Manchester International Airport
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There is also a Manchester Airport in the United States.Manchester International Airport is an
airport in
Manchester,
England, formerly known as Ringway. It is located on the boundary between
Cheshire and Manchester in
Greater Manchester.
It has two parallel runways, three adjacent terminals, and a railway station. The airport is owned by the
Manchester Airport Group who own several other UK airports including
Nottingham East Midlands,
Bournemouth and
Humberside.
The airport provides direct flights to over 200 destinations worldwide by over 95 airlines. The airport is the transatlantic hub for
bmi, as well as a hub for
British Airways, the charter airline
MyTravel and many other British carriers. At one time it was the centre of operations of
Cargolux's
charter airline venture,
Lion Air.
It is the busiest airport in
England outside of
London, in terms of passengers per year and the
UK's third busiest. However, this status is under threat with London's
Stansted Airport coming close in passenger volume in recent years. In 2005, Manchester handled just over 22 million passengers. The airport is set to accommodate 42 million passengers per year by 2015. [
1]
Manchester Airport is policed by the
Greater Manchester Police. Several security related incidents have occurred at the airport in recent years. In particular:
*In 2002, a security firm successfully smuggled fake explosives, detonators and genuine firearms onto a flight. [
2]
*In 2004, the
BBC's Whistleblower program revealed a series of security failures at the airport, including faulty metal detectors and a lack of regular random baggage checks. [
3]
*In 2005, after spotted acting suspiciously, police used a
taser to shoot a man on the apron, after he appeared to resist arrest. [
4]
*On the
June 6,
2006,
Aabid Hussain Khan, 21, of
West Yorkshire and a 16 year old boy were arrested at the airport and later charged under Section 57 of the
Terrorism Act, for conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause public nuisance by using poisons or explosives.
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Manchester Airport Skywalk |
Manchester International Airport has three interconnected terminals, allowing passengers to visit all three terminals without going outside. Terminals 1 and 3 are located in the same building and are connected by a corridor. Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by the
skywalk, a passage which goes across the airfield, with
travolators to aid passengers with the long walk. Along the skywalk there are shops and a
Radisson Hotel.
Terminal 1
Terminal One is mostly used by non-
BA international traffic. It is also the terminal used as the base for
MyTravel and
Jet2.com who each have a separate
check-in on the lower level. It has 24 stands, 18 of which have airbridges (Gates refer to those accessible from the piers). It opened in 1952 although has undergone many renovations since opening.Currently, Terminal 1 is being renovated to accommodate more planes. In addition, a £25 million refurbishment of the retail spaces is underway.
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Ajet (Larnaca, Paphos)
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Aer Arann (Angers, Galway, Kerry, Nantes, Waterford)
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Aer Lingus (Dublin)
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Air Atlanta (Orlando-Sanford, Sharm-El-Sheik, Tenerife)
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Air Baltic (Riga)
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Air Berlin (Hamburg, London-Stansted, Paderborn)
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Air Blue (Islamabad [Starts December 2006])
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Air Canada (Toronto)
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Air Transat (Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver)
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Aurigny Air Services (Guernsey)
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Austrian Airlines (Bolzano, Innsbruck)
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Aviajet (Faro, Kefaffinia, Naples, Palma, Reus, Zakynthos)
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BH Air (Burgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna)
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Channel Express (Alicante, Malaga)
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City Airline (Gothenburg)
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Cyprus Airways (Larnaca, Paphos)
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Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
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Eurocypria (Heraklion, Larnaca, Paphos)
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Euromanx (Isle Of Man)
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European Aviation Air Charter (Brescia, Lourdes-Tarbes)
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Flightline (London-Luton)
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Flybe (Belfast City, Exeter, Norwich, Southampton)
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flyglobespan (Cape Town, Toronto) [starts November 2006]
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Flyjet (Arrecife, Corfu, Dalaman, Heraklion, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Ovda, Paphos, Rhodes, Sharm-El-Sheik, Tenerife, Thessalonika)
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Futura (Alicante, Arrecife, Dalaman, Glasgow, Ibiza, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Palma, Reus, Tenerife)
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Greece Airways (Alicante, Barcelona, Gerona, Malaga, Palma)
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HLX.com (Cologne-Bonn, Hanover, Stuttgart)
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Icelandair (Reykjavik)
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Jet2.com (Alicante, Amsterdam, Budapest, Chambery, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Ibiza, London-Gatwick, Malaga, Milan-Bergamo [starts October 29, 2006], Murcia, Nice, Palma, Pisa, Rome-Fiumicino, Tenerife South [starts October 31, 2006], Valencia)
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Kıbrıs Türk Hava Yolları (Dalaman)
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Libyan Arab Airlines (Tripoli)
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LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
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Lufthansa (Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich)
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Luxair (Dublin, Luxembourg)
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Monarch Airlines (Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Faro, Jerez [Starts Summer 2007], Mahon, Malaga, Palma, Tenerife)
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Monarch Airlines (Arrecife, Calgray, Cancun, Catania, Chania, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Goa, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kittila, Kos, Las Palmas, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Luxor, Mahon, Male, Naples, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Preveza, Punta Cana, Rhodes, Salzburg, Shram-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Sofia, Tenerife, Thessalonika, Venice, Zakynthos)
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MyTravel (Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Antalya, Arrecife, Bergamo, Bodrum, Bucharest, Burgas, Cancun, Corfu, Dalaman, Djerba, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gerona, Goa, Grenoble, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Kalamata, Kefallinia, Kos, La romana, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Las Vegas, London-Gatwick, Luxor, Mahon, Malaga, Male, Malta, Monastir, Montego Bay, Naples, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Puerto Plata, Reus, Rhodes, Rimini, Salvador- Dois De Julho, Salzburg, Sharm-El-Sheik, Tenerife, Toronto, Turin, Vancouver, Varadero, Zakynthos)
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Norwegian Air Shuttle (Bergen)
