unsafe flying duty, then one should probably question the scheduling of your company as to why that 5 minutes is so critical, and thus as your company are the ones paying for car parking, maybe you should ask them to provide spaces in one of the 'customer' car parks so not to impede on your flight duty given they are the ones scheduling things so tightly.

But in addition to this, MAN has worked closely with airlines so that parking then becomes easier. They are creating 2 car parks so that no staff 'have to come past the airport to go to work'.

As this will be a large construction project, surely it's understandable that some things will be slightly up in the air while it gets sorted and bedded in.

[StoneyBridge Radar]

Council Van, colleague, you're talking bollox.

Some crew commute from Europe to work.

Been on a LHR Shuttle recently and seen all those BA and VS crew positioning down in uniform?

4 - 5 minutes extra drive for local commuters is nothing for you to get into an internet sweat or have a futile dig at MAN over.

Final is singular btw.

[Council Van]

Based in Europe, living in the UK, done that so I do not need you to lecture me about commuting.

I would suggest that you are perhaps the one talking ******** if you do not feel that minimum rest, struggling to find a parking space, not being able to get on the smallest bus on the airports fleet at the busiest time of day and long queues at security adding to the length of your working day are not a problem.

[Betablockeruk]

Problems this am with closure of Taxiway A at A3 requiring enter/exit of 05L runway if full length needed. Not sure if planned. EWR style departure queue for a while!

[LAX_LHR]

I would suggest that you are perhaps the one talking ******** if you do not feel that minimum rest, struggling to find a parking space

Surely an issue that may befall any car park no matter how close to the airport it is.

The only demographic that is changing here is an extra 5 minutes to your road journey to reach the car park. What is being said is if that 5 minutes makes or breaks a safe duty, then some other serious questions probably need asking long before the location of a car park becomes the sole cause of you going out of hours.

[MKY661]

The car park right next to T2 has closed in the past week. Ground works have now begun on half of the car park. The taxi waiting area is still in use though.

Do you mean T2 Short Stay or is it another car park nearby?