Passenger numbers continue grow across MAG following strong September performance

• 6.5m passengers travelled through a MAG airport in September, up 4.0%
• MAG’s rolling 12-month total stood at 67.4m passengers, a 2.5% increase on prior year
• Operational performance remained strong across the month

Passenger numbers continued to show year-on-year growth across the UK’s largest airports group, as it rounded off the summer with a strong September performance.

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) served 6.5m passengers across the month, up 4.0% on September 2025.

MAG – which operates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports – also recorded a rolling 12-month passenger total of 67.4m passengers, a 2.5% increase on prior year.

East Midlands Airport saw the greatest year-on-year percentage uplift in September. It served more than 483,000 passengers - up 7.8%. The airport’s 12-month rolling total stood at 4.1m passengers, up 3.1%.

London Stansted served 2.9m passengers in September, up 6.4% on last year, and its rolling 12-month total increased by 2.9% to 30.9m passengers.

Manchester Airport served 3.1m passengers across September, a 1.4% increase on the same month last year. That took the Northern gateway’s rolling 12-month passenger total to 32.5m – up 2.1% year-on-year.

Operational performance remained strong as the peak summer period came to an end. At London Stansted, XXX% of passengers passed through security in 15 minutes or less. At East Midlands the figure was 99% and at Manchester Airport 98%.

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