Manchester Airport reported record passenger traffic for the sixth consecutive month in March, welcoming over 2.1m passengers, a 12pc increase from the previous year and surpassing pre-pandemic figures.
The most popular destinations last month from Manchester Airport were Dublin, Amsterdam, Dubai, Tenerife, and Alicante.
The airport has installed a new baggage system serving Terminal 2 as part of its £1.3 billion Transformation Programme, with more than two miles of conveyor belts processing 3,000 bags per hour.
The final phase of work for Terminal 2 includes the construction of a new security hall with 3D scanners, a second pier with additional boarding gates, and a new shopping zone called The Avenue.
Manchester Airport’s managing director Chris Woodroofe, said: “we are proud to serve the people of the North. On the surface that means offering an unrivalled range of more than 200 destinations, great service so that passengers never wait more than a few minutes to get to security and world class facilities in our terminals. But beneath the surface there is a huge amount of work that goes into making that happen. We’re in the middle of a £1.3bn programme that is completely transforming the airport. A key component of that is this new baggage system that will help make sure things continue to run smoothly behind the scenes. So while passengers will see the difference as they pass through Terminal 2 – which has already won the prestigious Prix Versailles award for its architecture and design – equally important changes have been made in the parts of the airport that most people will never see meaning that as demand for travel continues to increase, the service we offer our passengers continues to improve.”
