LONDON STANSTED AIRPORT Growing from strength to strength Chris Wiggan, Head of External Affairs
MANCHESTER AIRPORTS GROUP (M.A.G) Manchester Airport 22m passengers p.a. UK’s 3rd largest airport 70+ airlines Services to 200+ destinations Stansted Airport 21m passengers p.a. UK’s 4th and London’s 3rd largest airport Services to 170+ destinations 11,000 employees across 200 companies Third biggest freight hub Fastest growing major UK airport East Midlands Airport 4.3m passengers p.a. UK’s largest freight airport after LHR Bournemouth Airport 0.6m passengers p.a. Significant investment in new terminal
THE AIRPORT Fourth largest airport in the UK (21 mppa) Open Designed to allow for Highest public transport setting in substantial growth usage of any major UK countryside airport (51%) 6 years decline 2007 Modern facilities - 2012 25% penetration of the catchment 4% drop in market share 2007 – 2012 Cost base drift High OTP (On time Logical, modern Good strategic road Capable of modular performance ) at 83% layout and rail connections expansion compared to LHR at 78% 50% spare capacity 3
THE REGION Regional potential: M11 Corridor Home to £161 billion life-science/bio tech corridor representing 12% UK GVA 25 million people in Strong creative catchment (North/East clusters London, Herts, Cambs – Eastern region ) 20% of England’s digital Economy London moving to the East: Corridor can deliver Economic activity grown 4x more commercial by 7% compared to 5.5% floor space than in West London Canary Wharf in next 20 years Population will grow by 4 over 1 million by 2030
FIRST TWO YEARS OF NEW OWNERSHIP • Agreed long-term deals with Ryanair, Thomas Cook and easyJet - extra 11 million by 2023 • Added over 30 new destinations with ambitions to add further routes to the Middle East and USA • New freight routes to China and Qatar • Nearing completion of the £80 million Terminal Transformation project • Investing a further £10 million to improve the passenger experience • Over £500,000 investment in a brand new airport-themed education facility
NEW SECURITY AREA • Double the size of the previous facility • £4 million spent on new technology including smart access gates • Four extra lanes and dedicated channels for Fast-Track, PRM and families • Increasing throughput to 5,500 passengers per hour
• New Orientation Zone - relaxing environment for passengers • 70% increase in seating • 78% increase in new retail space NEW DEPARTURE LOUNGE
MORE CHOICE FOR PASSENGERS
• 12 new food & beverage units • Airport firsts - James Martin Kitchen, Halo champagne bar • Over 600 new jobs created
IMPROVED IMMIGRATION
170 + destinations from Stansted
AFTER 5 YEARS OF DECLINE, STANSTED VOLUMES ARE December 2014 June 2014 December 2013 M.A.G acquire Stansted Feb NOW THE FASTEST GROWING June 2013 December 2012 MAJOR UK AIRPORT June 2012 GROWING AGAIN % change in MAT YoY December 2011 June 2011 December 2010 June 2010 December 2009 June 2009 December 2008 June 2008 December 2007 June 2007 December 2006 15% 10% 5% 0% -5% -10% -15%
LONG HAUL CAMPAIGN One of the strongest catchment areas for blue chip companies of any airport in the UK Collected travel data from 120 companies, equating to over 300,000 sectors of business travel The data is used to show airlines the most popular business routes The top business travel destinations are North America and the Middle East
MAJOR COMPANIES IN OUR CATCHMENT AREA
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: AIRPORTS COMMISSION • Announcement expected imminently • Making best use of existing capacity should be a priority for Government: 1. Improved rail links to Stansted & Cambridge – new Government Task Force / Crossrail 2 2. Full use of single runway – relax planning constraints • Stansted a credible option post 2030 – premature to decide on the location of a second runway in the Final Report
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