Manchester Airport has delivered its busiest May on record, helped by football fans flying out to Spain to watch Manchester United in the Europa League final.
From: marketingstockport.co.uk
Almost 3 million passengers passed through the UK’s global gateway in the North over the course of the month, more than 130,000 up on May 2024, and the airport’s 20th consecutive record-breaking month.
Around 10,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Bilbao for the Europa League final, including fans on more than 30 flights chartered especially for the game. And Terminal 2 was lit up in red to mark the occasion.
Music fans also added to May’s record-breaking passenger numbers, with many also travelling to Basel in Switzerland for the Eurovision Song Contest.
May is always a busy month for Manchester Airport – with families traditionally travelling during the half-term break when weather in popular resorts is good but the prices are not as high as the summer. The top five non-connecting destinations in May were Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Antalya in Turkey, Tenerife and Dalaman, also in Turkey. Two Turkish destinations in the top five for the first time this year reflects the continued growth in popularity of the country.
During May 99.5% of passengers waited for 15 minutes or less to get to security – with 86% of passengers waiting for five minutes or less.
Chris Woodroofe, Managing Director at Manchester Airport, said:
“May was a great month here at Manchester Airport. Not only have we now recorded 20 consecutive record-breaking months – but we’ve reached some key milestones in our transformation programme.
“Passengers during half-term were among the very first to experience the new security hall in Terminal 2 – it’s equipped with the latest scanners and helped make sure the vast majority of people waited for five minutes or less to get to security last month.
“Many of those passengers will also have used the new check-in desks that recently opened and will have been guided around the airport by the huge new digital gantry at the World Way entrance to the site. Even those just dropping passengers off will have benefitted from our new barrierless forecourts.
“It means that while we continue to break records – we’re also improving the service we provide to our passengers. That’s because here at Manchester Airport, we’re proud to connect the North to the world.”
Although their side could not give them much to cheer on the pitch this season, stats gathered by Manchester Airport Group, which also operates London Stanstead Airport and East Midlands Airport, show that Manchester United are still top of the league when it comes to shirt sales.
Manchester United sold more shirts at Manchester Airport than their sky-blue rivals City, with England shirts being the third most popular ahead of Liverpool and Leeds shirts.
In fact, the data shows that the Red Devils are not just the most popular in Manchester, they are the most popular across the whole country – even selling more shirts than Tottenham Hotspur at their local airport, London Stansted, despite Spurs beating United in the Europa League final.
Around 10,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Bilbao for the Europa League final, including fans on more than 30 flights chartered especially for the game. And Terminal 2 was lit up in red to mark the occasion.
Music fans also added to May’s record-breaking passenger numbers, with many also travelling to Basel in Switzerland for the Eurovision Song Contest.
May is always a busy month for Manchester Airport – with families traditionally travelling during the half-term break when weather in popular resorts is good but the prices are not as high as the summer. The top five non-connecting destinations in May were Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Antalya in Turkey, Tenerife and Dalaman, also in Turkey. Two Turkish destinations in the top five for the first time this year reflects the continued growth in popularity of the country.
During May 99.5% of passengers waited for 15 minutes or less to get to security – with 86% of passengers waiting for five minutes or less.
Chris Woodroofe, Managing Director at Manchester Airport, said:
“May was a great month here at Manchester Airport. Not only have we now recorded 20 consecutive record-breaking months – but we’ve reached some key milestones in our transformation programme.
“Passengers during half-term were among the very first to experience the new security hall in Terminal 2 – it’s equipped with the latest scanners and helped make sure the vast majority of people waited for five minutes or less to get to security last month.
“Many of those passengers will also have used the new check-in desks that recently opened and will have been guided around the airport by the huge new digital gantry at the World Way entrance to the site. Even those just dropping passengers off will have benefitted from our new barrierless forecourts.
“It means that while we continue to break records – we’re also improving the service we provide to our passengers. That’s because here at Manchester Airport, we’re proud to connect the North to the world.”
Although their side could not give them much to cheer on the pitch this season, stats gathered by Manchester Airport Group, which also operates London Stanstead Airport and East Midlands Airport, show that Manchester United are still top of the league when it comes to shirt sales.
Manchester United sold more shirts at Manchester Airport than their sky-blue rivals City, with England shirts being the third most popular ahead of Liverpool and Leeds shirts.
In fact, the data shows that the Red Devils are not just the most popular in Manchester, they are the most popular across the whole country – even selling more shirts than Tottenham Hotspur at their local airport, London Stansted, despite Spurs beating United in the Europa League final.