September 2023

HEATHROW
7,076,251​
up
22.4​
%
GATWICK
4,078,736​
up
12.4​
%
MANCHESTER
2,831,595​
up
12.2​
%
STANSTED
2,621,650​
up
10.4​
%
LUTON
1,531,651​
up
13.1​
%
EDINBURGH
1,387,610​
up
17.5​
%
BIRMINGHAM
1,206,555​
up
12.1​
%
BRISTOL
1,053,062​
up
20.0​
%
GLASGOW
728,905​
up
4.0​
%
BELFAST INT
542,297​
up
17.6​
%
NEWCASTLE
518,141​
up
8.5​
%
EAST MIDLANDS
464,168​
up
24.9​
%
LEEDS BRADFORD
453,227​
up
16.3​
%
LIVERPOOL
395,792​
up
12.0​
%
LONDON CITY
296,126​
down
-4.6​
%
ABERDEEN
206,027​
up
10.8​
%
BELFAST CITY
184,001​
up
11.6​
%
JERSEY
143,066​
up
2.9​
%
BOURNEMOUTH
117,881​
up
32.1​
%
CARDIFF WALES
108,076​
down
-2.9​
%
INVERNESS
79,179​
up
9.8​
%
SOUTHAMPTON
70,466​
up
8.1​
%
GUERNSEY
66,731​
up
0.4​
%
PRESTWICK
61,052​
up
14.7​
%
ISLE OF MAN
54,348​
up
12.2​
%
EXETER
49,255​
up
11.2​
%
NEWQUAY
44,479​
up
65.3​
%
NORWICH
40,374​
down
-1.2​
%
TEESSIDE
27,323​
up
24.8​
%
SOUTHEND
24,250​
up
58.7​
%
SUMBURGH
22,209​
down
-0.4​
%
HUMBERSIDE
14,387​
up
30.8​
%
KIRKWALL
13,807​
up
12.1​
%
CITY OF DERRY (EGLINTON)
12,204​
down
-9.8​
%
STORNOWAY
9,908​
up
2.5​
%
ISLES OF SCILLY (ST.MARYS)
9,442​
down
-18.8​
%
LANDS END (ST JUST)
6,711​
down
-11.6​
%
ALDERNEY
5,158​
down
-4.0​
%
DUNDEE
3,565​
down
-5.2​
%
ISLAY
3,085​
up
8.4​
%
BENBECULA
2,605​
down
-12.0​
%
BARRA
1,369​
up
0.3​
%
TIREE
1,203​
up
4.1​
%
BLACKPOOL
1,115​
down
-25.5​
%
WICK JOHN O GROATS
976​
up
23.5​
%
CAMPBELTOWN
630​
down
-17.3​
%
BIGGIN HILL
457​
up
43.7​
%
LERWICK (TINGWALL)
303​
down
-11.7​
%
DONCASTER SHEFFIELD
0​
Null%
 
My take on the long-haul load-factors for September - remember that certain flights, for example Addis Ababa have a split load between Manchester and an intermediate stop-over point (GVA). This means that the 54.48% load is very good if Manchester was allocated half of the aircraft. This also applies to Houston where there are some passengers travelling from Singapore to Houston & vice-versa.

View attachment 29678
 
Another report that I have been remiss in not providing is this monthly one showing the top 25 routes by passenger numbers and also by percentage increase over the previous year.

The report covers September. Also of interest, but not in the top 25 for percentage increases are:

Hong Kong - plus 32.58%
Singapore - plus 26.80%
New York (JFK) - plus 24.10%
Jeddah - plus 20.10%
Houston - plus 19.38%

View attachment 29794
 
Slight tangent to this thread but this gives a nice overview of the airport's breakdown by region and airport https://airserviceone.com/mancheste...usiest-airport-ryanair-top-airline-this-year/

The standout is that North American available seat numbers is 700,000 less than the previous lowest (the charts in the link show available seat departure so have doubled the numbers). You don't realise the how big that market was in 2004!
 
2m pax in December 2023 is the first time MAN have got over the 2m mark (previous best was 1,968,052 in 2019).
Excellent bounce back for the airport who could see pax go over 30m in 2024
It would be good Ian but requires an increase over 2023 of approx. 6.6% I reckon. From what we can glean so far, I'm not sure that's achievable. But it would be nice to be proved wrong.
 
although there appears to be a smaller increase planned per the ACL reports for summer. than what is needed, there are ways to make it more achievable.. Just getting some routes to have 2% or 3% more passengers where there's no frequency increase would help. Then we have those routes that had a boost in frequency, capacity increase or started last summer that are maintained this winter which means that up to 5 months of "net gain",

We also have the bonus of the leap day which may see numbers boosted by 60,000 passengers so reducing the required increase to "only" 6.2% or 6.3%.
 
In 2024, we will see Jet2 induct A321neos on a large scale which offer an extra 30 seats per flight - we will also see more 737 MAX 8-200 from Ryanair which give an extra eleven per flight over the 737-800. Further changes would also include 3x Emirates A380 all year, this summer 1 of 3 was operated by 777. Emirates themselves do actually account for 2-3% of MAN's entire figures, last time I checked !

Little changes in aircraft like this are what will push us over 30 million. I'm confident of it.
 
All fair points, but the type changes are a double-edged sword.

Farewell G-OBYF and G-OBYK. Farewell G-LSAA (and soon G-LSAB). Farewell G-NSEY (soon).

Probably no CS-WFP this Summer.

Anybody got a box of tissues? SNIFF ... 😢😢😢
 
There will only be 2 A330 this summer - however Jet2 will be basing a further two B738 to cover that.

757s are being replaced almost one for one in seats by the A321neo.

However, we must also count winter figures too - they are keeping one A330 in W23 and plan to do so in W24
 
Movements for Sunday 7th January 2024 data from FR24/Flightaware

Cancellations – EZY714 = Total 1

Diversions – VIR77 diverted back to Manchester

Arrivals – 240
Departures – 230
Total Movements – 470

For comparison the highest daily movement that I had recorded since 1st August 2021 was 632 on Thursday 31st August 2023


Movements per operator: Aer Lingus 8, Aer Lingus Regional 8, Aer Lingus UK 4, Air France 6, Air Transat 2, Aurigny 4, Austrian 2, Biman Bangladesh 2, British Airways 13, Brussels 3, easyJet 100, Egyptair 2, Emirates 6, Ethiopian 2, Etihad 2, Eurowings 2, Finnair 2, Gulf Air 2, Hainan 2, Helvetic/Swiss 2, Iberia Express 2, Icelandair 4, Jet Executive 2, Jet2 46, KLM 10, Kuwait 2, Loganair 12, Lufthansa 14, Maleth-Aero 1, Padaviation 1, Pegasus 4, Platoon Aviation 1, Qatar 6, Ryanair 118, SAS 4, Saudia 2, Singapore 2, Smart Jet 2, SunExpress 2, Swiss 2, TAP Express 4, Transavia/KLM 2, TUI 34, Turkish 6, Virgin Atlantic 7, VistaJet 2, Vueling 2, Miscellaneous 2

Air Transport Movements: 459
Miscellaneous Movements: 11
Total Movements: 470
 

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