Stansted and Manchester both served 2.5 million passengers each, with the London hub’s overall figure up 19% on last year and Manchester’s increasing by 16% year-on-year.
East Midlands airport, meanwhile, served around 400,000 passengers in May – up 12% on 2022. MAG’s rolling 12-month passenger total to May 2023 stood at 55.5 million passengers – up 92% on the total to May 2022.
Service levels across the group were also strong across the month, with 96% of passengers at Stansted getting through security in under 15 minutes.
All three airports saw some of their busiest periods of the year so far as passengers travelled for May half-term holidays.
