Passenger numbers across MAG rose 0.5% in January

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) saw passenger numbers travelling in and out of its three UK airports rise 0.5% year-on-year in January 2025 to 3.9 million.

The rolling 12-month passenger total for the Group – which operates Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports – was 64.7 million in the year to January 2025, up 7.3% on the year to January 2024.

At Manchester Airport, 1.9 million passengers chose the Northern gateway to escape the January blues, with figures up 8.3% on 2024. The rolling total for the airport also was up by 9.5% with a running total of 30m passengers for the last 12 months.  

London Stansted served 1.9 million passengers across the month, while more than 135,000 passengers travelled through East Midlands Airport. Rolling 12-month passenger numbers were up at both airports, with an increase of 5.6% at London Stansted and 3% at East Midlands.

Across all three of MAG’s airports, operational performance stayed consistently strong at more than 99% of passengers passing through security in 15 minutes or less across January.

This year MAG heads into the final 12 months of Manchester Airport’s Transformation Programme which will complete the works on Terminal 2. Plans to extend London Stansted’s terminal are under development, while East Midlands will continue its progress in its £120 million refurbishment of facilities.

As part of the Chancellor’s landmark speech on investment in January, it was announced that that East Midlands Airport has partnered with Prologis to advance plans for the Freeport site at the Airport, which will unlock £1 billion of investment in and around the airport.