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Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) will begin flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Poznan, Poland (POZ/EPPO) later this year. The route to Poznan has been one of biggest un-served routes from Manchester Airport based on local demand. Ryanair will operate the route twice-weekly from 27th October. Ryanair’s Eimear Ryan stated: [read more]

Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has confirmed it is re-opening Terminal 2 from 15th July as passenger numbers increase at the UK’s 3rd busiest airport. Terminals 2 & 3 closed earlier this year as almost all flights from Manchester Airport were suspended at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. Terminal 3 re-opened [read more]

Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has released a video outlining the measures its taking to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and keep passengers safe as more and more airlines start to resume flights. The UK’s third-largest airport has been trialling the measures of the last few weeks and now has a comprehensive [read more]

Iranian flag carrier Iran Air (IR/IRA) has confirmed that it is starting a weekly flight from Tehran (IKA/OIIE) to Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) from 4th July. The weekly flight will operate on a Saturday using one of the airlines two Airbus A330-200. The route will be the airlines second destination in [read more]

United Airlines (UA/UAL) has confirmed it will not be restarting flights from Manchester Airport in 2020. The Chicago, Illinois based airline previously operated a flight between Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) and New York Liberty (EWR/KEWR) and had been due to restart operations on the 24th October after a spring and summer [read more]

Emirates (EK/UAE) has officially resumed flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) today with the arrival of this mornings flight from Dubai (DXB/OMDB). EK17, a Boeing 777-300ER, touched down at 11:42 local time this morning for the first time since travel restrictions were imposed as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Jason [read more]

Lufthansa Group has become the latest group of airlines to announce it will be resuming flights from the UK & Ireland to Germany from next month. The German airline will resume flights from Birmingham, Edinburgh & Manchester in the UK, as well as increasing its Heathrow flights. In Ireland, the [read more]

Manchester Airport Group, which owns Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has secured a funding package worth £250m from local councils surrounding the northern airport. The group is part-owned by Manchester City Council will be giving the group £143m while 9 other local councils will £13m per authority. The money will be used [read more]