manchester airport news stories
Manchester Airport is the UK's busiest regional (i.e. non London) airport and the 12th busiest in Europe, handling over 24 million passengers in 2007. Unlike most of the UK's major airports, which are operated by the BAA or a 'for-profit' company, Manchester Airport is independently managed and owned by all 10 Metropolitan Boroughs which make up Greater Manchester. It is proud of its independent status, and this is reflected in its mission to become 'the best world airport'.
Here we have collated all of the latest manchester airport news. Click on any of the links to find out more:
May 2008
07.05.08 Probe into Manchester Airport flight problem
06.05.08 Council head backs MAG Gatwick bid
05.05.08 Alpha unveils Biza airport shopping concept
05.05.08 MAG ‘interested in Gatwick’
05.05.08 Newspaper speculates that MAG could lose money on Humberside Airport
03.05.08 Manchester Airport car park add Terminal 3 link
02.05.08 easyJet launch new routes from Gatwick and Manchester
01.05.08 Monarch and Thomas Cook add Manchester Airport flights
April 2008
30.04.08 MP says veiled women causing airport security queue delays
29.04.08 easyJet announce Manchester – Alicante route
28.04.08 Airlines have no plans to increase Manchester – New York capacity
24.04.08 Thomsonfly launch winter 2008/09 schedule
23.04.08 Monarch announce Manchester – Gibraltar flights
22.04.08 Manchester Airport staff travel threatens carbon neutral goal
20.04.08 Manchester Airport in talks to replace scrapped BA New York flights
18.04.08 BA announce Gatwick – New York flights; scrap Manchester service
16.04.08 bmi announce Manchester - Venice charter flight
13.04.08 Award for Manchester Airport fire service
13.04.08 New iris recognition security at Manchester Airport
10.04.08 More Manchester – Stansted flights
08.04.08 Manchester Airport boss expects ‘no growth’ in 2008
05.04.08 Manchester Airport fuel problems resolved
01.04.08 EuroManx moves terminals at Manchester Airport
March 2008
31.03.08 easyJet launch from Manchester Airport
28.03.08 Flybe Manchester Airport flight problem
26.03.08 Manchester Airport gains four new Ryanair routes
22.03.08 Muslim chaplain slams Manchester Airport ‘discrimination’
20.03.08 bmibaby add Manchester – Newquay route
18.03.08 Manchester Airport ‘plans Gatwick raid’
18.03.08 Former Manchester Airport boss slams BAA
17.03.08 Manchester Airport wins award
16.03.08 Website predicts ‘Easter delay hell’
15.03.08 Couple married on Concorde at Manchester Airport
15.03.08 New short haul premium airline for Manchester Luton Airport
14.03.08 SATA International adds Manchester - Azores flight
14.03.08 New Premier Inn opens at Manchester Airport
13.03.08 Soldiers kept on plane at Manchester Airport for 6 hours over uniforms
11.03.08 Airports ‘getting better at handling emergencies’
09.03.08 Fingerprinting at Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester Airport from next month
08.03.08 Air crew ‘off duty’ over crash landing at Manchester Airport
05.03.08 Peel plan business jet hub at Manchester Airport
04.03.08 Protest over Manchester Airport detention centre expansion
03.03.08 Manchester Airport spent £1m to save newts
01.03.08 Gate Aviation buys manchester Airport caterer
February 2008
28.02.08 Eastern increases Manchester – Stansted flights
28.02.08 Manchester Airport access road reopened
27.02.08 Cargo up 10.3% at Manchester Airport
26.02.08 bmibaby announce new Manchester routes
25.02.08 GB Airways Manchester flight diverts after co-pilot dies
25.02.08 327 baggage handling jobs to go at Manchester Airport
24.02.08 Emergency landing at Manchester Airport
19.02.08 Stars attend fundraiser at Manchester Airport hotel
17.02.08 School near Manchester Airport uses technology to silence planes
15.02.08 Manchester Airport cigarette bootlegger jailed
14.02.08 Drunken Manchester Airport ‘terrorist’ jailed
13.02.08 ‘Human sat nav’ to launch Edinburgh – Manchester Airport link
12.02.08 Manchester Airport to get more passport staff
09.02.08 Flybe increase Isle of Man flights from Manchester and Liverpool
08.02.08 LOT and Centralwings codeshare on Manchester – Poland routes
07.02.08 Manchester Airport roadworks warning
05.02.08 Manchester Airport runway closed
04.02.08 72-screen digital signage at Manchester Airport
