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Manchester Airport

Manchester Airport is the main international gateway to northern England, the country's the busiest airport outside the London area and one of the busiest charter airports. Owned by Manchester Airports Group, the airport hosts domestic, regional and international passenger and cargo services. easyJet, Flybe, Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways are major operators at Manchester.

Location of Manchester Airport, United Kingdom

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Birmingham Airport repositioning as a national UK gateway point

23-May-12 11:02 AM

In the 1980s and 1990s there was one regional airport in Europe that was notably and successfully aggressive in its attempts to convince government of the value of this genus – Manchester. Since then, Munich has taken the baton, with even better results. Now attention swings back to the UK and to Birmingham Airport, which is going a step further, by attempting to persuade government that it should be the extra capacity provider for the southern part of Britain, rather than one or more of the London airports, which have been told that they cannot have any more runway space. CAPA visited Birmingham Airport to discover what it takes for a mid-ranking (8.6 million passengers in 2011) European airport to assume such a position of responsibility within a national air transport framework that hosts over 220 million passengers per annum through its 40 largest airports.

Who wants to unite with Manchester?

21-Feb-12 10:42 AM

Abandoning the habits of a lifetime, Manchester Airports Group (MAG), under the command of relatively new and aviation outsider CEO Charles Cornish, has announced it is seeking equity investment to equip it to bid for one or more airports; the two going hand-in-hand. Momentarily it is not clear exactly what MAG has in mind and neither it nor the municipal owners are being forthcoming either. MAG is Britain’s second largest airport operator after the depleted BAA and is almost unique in that it remains in public ownership. Who are the potential investors and just what would they be buying into?

UK airports cater for LCCs while package vacation demand decreases but supply increases

13-Oct-11 2:40 PM

The expression ‘mixed messages’ is often banded around in the air transport business. There is a clear case of it in the UK right now where many airports are behaving as if there is little future for the traditional package holiday delivered by dedicated charter airlines while at the same time the LCCs, who were supposed to supplant the charter airlines with their FIT-friendly offer, are increasingly turning to the package vacation in order to differentiate themselves from the opposition and to appease growing demand from their customers.

UK airports record strong summer and first half, but charter carriers face up to new realities

14-Sep-11 2:51 PM

The UK’s major airports have reported a surprisingly upbeat summer season, with the country’s largest airport operator BAA setting a new passenger traffic record. London Luton, Gatwick, City and Manchester have also posted encouraging results this year, as the country shifted back into growth mode after a difficult few years. But BAA has warned that the better times could to be coming to an end, with a weaker-than-expected growth outlook for the remainder of the year.

UK’s largest British-owned airport operator in fight back after four depressing years

15-Aug-11 2:45 PM

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has released its annual financial report for year ended 31-Mar-2011. They reveal static income levels but strict cost cutting. The maximisation of non-aero revenues have helped MAG increase net profit by almost 130%.

Manchester united with Ryanair again, but at what cost?

14-Jul-11 3:36 PM

Ryanair announced plans to open its 45th base at Manchester Airport in Oct-2011 in a claimed GBP175 million investment, basing two aircraft at the airport and launching 17 routes, increasing by summer 2012 to four aircraft and 26 routes. Ryanair has been there before, then pretty quickly left following a dispute over charges (apart from the perennial Dublin route). This time it is committing to a base operation but what is the potential downside?

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