Manchester Airport is the fourth largest airport in the United Kingdom, handing more than 22 million passengers a year. It is by far the largest airport after London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London Stansted. It is the 12th busiest airport in Europe. More than 75 airlines provide services from Manchester to destinations in the United Kingdom, Europe and World Wide.

Ther history of Manchester airport goes back nearly 90 years, when the first ever scheduled airline flights began, from Manchester to Southport and then on to Blackpool.

The development of civil aviation of any volume had to wait until the end of WW2, with rapid progress made in the last 20 years. The airport is also a major centre for airfreight services. The airport is a major employer in the north west of England, supporting many tens of thousands of jobs.

Manchester airport has three terminals. The major users of terminal 1 are Air Canada, BMI,Iberia,Lufthansa, Olyympic and SAS. Terminal 2 is mainly used by Air France,Continental Airlines,Delta, US Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Terminal 3 is the newest terminal, used by British Airways, and domestic , European and International flights. Passengers should always make themselves fully aware of which terminal they will be flying from.

All terminals have wireless internet hot spots, and a wide variety of shops, bars and restaurants.

 

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For lovers of Statistics:

Airport code is MAN.

Latitude: 53 21'12"N
Longitude: 2 16'30"W

Runway length(ft): 10,000
Runway width(ft): 150
Elevation(ft): 257

 

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Airlines with services from Manchester Airport include:

ADRIA AIRWAYS ( terminal 3)
   
AER ARANN ( terminal 1)
   
AER LINGUS ( terminal 1)
   
AIR BERLIN ( terminal 1)
   
AIR EUROPA ( terminal 2)
   
AIR FRANCE ( terminal 2)
   
AIR MALTA ( terminal 2)
   
AIR SOUTH WEST ( terminal 3)
   
AIR TRANSAT (terminal 1)
   
AIRBLUE ( terminal 2)
   
AMERICAN AIRLINES ( terminal 3)

AURIGNY AIR SERVICES ( terminal 1)
   
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES ( terminal 1)
   
BALKAN HOLIDAY AIR ( terminal 1)
   
BEL AVIA  ( terminal 3)

BLUE LINE ( terminal 2)

BMI ( terminal 3)
 
BMIBABY ( terminal 3)
   
BRITISH AIRWAYS ( terminal 3)
   
BRUSSELS AIRLINES  (terminal 3)
     
CITY AIRLINE  ( terminal 1)
   
CONTINENTAL ( terminal 2)
   
CYPRUS ( terminal 1)
   
CZECH AIRLINES ( terminal 2)
   
DELTA AIRLINES ( terminal 2)

EASTERN AIRWAYS  ( terminal 3)
   
EASYJET AIRLINES ( terminal 3)
   
EMIRATES ( terminal 1,from July)
   
ETIHAD AIRWAYS ( terminal 1)
   
EUROCYPRIA ( terminal 1)
   
FINNAIR ( terminal 1)
   
FLY GLOBESPAN (terminal 2)
   
FLYBE ( terminal 3)
       
HAMBURG INTERNATIONAL ( terminal 1)
   
ICELANDAIR ( terminal 1)
   
JET2.COM (terminal 1)
   
K.L.M. (terminal 2)

KARTHAGO AIRLINES ( terminal 1)

KIBRIS  ( terminal 1)
   
LIBYAN AIRLINES ( terminal 1)
   
LUFTHANSA ( terminals 1 and 3)
 
MONARCH AIRLINES ( terminal 1)
     
OLYMPIC AIRWAYS (terminal 1)
   
ONUR A.S. ( terminal 2)
   
P.I.A. 9terminal 2)
   
PEGASUS AIRLINES ( terminal 1)
       
QATAR AIRWAYS  (terminal 2)
   
RYANAIR ( terminal 1)
   
SAGA AIRLINES ( terminal 2)
   
SAS SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES ( terminal 1)
   
SATA INTERNATIONAL ( terminal 1)
   
SAUDIA ARABIAN AIRLINES ( terminal 2)
   
SINGAPORE AIRLINES ( terminal 2)
   
SKY EUROPE ( terminal 1)
   
SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES ( terminal 1)
   
THOMAS COOK AIRLINES ( terminal 1)

THOMSON AIRWAYS ( terminal 2)

TUI FLY ( terminal 1)

TURKISH AIRLINES ( terminal 1)

TURKUAZ AIRLINES ( terminal 2)
   
U.S. AIRWAYS ( terminal 2)
   
VIKING AIRLINES ( terminal 2)
   
VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS ( terminal 2)
   
VLM AIRLINES ( terminal 3)

 

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There have been a couple of terminal changes:

Emirates

Emirates will operate from Terminal 1 from 1st June 2009.

Adria Airways
Please be advised that Adria Airways will be switching terminal from Terminal 2 to Terminal 3 from the start of their Summer 09 programme on the 16th May 09.

 

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