MAG September 2021 Passenger Statistics
MAG September 2021 Passenger Statistics
- Passenger figures are up 61.6% year-on-year but continue to reflect impact of pandemic
- Passenger numbers for September 2021 are down 63% compared to September 2019
- MAG’s rolling 12-month total is down 67.8%
Passengers:
| Manchester | London Stansted | East Midlands | MAG |
Rolling 12-month total to Sept 21 | 3,816,434 | 4,470,153 | 522,347 | 8,808,934 |
12-month total % change year on year | -69.5% | -66.0% | -68.2% | -67.8% |
Rolling 12- month total to Sept 20 | 12,514,809 | 13.156,636 | 1,642,009 | 27,313,454 |
Sept 21 total | 977,008 | 1,115,652 | 168,852 | 2,261,512 |
Sept 21 % change year on year | +54.9% | +68.0% | +61.5% | +61.6% |
Sept 21 % change on Sept 2019 | -66.8% | -57.2% | -69.3% | -63.0% |
Cargo:
| Manchester | London Stansted | East Midlands |
Sept 2021 total tonnes | 4,250 | 20,843 | 38,494 |
Sept 2021 % change year on year | +15.6% | -14.8% | -5.3% |
MAG continues to serve significantly fewer passengers than it did in the year before the coronavirus pandemic. Passenger numbers did increase during September compared to 2020 (+61.6%), as people travelled abroad in the final weeks of the summer break. However, passenger figures were still down 63% on September 2019.
Cargo loads at Manchester Airport were up 15.6% on September 2020 but were down 14.8% and 1.3% at London Stansted and East Midlands Airport respectively.
On 17th September the Government announced changes to the system for international travel. The changes meant that the Traffic Light System would be replaced by a simpler two-tier system, consisting of a ‘red list’ subject to travel restrictions and a ‘rest of the world list’ from 4th October. It was also announced the pre-departure test requirement would be removed on the same date, and that the current ‘Day 2’ PCR test would be replaced by a lateral flow requirement from the end of October. MAG marked this announcement with a statement from Group CEO Charlie Cornish to say that the changes would be an improvement and would allow travel to open up further.
The US Government announced it would welcome UK travellers back from November after imposing a travel ban at the start of the pandemic. MAG and the wider aviation industry viewed this announcement as a hugely significant development for the sector’s recovery. Manchester Airport is expected to resume services to the US with carriers including Virgin Atlantic from the beginning of November.
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