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Ryanair (FR/RYR) has outlined its planned recovery schedule for Manchester (MAN/EGCC) and Liverpool (LPL/EGGP) airports. As air travel begins to recover from the Coronavirus pandemic and the lifting of restrictions in England the airline hopes to be able to deliver a significant increase in its operations. Manchester Airport will see [read more]

Five more airlines are set to move to Manchester Airport’s (MAN/EGCC) newly revamped Terminal 2 from next week. TUI and Jet2 are already using the facility but on Saturday they wer joined by Singapore Airlines. Tuesday will see Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways and Brussels airlines will start flying from Terminal [read more]

The first passengers to use Manchester Airports (MAN/EGCC) Terminal 2 extension will pass through the facility today. Jet2 and TUI are the first airlines to use the new flagship facility which is part of the airports £1bn expansion programme. The T2 expansion was due to open in Summer 2020 but [read more]

Latvian carrier airBaltic has launched its twice-weekly flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Riga (RIX/EVRA) yesterday. The route, which is operated by an Airbus A220-300, operates on Sundays and Wednesdays. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic said: “Riga is a dynamic city and the key business centre of the Baltic [read more]

Easyjet has cancelled its planned service between Aberdeen and Manchester which was due to start in just two-weeks due to a travel ban imposed by the Scottish Government. The low-cost carrier had been due to begin the four-times-per-week service on 9th July but Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon imposed a [read more]

Ryanair has joined forces with Manchester Airports Group (MAG) to mount a legal challenge to the UK Governments’s traffic light travel system during the pandemic. The system allows for countries to be graded Red, Amber and Green with green being the only colour that doesn’t require a quarantine on return. [read more]

Aer Lingus’ UK subsiduary, Aer Lingus UK has delayed the planned start of transatlantic flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) as Coronavirus restrictions on both sides of the Atlantic continue to prevent all but essential travel. Aer Lingus UK was due to launch flights to New York and Orlando on 29th [read more]

Air Canada is planning to launch a direct flight between Toronto and Manchester (MAN/EGCC) in Summer 2022. According to filings the route will commence on 1st June 2022 and will be operated by a Boeing 737 Max. The route is currently served by Canadian carrier, Air Transat.