Airports group ‘delivers £6.2bn value to the UK economy’

MANCHESTER Airports Group has delivered £6.2bn of economic value for the UK economy and for the communities in which its four UK airports operate.

This is according to MAG’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report for 2015/16, which said the 16% increase comes on the back of its most successful year ever, culminating in nearly 53 million passengers using its Manchester, London Standsted, East Midlannds and Bournemouth airports.

Despite the passenger growth during the period, MAG’s airports delivered a significant reduction in their environmental impact, most notably through a 15% reduction in carbon emissions and a 41% cut in the number of registered noise complaints.

Across the four sites, there were also no recorded breaches of air quality limits, set by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the group also won the ‘Best Community Project’ at the National CSR award for its GPS technology flight path trial at London Stansted.

In addition, the report details how in 2015 the group’s operations supported the employment of 124,000 people across the UK and how the work of its three airport employment academies, Aerozone education centres and more than 10,000 hours of staff volunteering, contributed to the education of over 20,000 young people.