MANCHESTER Airport reports 1.2 million passengers travelling through in January 2014, which was 4.3 per cent higher than the previous year. The moving annual total for Manchester Airport is now 20.7 million passengers.
The escalation in passenger figures marks the airport’s 20 consecutive month of year on year growth, with performance attributed to people seeking a break post-Christmas, either in the sunshine or hitting the ski slopes.
Ken O’Toole, Chief Commercial Officer for MAG, owners of Manchester Airport, said: “Popular routes during the month included favourites like Dubai, Alicante and Tenerife as people sought out some sun after poor weather in the UK, as well as the return of the Winter Olympics seeing the rise of ski traffic, with Geneva topping the most popular winter destination list.”
Upcoming in 2014 are a whole host of new routes, including two new long haul routes for 2014 – Charlotte in North Carolina, USA and Toronto, Canada (pictured below).
EasyJet will introduce a new route to Catania, Sicily this year, flying twice a week and are increasing flights on their Belfast, Geneva and Reykjavik routes.
Jet2.com is bringing a direct flight to Vienna from Manchester Airport as well as new routes to Bergerac, Jersey and Fuerteventura.
Thomson have added Puerto Vallarta in Mexico starting this year to their routes, while Thomas Cook have already introduced new routes to the Caribbean plus upgraded Cape Verde (pictured below) to a year-round service with weekly flights.
Monarch Airlines will also host new routes to Agadir in Morocco, Hurghada in Egypt, Naples in Italy and Enfidha in Tunisia.
