UK’s largest airports group serves 65m annual passengers for the first time in its history

• The Group welcomed 4.7m passengers across its airports in March
• Passenger growth driven by record number at London Stansted and Manchester Airports
• All MAG airports also deliver high service levels during the month

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) served a record-breaking 65m passengers in the year to March 2025.

Driven by market-leading growth at Manchester and London Stansted Airports, that was up 6.1% on the same period last year.

MAG – which also operates East Midlands Airport - served 4.7m passengers in March, an increase of 7.8% from the same month in 2024. This marked another record for the Group.

Manchester - the UK’s global gateway in the North - handled 31m passengers in the 12 months to March 2025, with London Stansted welcoming 29m passengers across the period.

Across March, London Stansted served 2.3m passengers, up 7.5% on the same month last year. Manchester Airport served 2.2m passengers – an increase of 10.4% year-on-year.

Home to the UK’s largest pure freight operation, East Midlands Airport handled more than 35,000 tonnes of cargo in March, up 27.2% on the same month in 2024. In the year to March 2025, the airport served more than 4m passengers.

MAG continued to offer passengers high service levels across March, with more than 99% of passengers across the Group passing through security in 15 minutes or less. At Manchester Airport the figure was 100%, at London Stansted and East Midlands Airport it was 99%.

MAG CEO, Ken O’Toole said:

“I am proud of how our airports continue to perform, offering passengers a wide choice of destinations and high levels of service when they travel.

“It is pleasing to see that focus on choice, value and service proving popular with passengers and translating into these record-breaking numbers.

“Our performance is testament to the hard work from colleagues right across MAG, and I thank them for their ongoing commitment.

“With more than £2.5bn of investment planned across MAG over the coming years, I look forward to unveiling our transformations that will further enhance the passenger experience and drive increased regional and national economic growth.”

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