August completes successful school holiday season for MAG airports

• MAG’s traffic levels for August equal to 96% of 2019 levels
• London Stansted’s passenger numbers for August surpass pre-covid levels for a second month in a row
• 94% of surveyed MAG passengers rated their airport experience as ‘good’, ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’ in July and August

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) served 6.5m passengers across its airports in August, rounding off a successful peak summer period.

Traffic across the Group, which owns and operates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands Airports, was up 13% on August 2022 – and was 96% of 2019 levels.

In a survey of more than 2,000 passengers across the Group, 94% rated their airport experience in July and August as ‘good’, ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’ – demonstrating the high levels of service MAG has delivered for travellers during its busiest time of the year.

High service levels across August were also shown through the Groups’ security performance, with 100% of passengers at East Midlands Airport passing through security in less than 15 minutes in August. The figure for both Manchester and London Stansted was 98%.

MAG’s 12-month rolling passenger total sits close to 58m, up 40% on the total in August last year.

London Stansted’s recovery continues to see traffic surpass pre-Covid levels, serving 2.9m passengers across the month, equivalent to 102% of levels in August 2019.

Manchester Airport served 3.1m passengers in August – an increase of 13% on July 2022 and equal to 93% of pre-pandemic levels. East Midlands’ August traffic was 24% higher than the same month in 2022, serving 500,000 passengers across the month, equivalent to 88% of pre-Covid traffic.

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