03.02.08 Interview with Manchester Airports Group boss
02.02.08 Parents slam Manchester Airport over injured son
01.02.08 Manchester Airport flight diverted over gales
January 2008
31.01.08 Developer plans three hotels and houses on former Manchester Airport car park
30.01.08 Passengers complain about passport check delays at Manchester Airport
29.01.08 Over 300 jobs lost as Manchester Airport baggage handling company closed
28.01.08 Air Malta adds summer flights from Gatwick and Manchester
25.01.08 Manchester Airport valet parking launched
23.01.08 Pilot's upset stomach causes emergency
21.01.08 UK's largest illegal coral seizure
20.01.08 New home for Concorde
19.01.08 Manchester Airport to close runway next month
19.01.08 Manchester Airport Group debt rating unaffected by release from price regulation
18.01.08 Airlines and Manchester Airport pick up awards
15.01.08 DfT says Manchester can set own fees but Stansted will remain regulated
15.01.08 Gatwick and Manchester Airport hotels voted among the dirtiest in Britain
13.01.08 Iris scanners for airport staff
12.01.08 More staff face axe
09.01.08 Website error causes major problems for Manchester Airport car park
08.01.08 Airport gets hi-tech help to lift hand baggage rule
08.01.08 Monarch adds routes from Manchester and Gatwick
07.01.08 Airport garage closes its doors
06.01.08 Flybe to suspend Guernsey - Manchester flights
04.01.08 VLM London City - Manchester flights 'boosted by train troubles'
04.01.08 bmi to double Heathrow – Moscow flights and adjust domestic routes
03.01.08 Airport prepared for two bags changeover
December 2007
30.12.07 Residents still waiting for Manchester Airport compensation
30.12.07 Trains to Lakes cut
29.12.07 Jet2 summer routes from Manchester on sale
23.12.07 Olly the aAirport cat to get turkey Christmas dinner
21.12.07 Airport noise map released
20.12.07 Airport gets ready for the Christmas rush
19.12.07 Ryanair announce new Manchester routes
18.12.07 easyJet to launch Manchester flights
18.12.07 SAS to accept self-print boarding passes at UK airports
16.12.07 New rail link to Manchester Airport
15.12.07 Airport launch runway walk
12.12.07 Crackdown cuts air-rage at Manchester Airport
11.12.07 Toddler 'almost beheaded by conveyor belt' at Manchester Airport
06.12.07 bmi adds extra weekly Manchester - Barbados flight
05.12.07 Swiss offers £99 return fare on Manchester - Geneva flights
04.12.07 MP wants all Manchester - London flights scrapped
04.12.07 Moran buys Bewleys, including Manchester Airport hotel
03.12.07 Manchester first to apply for end to one bag rule
01.12.07 Football players flight makes emergency landing at Manchester Airport
November 2007
30.11.07 Baggage handlers face job cuts at Manchester Airport
30.11.07 bmibaby add new routes from Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester and Cardiff
30.11.07 New Etihad Beijing flights to connect to airline's Manchester and Heathrow routes
27.11.07 New Inverness routes to Birmingham, Manchester, Exeter and Southamptobn for Flybe
26.11.07 New appointment for Airport communications team
24.11.07 BA flight grounded at Manchester Airport after crew accused of drinking
23.11.07 Airport opens new T3 security area
22.11.07 Airport flight suffers engine blowout
21.11.07 Terminal 2 road closed today
18.11.07 Campaigners dismiss Manchester Airport green plans
17.11.07 UK regional airports pass 100 million passenger mark
14.11.07 BA paid Flybe £140m to take over BA Connect
10.11.07 Manchester Airport Group profits up in 'difficult' market
01.11.07 VLM celebrates one year of Manchester - Antwerp flights
October 2007
31.10.07 Thomsonfly to launch low-cost flights to Tel Aviv from Luton and Manchester tomorrow
31.10.07 Man jailed over theft from Manchester Airport
30.10.07 New food court opens at terminal 1
29.10.07 New Eastern Airways Manchester - Stansted flights take off
25.10.07 Footballer banned for airport crash
24.10.07 Flybe opens four new airport lounges
24.10.07 Etihad to boost flights from Manchester and Heathrow to UAE
23.10.07 Swiss adds extra Manchester - Basel flight this winter
18.10.07 Weather problems hit Manchester and Liverpool Airport
17.10.07 Manchester Airport 'has worst queues'
16.10.07 Airport police target football hooligans
15.10.07 Airport boarder control officers get new uniforms
10.10.07 Row over Jesus picture at Manchester Airport
