Manchester Airport ‘to be as busy as Heathrow’
09.03.10
Manchester Airport will double the number of flights it handles and become as busy as Heathrow is today by 2050, the Evening News reports that a Government report has predicted. According to an official forecast, there will be 449,000 take offs and landings at Manchester by 2050 – up from 213,000 in 2005, meaning a flight taking off or landing on average every 70 seconds.
The Department for Transport put forward the predictions as part of efforts to determine Britain’s carbon dioxide emissions.The forecast was published in a report to the Committee on Climate Change, and has been described as ‘shocking’ by opponents of the airport’s expansion. Campaigners warned that the surge in air traffic would lead to another terminal being built at Manchester Airport, although an airport spokesman denied this claim.
The report predicts that Manchester will be the fastest growing of the four biggest airports in Britain and will overtake Gatwick to become the second busiest. By 2050, it is predicted to handle as many flights as Heathrow does now. However, Heathrow is also forecast to expand, albeit at a slower rate than Manchester, and will still be the country’s busiest airport, with just over 700,000 flights.
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