Manchester Airport has this week announced the handling of 3.36m passengers in August, in what is being branded “the busiest month on record”.
The airport has laid out their numbers for operations which took place last month, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
The Numbers from Manchester Airport…
Manchester Airport handled a whopping 3.36m passengers in August 2024, which beat their record of 3.31m recorded in August 2019.
The busiest day of the month for the airport was August 23, where 113,000 passengers were handled.
Furthermore, the most popular destinations for the airport in August were:
- Palma de Mallorca – 130k passengers
- Antalya – 107k passengers
- Dalaman – 101k passengers
- Dubai – 99k passengers
- Dublin – 97k passengers
Manchester Airport also noted that taken together, July & August 2024 saw 6.56m passengers handled.
This makes it the busiest Summer the airport has ever recorded, beating the 6.48m set in 2019.
Woodroofe: August Was An Amazing Achievement…
Commenting on the incredible numbers was Manchester Airport Managing Director Chris Woodroofe:
“We are really proud to connect the people of the North to the world – that means offering them an unrivalled range of destinations with a huge range of airlines and providing them with the highest levels of customer service.
“And I am delighted to say that this summer we’ve achieved that.”
“Not only have we seen record numbers of passengers using the airport, we’ve seen 98% of them waiting for less than 15 minutes to get to security and almost three quarters wating less than five minutes.
“That’s an amazing achievement and my thanks go out to my staff and all the third parties based around the airport who have made that happen.”
“The summer holidays are the highlight of the year for many families and we’re pleased to be able to play a part in that.”
“I said that last year was our best summer ever but this year we’ve managed to improve on that.”
“Now we’re looking ahead to next year and the completion of our £1.3bn transformation programme that will see more than 70% of our passengers using our brand-new Terminal 2 and improvements made to Terminal 3 as we close Terminal 1.”
Overall…
In conclusion, Manchester Airport has had a fantastic Summer season, with performance at it’s highest.
As the Summer season begins to close, the focus now shifts to the Winter 2024/25 season.
Furthermore, all eyes will be on how this period will perform for the airport moving forward.
But for now, the airport will be wanting to see what performance looks like by year-end now the busiest period of the year is over.
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