09.10.07 Flybe unhappy at Manchester Airport climate change protesters
09.10.07 Pilot sacked after letting footballer into cockpit
08.10.07 Protesters block Manchester Airport lounge
08.10.07 Thomsonfly gets ready to launch budget Manchester - Israel flights
08.10.07 Residents want representative on Airport committee
06.10.07 Manchester Airport bans car park push starts
05.10.07 AirAsia X to unveil UK route plans
03.10.07 Airport change drop off and pick up parking arrangements
02.10.07 bmi add Manchester - Edinburgh flight
September 2007
30.09.07 Airport expects record half term
28.09.07 Swiss to launch Manchester - Geneva flights
26.09.07 Flyglobespan to close Manchester and Liverpool Airport bases
25.09.07 Flyglobespan scrap Manchester - South Africa flights
19.09.07 Eastern announce Manchester - Stansted flights
19.09.07 Flight diverts to Birmingham over smoke alert
13.09.07 Air trouble sees 3 flights diverted over air trouble - including one from Manchester
11.09.07 All night bus link for Airport
10.09.07 Airport using data analysis software to boost passenger retail spending
09.09.07 Survey says 6% have experienced an emergency landing
08.09.07 Manchester and East Midlands Airports target Far Eastern routes
07.09.07 Aviation business helps John Menzies limit losses
06.09.07 Jet returns to Manchester Airport over technical problem
05.09.07 Airport baggage company fined over health and safety breach
04.09.07 Monarch plan Manchester - Murcia flights next summer
04.09.07 Pilot on holiday jet 'takes evasive action to avoid hitting plane'
03.09.07 20 agencies bid for Airport advertising account
August 2007
30.08.07 Airport launch hand baggage liquids campaign
30.08.07 bmi to increase Aberdeen - Manchester flights
29.08.07 Airport location almost as important as flight cost
29.08.07 FedEx Express introduce Manchester - Memphis cargo flight
28.08.07 Airport rail work begins; line closed next weekend
24.08.07 Thomsonfly has best on time performance at Gatwick and Manchester
22.08.07 So many delays at Manchester Airport that hotels are full
21.08.07 Councillor gives six reasons not to sell Manchester Airport
21.08.07 Boy mistaken for terror suspect at three airports
21.08.07 Boeing to close training base at Luton Airport, expand at Manchester and Gatwick
19.08.07 All bags of wedding guests - on three separate flights - lost by Emirates
16.08.07 Plans for new control tower at Manchester Airport
16.08.07 Ryanair increases Dublin flights to UK airports
13.08.07 Old photo discovery at Manchester Airport
12.08.07 MP sets out case for privatising Manchester Airport
11.08.07 New transport role for former FD of Manchester Airport
07.08.07 Power cut hits Airport flights
07.08.07 Air traffic control problems hit Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool Airport flights
05.08.07 Chocolate thief banned from Manchester Airport
04.08.07 New website collects UK airport delay information
03.08.07 Brussels Airlines and Flybe launch codeshare on UK - Belgium routes
02.08.07 bmi Manchester bound flight diverted over air rage incident
01.08.07 Airport executive jet business sold for £10m
July 2007
31.07.07 Manchester Airport hotel reopens after £2m refit
29.07.07 Two thirds of PIA flights from Manchester delayed
27.07.07 Thomsonfly adds 12 new routes for summer 2008
26.07.07 CAA backs scrapping of Stansted and Manchester fee controls
26.07.07 10 hour delays for two Manchester bound flights
22.07.07 New scheme to target troublemakers at Manchester Airport
22.07.07 UK withdraws Iranian airline's operating licence
21.07.07 Family's anger as easyJet refuse to carry wheelchair
19.07.07 Experimental Simpsons advertising at Manchester Airport
16.07.07 Passengers on Manchester - London route fall by 10%
15.07.07 Two charged over Airport drugs find
14.07.07 Jett8 touches down at Manchester Airport
13.07.07 Airport updates pick-up rules
10.07.07 Manchester Airport car park plans rejected
09.07.07 Flyglobespan to offer Toronto flights from Glasgow and Manchester this winter
06.07.07 Nut causes emergency landing at Manchester Airport
05.07.07 Council leaders dismiss Airport sale
03.07.07 The latest advice for drivers heading for UK airports
June 2007
28.06.07 GB Airways announce new Manchester - Malta flights
26.06.07 Jet2 to scrap Manchester - Barcelona flights
