News for: Transport

easyJet has announced it will operate a new winter route to Kittilä in Finnish Lapland from Manchester Airport, an entirely new destination for the airline. The budget carrier hopes that the twice-weekly service will make Christmas that extra bit magical this winter for families in the North, … [Read more...]

SunExpress, a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has announced it will offer 41 weekly flights from Manchester Airport to popular holiday destinations in Turkey from summer 2024. The airline will increase its flight frequency to Antalya, Dalaman and Izmir throughout the summer … [Read more...]

Stockport bus and coach hire company, Belle Vue, has invested more than £1 million in expanding its fleet over the past 12 months in response to surging demand. The Stockport-based operator has taken delivery of a 76-seater Mercedes-Benz Tourismo coach and will shortly add a 53-seater MAN Neoplan … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, has written to Transport Secretary Mark Harper, calling for his intervention over proposals that would see manned ticket offices across the region closed. Proposals being consulted on by rail companies nationwide will, if implemented, see manned ticket … [Read more...]

Plans are continuing to progress for the Crewe to Manchester leg of the HS2 high-speed rail link after the government introduced a second additional provision to the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill on 3rd July. The provisions make a number of minor changes to the route of the railway … [Read more...]

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...]

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has expanded a pilot of real-time digital displays at bus stops across Stockport and Manchester. The first digital displays were piloted on Princess Street in Manchester City Centre, with the new displays now also installed at other city centre sites, and … [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...]