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TUI 737 Max 8 G-TUMA at Manchester Airport

Manchester Airport gets capacity boost from TUI

04/03/2022 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) has announced it is increasing capacity to seven destinations from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) as well as basing an additional Boeing 737 there. The increase will see greater availability of the popular 10/11 night breaks to Greece, Palma, Cyprus, and Turkey for customers seeking longer than a [read more]

Airports planning for a bumper half-term getaway

13/02/2022 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Manchester Airport Group (MAG) says it is expecting the February half-term to be one of the busiest periods it has had since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. The group says it is expecting around 1.5 million passengers to pass through Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC), East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) and London [read more]

Turkish Airlines to add two more destinations from Manchester

20/01/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Turkish flag carrier Turkish Airlines has announced two new destinations from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) for the summer season. The airline is adding direct daily services to Antalya and Dalaman starting from the 1st and 2nd April respectively. Turkish Airlines already operates a twice-daily service the Istanbul from the northern gateway. [read more]

Iraqi Airways A220-300 YI-ARE (Image: Airbus)

Iraqi Airways gets first A220 (via Manchester)

09/01/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Iraqi Airways has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A220 aircraft, the first of five it has on order. The aircraft, A220-300 YI-ARE, was delivered to Baghdad, Iraq on Friday 7th January from the Airbus assembly line in Mirabel Canada, stopping off at Manchester Airport in the early hours [read more]

PIA to return to UK this spring after fake pilot scandal ban

06/01/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Pakistan International Airlines (PK/PIA) is planning to resume flights to the UK this spring for the first time since it was banned from European & UK airspace six months last year. The ban came after it emerged that hundreds of PIA pilots had “dubious” licences with many having paid others [read more]

Easyjet Airbus at Manchester Airport (Image: UK Aviation Media)

easyJet and Virgin Atlantic sign Worldwide deal

16/12/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Budget airline easyJet (U2/EZY) and Virgin Atlantic have signed a deal through Worldwide by easyJet to interline passengers at Manchester, Edinburgh and Belfast airports. The deal means that passengers will be able to connect from domestic or European easyJet flights to seamlessly connect to long-haul flights bound for the US [read more]

Pictured are Rachel Charlesworth, Annie Charlesworth (10), Flecity Charlesworth (6) and Elliott Charlesworth (4) from Stoke, with Universal Studios Shrek and Trolls characters at check-in for the Aer Lingus UK inaugural flight from Manchester Airport direct to Orlando.

Aer Lingus UK begins Orlando flights

13/12/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Aer Lingus UK commenced its Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Orlando (MCO/KMCO) on Saturday bringing the total number of Aer Lingus transatlantic routes from the northern gateway to 3. The launch saw EI35, operated by an Airbus A330, departing Manchester at 11:49 local time arriving in Orlando around 9 hours later [read more]

Pictured are Cabin Crew Niamh Keegan and Nicola Carooza Aer Lingus’ inaugural flight from Manchester Airport direct to New York, JFK.

Manchester to New York flights get underway with Aer Lingus

01/12/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Aer Lingus UK (EG/EUK), the wholly-owned British subsidiary of Aer Lingus, has today launched its service from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to New York JFK (JFK/KJFK). The flight was operated by an Airbus A330 and departed Manchester Airport at 1257 today and is due to arrive in New York at 16:15 [read more]

Manchester Airport (Image: TransportMedia UK)

Manchester will be first UK airport with a sustainable jet fuel supply

29/10/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Manchester Airport is set to become the UK’s first airport to have a direct supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) thanks to a new partnership with Fulcrum BioEnergy. Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which owns Manchester Airport along with London Stansted and East Midlands, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with [read more]

New Derry to Manchester air link starts this Winter

15/10/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it will launch a new air link between the Northern Irish airport of Derry (LDY/EGAE) and Manchester (MAN/EGCC). Starting the 1st December 2021, the flight will operate three times per week using a Boeing 737-800. Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason Mc Guinness, said: [read more]