Green lobby bending the figures to suit them again...
Southend airport passenger figures 2005: 5,133
Southend airport passenger figures 2006: 30,351
An increase of just 25,218.
Notice they conveniently forget to mention that some airports actually had a fall in passenger figures over the same period.
Manston airport passenger figures 2005: 205,875
Manston airport passenger figures 2006: 10,167
A reduction of 195,708.
Coventry airport passenger figures 2005: 719,423
Coventry Airport passenger figures 2006: 610,618
A reduction of 108,805.