News for: Tourism

Qatar Airways have announced that their business class experience, Qsuite, will launch on flights to and from Manchester in February. Qsuite allows Qatar Airways passengers in adjoining seats to create their own private rooms for up to four people, as well as offering double beds, an industry … [Read more...]

As part of Manchester Airport’s £1 billion transformation programme, the airport has re-designated its airfield to build a dual taxiway system to improve the efficiencies of operations. The UK’s third largest airport is currently building a dual taxiway system to improve access from its runways … [Read more...]

December marks 15 years of package holiday company and airline, Jet2.com, flights from Manchester Airport, who have flown 20 million holidaymakers from the city. Passengers on a flight to Budapest got to celebrate with a piece of cake, in honour of Jet2.com’s first flight from Manchester Airport … [Read more...]

In figures reported by owners, Manchester Airport Group, 17.4 million passengers travelled from Manchester Airport, setting a new record for the airport, in the six months up to the end of September 2019.  This figure equates to a 4.8% growth in passenger numbers compared to the same period … [Read more...]

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has become the first airport operator in the UK to be certified as offering safe, child-friendly WiFi to its passengers. The move means that passengers at all its airport will now have the ultimate reassurance that the airport’s free WiFi network will filter out … [Read more...]

A landmark deal, connecting Manchester Airport to Shanghai, will link the region with flights to China’s biggest city. The Chinese airline, Juneyao Air, will operate its first UK service. Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai will run three times a week from March 2020. Juneyao Air will … [Read more...]

A new Stockport town centre arts hub will soon be opening its doors as a creative arts organisation gets set up in its new home at the Hat Works. Arc will re-locate to part of the museum from their former premises in Reddish as early as next week, allowing young people and vulnerable adults to … [Read more...]

As reported by the official receiver, Jet2 have acquired landing slots at Manchester airport along with slots at Birmingham and Stansted airports just two months after the UK’s oldest tour operator closed its UK operations. Jet2 currently operates fights to 62 destinations from Manchester. … [Read more...]