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A6 Stockport to close for essential works

A part of the A6 Stockport in the town centre is being forced to close for up to 12 weeks so that essential repair works can be made to Wellington Bridge. This summer engineers need to undertake essential repair works to the bridge that runs under the A6 in Stockport town centre on Wellington … [Read more...]

Hainan Airlines 1st year at Manchester Airport

To mark the first anniversary of Hainan Airlines’ Manchester to Beijing route, the airline is offering a flash sale with 365 seats for £365 each. The route launched on 10th June 2016 and makes Manchester the only airport outside of London in the UK to have a direct scheduled service to Mainland … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport opens up shop in Birmingham

Manchester Airport is giving the people of Birmingham the chance to win a luxury holiday as it opens up its first ever pop up shop in the Great Western Arcade. Situated in the Great Western Arcade the shop opens on Wednesday 14th June and will house interactive travel themed games where shoppers … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific 5 flights weekly Manchester to Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific is introducing the new A350 on its Manchester to Hong Kong route as frequency increases to five flights weekly from 2nd June.  From this Friday 2 June, passengers travelling with Cathay Pacific from Manchester Airport will be able to enjoy the airline’s state-of-the-art Airbus … [Read more...]

Stockport remembers Hopes Carr air disaster

Stockport is preparing to remember the Hopes Carr air disaster of June 4th 1967, one of the worst aviation disasters in British history. Disaster struck just six miles from home when a holiday charter aircraft crashed on the town centre, killing 72 people on board. Members of the public are … [Read more...]

GMCA issue guide for support following Manchester attack

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMCA - have issued guidance on help and support available to people affected by this week's attack in Manchester.  If you have been affected by the terror attack at Manchester Arena, help and support is available. Victim Support is a national charity … [Read more...]

UK travel & events firm move to Orbit’s Regent House

Capita Travel and Events, the specialist business travel, meetings and event services provider, has relocated its regional office to Orbit's Regent House. The UK wide travel and events specialist has moved its operation closer to the town centre into Orbit Development’s flagship commercial property … [Read more...]

Stockport BID launches new town centre website

Stockport’s Business Improvement District ( Stockport BID), Totally Stockport, has launched phase 1 of a brand new town centre website – www.totallystockport.co.uk The website, which will evolve throughout the lifetime of the BID, has been designed and developed by Future, whose team of creatives … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport passenger numbers up 17%

Manchester Airport passenger numbers rose by 17% in April as more than 2.25m people jetted off. With Easter falling in the middle of April this year, the UK’s third largest airport saw families from across the North took advantage of the holidays to get away to sunnier climes. More than 84,000 … [Read more...]

Manchester to Muscat takes off with Oman Air

Oman Air has launched its new daily flight from Manchester to Muscat signalling the latest move in the airline’s ambitious and dynamic programme.   The new route forges greater links from Muscat to the north of the UK and provides access to 27 long haul destinations within three hours’ connectivity … [Read more...]

Daily flights take off from Manchester to China

Connectivity from the North to the Far East has improved even more as a second operator launches a daily flight from Manchester to China.   Hainan Airlines, which kicked-off its route to Beijing last June, revealed it will make the service daily during the summer, means a 31% increase to capacity … [Read more...]

Monarch launches new routes from Manchester Airport

Monarch, a leading low cost airline and holiday company, has launched three new routes from Manchester Airport to Porto in Portugal, Stockholm in Sweden and Zagreb in Croatia. Monarch is the only airline to fly to the Croatian capital from Manchester Airport. Porto is the fourth destination in … [Read more...]