Bosses at Manchester Airport are want Britain to stay part of the European Union.
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the EU to be held on Thursday, June 23.
Charlie Cornish, Chief Executive of Manchester Airports Group (MAG), owner of Manchester Airport as well as London Stansted, East Midlands and Bournemouth airports, says staying in Europe will be in the best interests of air travel within Europe and passengers.
He said: “The EU has benefited UK consumers and businesses enormously over the last 25 years by opening up the European aviation market to provide greater competition and choice.
“UK airlines now compete successfully on routes right across Europe, taking full advantage of the ‘open skies’ created by the EU.
“In addition to a greater choice of destinations and lower fares, European travellers have also gained in other ways, including safer and more secure travel, the abolition of mobile phone roaming charges, reciprocal health agreements and protection when flights are disrupted.
“Inside the EU, Britain can continue to grow, invest and create jobs and I believe it would be in the best interests of the millions of passengers using our airports every year, and the UK economy, for Britain to remain in a reformed Europe.”
The European Union – often known as the EU – is an economic and political partnership involving 28 European countries.