24.06.07 Emergency landing at Manchester Airport
23.06.07 Menzies wins Great Wall contract at Manchester Airport
21.06.07 Blender causes security alert at Airport
20.06.07 Greenpeace protests at four UK Airports
19.06.07 Thomsonfly announce low-fares flights to Tel Aviv from Manchester and Luton
19.06.07 Now Manchester Airport gets lapdance advert
19.06.07 Manchester Airport in 'loo crisis'
18.06.07 Newspaper reveals lack of security at Manchester Airport
17.06.07 Developer acquires £11m site near Airport
16.06.07 Green Concorde for Airport
13.06.07 Air rage incident on Manchester bound holiday flight
12.06.07 Councillor sentenced over racial abuse and assault at Manchester Airport
10.06.07 New world record table tennis rally to celebrate Finnair flight from Manchester Airport
07.06.07 Magnetic pole shift causes Airport runway change
07.06.07 Smugglers caught after Airport error
06.06.07 American and Euromanx Manchester Airport's most punctual
05.06.07 Autogrill to buy Alpha Airports for £193.6m
03.06.07 Manchester Airport offers more destinations than Heathrow and Gatwick
03.06.07 PIA fined as noisiest airline at Manchester
02.06.07 Airline launches Manchester - Pakistan flights
02.06.07 Autogrill raises stake in Alpha Airports
01.06.07 Manchester Airport to get new railway platform
01.06.07 Autogrill takes stake in Alpha Airports
May 2007
28.05.07 bmi launch Manchester Airport - Lyon flights
23.05.07 Psychologists advise on Manchester Airport revamp
19.05.07 Airline supervisor claims 'beard got me stopped' at Manchester Airport
17.05.07 Aer Arann launch Irish flights from Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham
16.05.07 Another new hotel for Manchester Airport
12.05.07 Footballer fined after abusing staff at Airport
11.05.07 Go-ahead land BA handling contract
09.05.07 Airport leads way in early smoke ban
08.05.07 Airport launches disabled passenger changes a year early
07.05.07 New bomb tests at Manchester Airport
01.05.07 Manchester Airport 'to be UK's second biggest in 15 years'
01.05.07 Flybe announces BA codeshare flight cancellations for May 7
April 2007
30.04.07 Bird strike causes emergency landing at Manchester Airport
27.04.07 Manchester Airport Group adds more self service check-in kiosks
27.04.07 Thomsonfly announce new Mexico flights from Manchester and Gatwick
26.04.07 Airport passengers get flight updates by text
26.04.07 Bronze age settlement at Manchester Airport
25.04.07 Malaysian budget airline will fly to Manchester or Stansted
25.04.07 BA boss rules out expansion from Manchester Airport
21.04.07 CAA consults on the future approach to regulation at Manchester Airport
12.04.07 Passengers in radio tag trials
10.04.07 Aer Arann announces new routes from Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Newcastle
03.04.07 Zoom to increase Manchester - Canada flights
01.04.07 Airport unveils vintage Trident plane
March 2007
31.03.07 Conman tricked woman out of £5000 at Manchester Airport
29.03.07 Flight cancelled as pilot's wife gives birth
29.03.07 Emergency landing at Manchester Airport
29.03.07 Liquids security alert at Manchester Airport
28.03.07 bmi to launch Manchester - Lyon flights
24.03.07 Manchester Airport wins award
23.03.07 Man in flight arrested at Manchester Airport after disturbance on flight
23.03.07 Air Blue announce Manchester - Islamabad flights
22.03.07 Thomsonfly announces 15 new routes for Winter 2007 / 08
22.03.07 Pilot cleared of drunk flying charges
21.03.07 Manchester Airport prepares for record Easter
20.03.07 Pilot was more than six times over alcohol limit
16.03.07 Aerodrome renamed City Airport Manchester
10.03.07 PIA jets banned from EU after fires
09.03.07 Euromanx add Isle of Man - Manchester flight
07.03.07 Upgrade air rage passenger fined
06.03.07 Flybe cancels 14 BA Connect routes but launches another 11
06.03.07 Passenger in court over upgrade assault
03.03.07 Legal loophole allows sex offender to drive Manchester Airport bus
01.03.07 New airport parking rules implemented at Manchester Airport terminal 2
February 2007
28.02.07 Red nosed plane flies from Manchester Airport
24.02.07 Monarch announce Manchester - Murcia flights
19.02.07 South African authorities to probe Flyglobespan Manchester flight delay
17.02.07 Investigation launched after planes collide at Manchester Airport
