Manchester Airport passengers down 2.8%
07.09.10
Passenger numbers at Manchester Airport fell again in August, but the decline of 2.8 percent was its lowest fall for a year. More passengers flew on scheduled international services than last year, but domestic and charter flights both saw declines that pushed the overall performance into a negative.
A spokesman for the airport said the availability of strong late summer getaway deals and an influx of visitors to major bank holiday weekend events in the north west, including the Creamfields music festival and Manchester Pride, boosted passenger numbers.The number of people who passed through the airport's terminals was 2.09m, down just over 60,000 from 2.15m in August 2009.
Andrew Harrison, Manchester Airport’s commercial director, said: ‘With over two million people travelling through the airport this August, we were very close to repeating last year’s passenger figures and that is another positive sign for the recovery in the market.’
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