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Nouvelair (Djerba)
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Olympic Airlines (Athens)
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PrivatAir (Istanbul)
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Ryanair (Dublin, Shannon)
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Scandinavian Airlines (Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda)
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SAS Braathens (Oslo)
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SkyEurope (Bratislava, Krakow, Salzburg)
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Spanair (Mahon)
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Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich)
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Thomas Cook Airlines (Acapulco, Alicante, Almeria, Antalya, Arrecife, Banjul-Yundum, Barbados, Bodrum, Burgas, Calgray, Cancun, Catania, Cayo Coco, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Fuchal, Gerona, Glasgow, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Izmir, Jerez, Kefallinia, Kos, Larnaca, Las Palmas, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Mahon, Malaga, Malta, Monastir, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Preveza, Puerto Plata, Reus, Rohdes, Rovaniemi, Salzburg, Shram-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Sofia, Split, Teneirfe, Thessalonika, Toronto, Toulouse, Turin, Vancouver, Verona, Zakynthos)
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Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
Terminal 2
Terminal 2, opened in 1993, is used mostly by
long haul and
charter traffic. A few European airlines such as
KLM and
Air Malta also operate flights out of the Terminal. It has 15 gates, of which 14 have airbridges. Terminal 2 is being extensively modified so it can accommodate 18 million passengers per annum instead of the current 7 million. This is an ongoing project that will be completed within the next 2 years.
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Adria Airways (Ljubljana)
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Air Europa (Arrecife, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Teneirfe)
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Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
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Air Malta (Malta)
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Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa) [ends October 28, 2006]
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Astraeus (Agadir, Banjul-Yundum, Brescia, Calvi, Chambery, Dalaman, Innsbruck, Izmir, Kefallinia, Kos, Lourdes-Tarbes, Lyon, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Pula, Sal [Starts November 2006], Salzburg, Sharm-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Taba, Tenerife-South, Varna, Verona, Zakynthos)
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Atlasjet (Istanbul-Atatürk)
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Belavia (Minsk)
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Biman Bangladesh (Dhaka, Dubai, London-Heathrow)
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BritishJet (Malta)
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Bulgaria Air (Sofia)
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Continental Airlines (Newark)
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Croatia Airlines (Dubrovnik, Pula, Split)
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Czech Airlines (Prague)
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Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK)
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Emirates (Dubai)
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Excel Airways (Alicante, Antalya, Arrecife, Barbados, Bodrum, Burgas, Chambery, Chania, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Grenoble, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ivalo, Kalamata, Kavala, Kefallinia, Kos, Larnaca, Las Palmas, London-Gatwick, Mahon, Malaga, Mikonos, Mitilini-Lesbos, Monastir, Murcia, Orlando-Sanford, Ovda, Palma, Paphos, Plovdiv, Preveza, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Sharm-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Tel Aviv, Teneirfe, Volos, Zakynthos)
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First Choice Airways (Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Antalya, Arrecife, Banjul-Yundum, Barbados, Bodrum, Burgas, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Chania, Colombo, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Goa, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Kefallinia, Kittila, Kos, Las Palmas, Lisbon, Mahon, Malaga, Male, Malta, Mitilini-Lesbos, Mombasa, Monastir, Montego Bay, Naples, Nassau, Oporto, Orlando-Sanford, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Porlamar, Preveza, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Reus, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Salvador (Dois De Julho), Salzburg, Santorini, Sharm-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Taba, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Turin, Varadero, Varna, Verona, Zakynthos)
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First Choice Airways (Larnaca, Paphos)
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Free Bird Airlines (Dalaman)
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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
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LTE International Airways (Arrecife, Palma, Tenerife-South)
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Luxor Air (Sharm-El-Sheik)
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Mahan Air (Tehran-Imam Khomeini)
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Onur Air (Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Ercan)
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Pakistan International Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Houston-Intercontinental, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, New York-JFK)
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Pegasus Airlines (Bodrum, Dalaman)
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Qatar Airways (Doha)
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Singapore Airlines (Singapore, Zurich)
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Syrian Arab Airlines (Damascus, London-Heathrow)
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Thomsonfly (Agadir, Alicante, Antalya, Arrecife, Barbados, Bodrum, Burgas, Cancun, Cardiff, Chania, Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Fort Lauderdale, Faro, Figari, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Gerona, Glasgow, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Kavala, Kefallinia, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Luxor, Lyon, Mahon, Malaga, Male, Malta, Monastir, Montego Bay, Naples, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Pisa, Puerto Plata, Pula, Punta Cana, Reus, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Salzburg, Samos, Santorini, Sharm-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Sofia, Taba, Tenerife-North, Tenerife-South, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Turin, Varadero, Varna, Venice, Verona, Zakynthos)
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US Airways (Philadelphia)
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Viking Airlines (Heraklion, Ivalo, Kuusamo)
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Virgin Atlantic Airways (Bridgetown, Orlando, St Lucia [starts 16 November 2006])
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Zoom Airlines (Calgary, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, Toronto, Vancouver)
Terminal 3
Terminal 3 was formerly known as Terminal 1 Domestic and was opened by the late
Princess Diana before being revamped and renamed in the late 1990s when BA decided Manchester should be one of the
hubs for their
BA Connect service. The terminal is primarily used for
British Airways,
oneworld, bmi/bmibaby and domestic traffic. It has 18 gates, 14 of which have airbridges. Terminal 3 is currently working to expand capacity from 3 million to 5 million passengers per year.
