MANCHESTER AIRPORT PASSENGER AND CARGO THROUGHPUT ON INCREASE – AGAIN!

Passenger numbers and cargo throughput both continued to increase throughout May: the number of people using Manchester Airport increased again last month, with 2.80% more people using the airport this May, than last year and the amount of air freight handled through Manchester increasing for the fourth consecutive month, up 9.24% from 7,996 tonnes in May 2014 to 8,735 tonnes in the same period this year.

A total of 2,093,391 people travelled through the North’s major airport in May 2015, up from 2,036,410 in the same period last year.

It moves the rolling annual total to 22,406,306 – an increase of 6.21% year-on-year – and the most ever for Manchester Airport, with current forecasts indicating that the airport will break the 23 million passenger mark by 2016.

Ken O’Toole, (left) Manchester Airport’s Managing Director, said:

“We continue to invest in making sure Manchester Airport can fulfil its potential as a true UK gateway for the north of England, through investment in new facilities; marketing initiatives to remind people in our catchment of the services we offer; or working with airline partners to deliver more new routes.

“We’re well prepared for the busy summer season ahead and expect it to be our best and busiest ever.

“With over 22m people living within our two hour catchment, two full length runways and all-time record passenger numbers, Manchester Airport has, and will continue to have, the available capacity and demand to meet the needs of our catchment that extends as far north as Scotland and South to the Midlands.”

 

NEW FLIGHTS
Passenger numbers are set to further increase in 2015, with a host of new routes announced and now in service, including:

New Route from Manchester to Vienna
Austrian Airlines has announced a new route from Manchester Airport to the Austrian Capital, Vienna. The new daily service starts on 10th September 2015.

New Route from Manchester Airport to JFK
New route by Delta, started from 22nd May 2015, flying daily from Manchester Airport to JFK, New York.

New Route to Bournemouth from Manchester
Daily flights to Bournemouth started 18th May. Fly to golden sands from £39.99 one-way, with Flybe.

New Route from Manchester Airport to Atlanta
New flights by Virgin Atlantic, flying daily from Manchester Airport to Atlanta commenced from 29th March 2015.

New Route to Miami from Manchester Airport
Thomas Cook is now flying a new route from Manchester twice-weekly from 3rd May 2015 to Miami. It will add two further USA destinations flying twice-weekly from May 2016 to Boston and Los Angeles.  

Four new routes with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays
Jet2 and Jet2holidays are now flying to four new gorgeous sunny destinations from Manchester to Kefalonia, Malta, Antayla and Tunisia, for Summer 2015.

Ryanair flys six times weekly to Stuttgart for Summer 2015
Ryanair has extended its Manchester Summer 2015 schedule with a new route to Stuttgart in Germany, operating six times a week. This is in addition to new routes with Ryanair from Manchester to Bologna, Lisbon and Zadar; along with Eindhoven.

EasyJet new summer services
easyJet are flying new services to Pisa, Porto and Marseille for 2015, operating a twice weekly service to Pisa and Marseille and three times weekly to Porto. It is also flying further new services to Split and Kefalonia for 2015.

New Manchester to Madrid Route Arriving This Summer
A new Iberia Express service will commence from 8th September 2015, with flights operating four times a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Vueling begins a new service from Manchester to Barcelona el Prat
Starting on the 19th June 2015 Vueling will be operating a 4 x weekly service from Manchester to Barcelona for Summer 2015.

Manchester Airport also announced this month a £1bn 10 year transformation programme for the UK’s third biggest airport which, will future-proof it and allow it to continue to play its role of the UK’s Global Gateway from the North.