News for: Tourism

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has exceeded revenues of £1 billion for the first time, the group has revealed in its 2022/23 annual results. The 2022/23 financial year covers the airport's first full year of restriction-free travel following the global Covid-19 pandemic, which saw flights … [Read more...]

Terminal Two at Manchester Airport will be lit up in red, white and blue this weekend (30th June 2nd July) as thousands of passengers jet off to the United States ahead of Independence Day on Tuesday 4th July. More than 100,000 people travel to the US from Manchester Airport every month, with Aer … [Read more...]

Football fans heading to Istanbul for the Champions League Final saw Friday 9th June become the busiest day for Manchester Airport since 2019. The Northern hub handled more than 100,000 passengers in a single day for the first time since the 19th September 2019, buoyed by a large number of … [Read more...]

EGYPTAIR has announced it will offer a new direct service between Manchester Airport and Cairo from Saturday 15th July. The Egyptian airline's new route will bring iconic historical landmarks like the Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza within easy reach to holidaymakers from the North of England once … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic has announced it will resume a direct connection between Manchester Airport and the Western USA with the relaunch of its Las Vegas route. Restoration of the route, which will resume from 2nd June 2024, makes Manchester the only UK airport outside London with a direct link to … [Read more...]

Budget airline, easyJet, has announced a new route from Manchester Airport to Grenoble in South East France, due to begin flying from December 2023. Dubbed the ‘Capital of the Alps’, Grenoble (pictured) is surrounded by ski resorts and the new route adds an additional destination for winter … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport is set for a successful summer after a bumper Easter getaway got April off to a flying start for the northern hub, with 2.2 million flying in or out of the airport during the month – a 15% increase on 2022. The most popular destination in April was Dubai – with almost 88,000 … [Read more...]

Holiday airline Jet2.com has seen the first of nearly 98 more sustainable aircraft enter service, flying from Manchester Airport to Málaga on 10th May. Parent company, Jet2 plc has ordered 98 Airbus A321/A320 neo aircraft, which could eventually extend to 146 aircraft as part of plans to grow and … [Read more...]