MAG airports ‘contribute £4bn’
THE four airports owned by Manchester Airports Group (MAG) contribute £4bn to the economies where they are based, according to its own research.
MAG’s corporate social responsibility study said Manchester, Bournemouth, East Midlands at Castle Donington and Stansted in Essex, employ a total of 45,200 full-time staff.
The group said 668 unemployed people have found work at the airports in the last year through Airport Academies programme and 1,194 people have been referred for jobs by them.
According to the report, the four airports donated £300,000 to 229 community groups and charities in 2013-14 funded by fines from aircraft that infringe noise level regulations.
Neil Robinson, corporate social responsibility director for MAG, said: “By supporting and facilitating the performance of other industries at a time when trade is increasingly international, aviation makes an important contribution to the economy of the UK, especially given our geographical position as an island on the edge of Europe.
“As this report demonstrates, MAG also makes a contribution in its own right – our airports are a skills and jobs hotbed, and continue to have an increasingly positive impact on their local regions through employment opportunities, the economic benefits of goods and services supplied to the airports and, in turn, the spending of increased income in the local area.”
