Yahoo News Manchester Airport reports record May with 2.8 million passengers ahead of Euros surge
Manchester Airport has reported another record-breaking month as it welcomed nearly 2.8 million passengers in May. The northern travel hub has experienced an uninterrupted record-breaking streak since October 2023.
It's expecting another 100,000 passengers to stop by over the next three weeks as thousands head to Gemermany to watch the Euros. Manchester is the only airport in the UK outside London with direct flights to every city that could host an England game.
To celebrate the tournament, the airport will illuminate its famous honeycomb light installation in Terminal 2 in the colours of England and Scotland ahead of their games and with other in-terminal events and competitions as the tournament progresses. Football fans passing through the airport will mean it should see another bumper month this June.
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With the summer season kicking off last month, Majorca topped the chart as the most popular destination from Manchester in May. It’s the first time this year the destination has topped the chart as families jetting off to holiday hotspots over half term.
Almost 2.8million passengers passed through the airport, with 98.6 per cent queuing for under 15 minutes before getting to security. More than three quarters of those passengers waited for less than five minutes to get to security.
The top five most popular destinations for May were:
Mallorca – 90,422 passengers
Amsterdam – 88,297 passengers
Dublin – 84,576 destinations
Dubai – 82,750 passengers
Alicante – 82,338 passengers
Chris Woodroofe, Manchester Airport Managing Director, said: “Football fever has well and truly arrived here at Manchester Airport. We’ve already started to see fans heading out to Germany to take in the spectacle, whether they’re looking for England to put an end to all those years of hurt or Scotland to lift a first ever international trophy.
“More than 100,000 passengers will fly between Manchester and Germany over the next three weeks – and I’m backing both England and Scotland to do well so that will only increase as we get to the knockout stages. We’re proud to serve the people of the North and we’re confident we’ll offer passengers a great service as they head out to the tournament.
“In May we had yet another record-breaking month with 2.8m passengers using the airport. Almost every one of them waited for less than 15 minutes to get to security and 77% of them waited for less than five minutes. We’ve got plenty of staff in place over the duration of the tournament and beyond meaning we’ll continue that level of service and whether people are travelling for to Germany or to any of the other 200 destinations we serve, they’ll be able to start their holidays here at the airport.”
In January the airport marked a year since work started on the final phase of its £1.3bn transformation programme. The airport’s brand-new Terminal 2 is already open but work continues and will see it double in size, meaning the modern facility will serve over 70% of the airport’s passengers when it is fully open in 2025.
