Manchester International Airport
Manchester International Airport (IATA airport code: MAN) is an airport in Manchester, England. It is the UK's third largest aiport (after Heathrow and Gatwick). In 2003 it handled 20 million passengers and provided direct flights to over 180 destinations worldwide by over 90 airlines. It is owned by the Manchester Airport Group who own several other UK airports.Located on the boundary between Cheshire and Manchester in England, the airport, formerly known as Ringway, is a hub for British Airways flights, and many other British carriers. It has two parallel runways, three adjacent terminals and a railway station. It was once the centre of operations of Cargolux's charter airline venture, Lion Air.
One of the British Airways Concorde supersonic airliners taken out of service earlier in the same month arrived at Manchester Airport on 31 October 2003 for use as a static display.
The airport handles large jets, including the Airbus A340 and the Boeing 747.
Airlines flying to the airport include:
- Adria Airways
- Aer Lingus
- Air Algerie
- Air Atlanta Europe
- Aer Arann
- Air Canada
- Air Europa
- Air France
- Air Jamaica
- AirJet
- Air Luxor
- Air Malta
- Air Transat
- American Airlines
- Aurigny
- Austrian Airlines
- AzzuraAir
- B H Air
- Blue Line
- British Airways
- British Airways Citiexpress
- BMI Baby
- BMI British Midland
- Brittania
- BWIA West Indies Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- Channel Express
- China Airlines
- City Airlines
- City Flyer Express
- Continental Airlines
- Croatia Airlines
- Cyprus Airways
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Delta Airlines
- Eastern Airways
- Egypt Air
- El Al
- Electra Airlines
- Emirates
- EuroCypria
- European Air Charter
- EuroAtlantic
- Evergreen Airlines
- Excel Airways
- Finnair
- First Choice Airways
- FlyAir
- FlyBe
- FlyJet
- FreshAer
- Futura
- Hapag Lloyd Express
- Helios Airways
- Hola Airlines
- Iberia
- Iceland Air
- InterAir
- InterSky
- IslandsFlug
- KLM Cityhopper
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lapland Airlines
- Lauda Air
- Loganair
- Lufthansa
- Luxair
- Malaysia Airlines
- LTE
- Manx Airlines
- MD Airlines
- Monarch Airlines
- My Travel
- Olympic Airways
- Onur Airlines
- Pegasus
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Portugália
- Qatar Airlines
- Ryanair
- SAS Scandinavian
- Singapore Airlines
- Sky Service
- Skyways AB
- SN Brussels
- Swiss
- Titan
- TUI
- Turkish Airlines
- Turkmenistan Airlines
- USAirways
- VLM
- Virgin Atlantic
- Zoom Airlines
- AFX
- Air Hong Kong
- Cargolux
- China Airlines Cargo
- Dragonair
- Federal Express
- MAS Kargo
- Singapore Airlines Cargo
See also
- Manchester air disaster (1985)