14th month of growth for Manchester Airport
MANCHESTER Airport saw a 14th consecutive months of passenger growth in July with 2.2 million people passing through its terminals.
Operator MAG, said Manchester, the country’s third-largest airport behind Heathrow and Gatwick, is having its busiest summer since 2008.
The July figure represents a 4.4% increase year-on-year. International passenger traffic increased by over 5.5% in July due to the holiday season.
Ken O’Toole, chief commercial officer at MAG said: “This is set to be our busiest summer in five years thanks to a host of new routes, increased services and our successful ‘Fly Manchester’ campaign helping to attract passengers throughout our large catchment area.
“We predict that numbers are set to increase even further as the summer progresses and we continue to look to add frequency and new routes to the destinations served.”
The top five foreign destinations for this summer are currently Palma, Amsterdam, Dubai, Alicante and Dalaman, with this Friday, August 23 anticipated being the busiest day of this year.
Passenger numbers are set to rise further as the year progresses with the launch of several new routes. These include Thomas Cook services to St Lucia, Antigua and Barbados, which start from November.
Additionally, easyJet is launching a new service to Lyon and Emirates is also increasing capacity and for 10 days will run the A380 on two of its three daily services to Dubai in and out of Manchester Airport.