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Air Southwest (Bristol, Cardiff, Newquay, Plymouth)
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American Airlines (Boston [
Summer only], Chicago-O'Hare, Miami [
Winter only])
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bmi (Aberdeen, Antigua, Barbados, Cagliari, Dalaman, Chicago-O'Hare, Edinburgh, Fuerteventura, Glasgow, Las Vegas, London-Heathrow, Málaga, Rhodes, Toulouse)
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bmibaby (Alicante, Belfast Intl, Bordeaux, Cork, Geneva, Knock, Jersey, Malaga, Newquay, Palma de Mallorca, Perpignan, Prague)
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British Airways (London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, New York-JFK)
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BA Connect (Aberdeen, Belfast-City, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Hanover, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lyon, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Southampton, Vienna)
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British Airways operated by
GB Airways (Arrecife, Dubrovnik, Heraklion, Las Palmas, Malaga, Malta, Paphos, Salzburg, Tenerife -South)
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British Airways operated by
Sun Air of Scandinavia (Billund)
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Eastern Airways (Inverness)
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Finnair (Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda)
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SN Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
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VLM Airlines (London-City)
Cargo airlines
As well as a key passenger airport, the airport is also used for cargo traffic, at the cargo centre on the other side of the apron from Terminal 2.
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Air Hong Kong*
Cathay Pacific*
China Airlines Cargo*
Dragonair *
Federal Express*
MAS KargoGround transportation
The airport is about 20 minute drive from central Manchester on the
M56 motorway with a dedicated link road from the motorway at Junction 5. Taxi ranks are situated by arrivals at all three terminals. For long-distance travel by road, it is more cost effective to hire a chauffeur-driven car on the Internet. Passengers driving to the airport can use the drop off and pick up areas or choose from a range of both short and long stay car parks situated both on and off site.
National Express operates a coach service serving the airport. The Manchester Urban Cornubation bus service also includes the airport. The airport has its own train station,
Manchester Airport railway station, in the heart of the airport complex. The Skylink moving walkway links the station and the three terminal buildings. There are regular trains running between the airport station to
Manchester Piccadilly Station, and stations all over northern England. Trains are operated either by
Northern Rail or
First Transpennine Express.
There are also plans in place to build a
Metrolink light rail extension to the airport from Manchester Piccadilly.
Between
1997 and
1999 three
protest camps were set up to oppose the building of the second runway, the felling of nearby trees on land owned by the
National Trust and air transportation in general. Three different camps were set up Flywood, Authur's Wood[
5] and Cedar's Wood.
Swampy, a well known activist, was among many protestors.[
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More than 1000 acres of greenbelt land with 43 ponds, ancient woodland, 15 km of hedgerows, 21 buildings including four 17th Century Grade II listed buildings were destroyed in the building of Manchester Airport's second runway. However the Grade II listed buildings were carefully knocked down piece by piece and were re-constructed nearby.
One of the
British Airways Concorde supersonic airliners taken out of service arrived at Manchester Airport on
31 October 2003 for use as a static display.
Because of the length of its runways, the airport is able to handle large jets, including the
Airbus A340 and the
Boeing 747. For this reason, Manchester International Airport was frequently used as a diversion airport for the
Concorde if both
Heathrow and
Gatwick were experiencing bad weather.
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Manchester air disaster (1985)
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RAF Ringway*
Official site*
Guardian Article: Eco-warriors win propaganda battle *
Guardian Article: Sell-out claim as trust agrees to fell trees*
AirportWatch*
Manchester Airport Consultative Committee