15.02.07 VLM increases London City - Manchester flights
14.02.07 Code word keeps surprise proposals secret at Manchester Airport
11.02.07 Airport reveals ways travellers try to beat fluids ban
07.02.07 Fog causes delays at Manchester Airport
02.02.07 Airport says fares won't rise if Government price controls lifted
01.02.07 Flybe's BA Connect takeover delayed again
January 2007
27.01.07 Airblue announce Islamabad - Manchester Airport flights
24.01.07 Manchester Airport targets long haul flights
23.01.07 Firm specialising in Manchester - South Africa travel collapses
20.01.07 BA Connect staff to hold ballot on new terms
19.01.07 Storms and snow hit flights at UK airports
18.01.07 Manchester Airport Group planning bid if BAA is broken up
16.01.07 Manchester Airport passengers up 3.9% in December
13.01.07 Flybe celebrates first birthday of Manchester - Belfast route with hint of more flights
12.01.07 Fire at Manchester Airport
11.01.07 Runway mishap at Airport
10.01.07 Animal rights activists target Airport
06.01.07 Father and daughter fly holiday jet
03.01.07 Holiday jet is struck by lightning near Manchester Airport
03.01.07 Two arrested at Manchester Airport over Pakistan murder
December 2006
31.12.06 'Shun domestic flights and introduce CO2 limits for airports' Branson urges
24.12.06 Passengers on Santa Special stage sit in
20.12.06 Aer Arann announce Manchester - Sligo flights
20.12.06 Record Christmas getaway at Manchester Airport
19.12.06 New Manchester - Prague flights for Jet2
15.12.06 New Manchester - Rotterdam flights for VLM
15.12.06 Flights chaos as holiday firm goes bust
15.12.06 Airport bosses hope for price controls withdrawal
13.12.06 Manchester Airport pick-up charges in force at terminals 1 & 3
13.12.06 Imports at Airport set new record
12.12.06 Salvesen helping increase efficiency at Manchester Airport
09.12.06 New nighttime rail service to Manchester Airport
09.12.06 Manchester Airport runway near-miss 'a serious incident'
08.12.06 Car Parking changes reduce congestion at Manchester Airport
05.12.06 Manchester Airport profits down in wake of terror alert
November 2006
30.11.06 Manchester Airport safety alert over 29 'near misses'
29.11.06 Flybe add Glasgow - Manchester flights
26.11.06 Hair gel confiscated but knife is let on flight
25.11.06 Cumbria to lose trains to Airport
21.11.06 Virgin Atlantic launches direct Manchester - St Lucia flights
18.11.06 Thomsonfly announce four new summer routes from Manchester
17.11.06 Airport shows off hi-tech fire simulator plane
16.11.06 Manchester Airports Group to centralise IT
15.11.06 Hamleys to open Manchester Airport store
10.11.06 Manchester - Isle of Man flight suffers cracked windscreen
10.11.06 Planner blasts Manchester Airport for failure to invest in public transport
08.11.06 Manchester Airport 'not for sale'
08.11.06 AirSouthwest add Plymouth - Manchester flight
05.11.06 MP blasts BA sale of regional airline
05.11.06 Manchester Airport raffles confiscated goods
03.11.06 Private Hire drivers in Manchester Airport Parking revolt
03.11.06 Public inquiry over Manchester Airport parking plan
01.11.06 Ex-Footballer in Manchester Airport fall
October 2006
31.10.06 Cat grounds jet at Manchester Airport for 26 hours
29.10.06 New air-freight centre at Manchester Airport
29.10.06 Manchester Airport planespotters' café makes way for car parking
28.10.06 Plane makes unscheduled stop at Manchester Airport - because the loo's full
28.10.06 VLM increases Manchester - Luxembourg flights
27.10.06 Authority provides £5m for third rail platform at Manchester Airport
25.10.06 Chief constable wants airport security tax
25.10.06 CAA survey shows growth at regional airports
22.10.06 Tourists fume over 'duty free' advice at Turkish Airport
21.10.06 Airport makes cab firms pay to pick up
20.10.06 Airport staff go wireless
19.10.06 First Choice announce Manchester - Aruba flights
18.10.06 SkyEurope says it will pay people to fly with them
13.10.06 Pilot rapped over 'dangerous flying' near Manchester Airport
12.10.06 Changes to passenger pick up at Manchester Airport
07.10.06 Euromax add weekend flights between Manchester / Liverpool and Isle of Man
04.10.06 World's largest aircraft at Manchester Airport
03.10.06 Airport voted best in Britain
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