Dividend windfall for council
Date published: 31 July 2013
Photo: Journeaux
Flights at Manchester Airport
Rochdale Borough Council is to share a £48m windfall after the Manchester Airports Group announced increased profits for the past year.
The group, which runs Manchester, Bournemouth, East Midlands and Stansted airports, is two-thirds owned by Greater Manchester's ten councils.
The money will be paid after the group announced its full year results, which also saw operating profit up by 12.4%.
Passenger numbers across the four airports also increased by 1.9%.
Chief financial officer Neil Thompson said it had bucked the national trend.
The results for the year ending March 2013 saw the group produce a £72m dividend in total - a £20m increase on the previous year.
Manchester City Council owns 35.5% of the airport, nine Greater Manchester councils, including Rochdale, own 29% and the other 35.5% is owned by the Australian infrastructure company Industry Funds Management.
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