At the start of the school summer holidays, Manchester Airport is preparing to welcome millions more passengers after recording its busiest month since 2019. The northern hub served 2.8 million passengers in June – 15% more than in June 2022 – and the highest number recorded since September 2019. … [Read more...]
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Greater Manchester updates on Clean Air Plan progress
Greater Manchester’s (GM) Air Quality Administration Committee met on Thursday 13 July, to consider an update on the city region’s investment led, non-charging Clean Air Plan (CAP). In February 2023, Government wrote to GM to ask for additional evidence to enable them to further consider the … [Read more...]
92,000 sq ft warehouse planned for airport’s World Freight Terminal
Plans have been submitted for a 92,000 sq ft warehouse at Manchester Airport's World Freight Terminal on the site of the existing Hangar 4. Proposals have been brought forward by Threadneedle Curtis, part of US-based developer Columbia Threadneedle. The group acquired a significant portion of the … [Read more...]
easyJet launches new Manchester to Lapland route for winter 2023
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 to offer 41 weekly flights from Manchester Airport to Turkey in summer 2024
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...]
Former Stagecoach bus transformed as part of efforts to tackle antisocial behaviour on public transport
A former commercial bus has been given a new lease of life to support a pioneering partnership aimed at tackling youth-related antisocial behaviour on public transport in Greater Manchester. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has secured a decommissioned Stagecoach bus which has been given a … [Read more...]
Stockport coach company expands fleet
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...]
Andy Burnham writes to Transport Secretary over ticket office closures
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...]
Ticket offices in stations across Stockport to close under new proposals
Staffed ticket offices across Stockport have been earmarked for closure under new proposals to reform train ticket retail across the network. Since ticket retailing was last reformed in 1995, ticket offices accounted for 82% of all ticket sales; with the rise on online ticket sales and ticket … [Read more...]
Plans progress for Crewe to Manchester leg of HS2
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 exceeds £1 billion revenues in first year of restriction-free travel
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...]
New active travel routes open in Cheadle following Towns Fund win
A new walking and cycling route has opened in Cheadle, supported by the government's Towns Fund, to make active travel safer and more accessible for local residents. Members of the Cheadle Towns Fund board, councillors and officials from Stockport Council marked the opening at a launch event held … [Read more...]
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