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Template:Airport frame Template:Airport title Template:Airport image Template:Airport infobox Template:Runway title Template:Runway Template:Runway Template:Airport end frame Manchester International Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an airport in Manchester, England. It is the busiest airport in England outside of London, in terms of passengers per year. In 2005, the airport handled just over 22 million passengers. The airport is set to accommodate 42 million passers per year by the year 2015. Because of this all 3 terminals will undergo vigorous expansion. Terminal 2 is currently being expanded from it's annual capacity of 7 million passengers to 18 million passengers. By 2015 it is hoped that Manchester Airport will overtake London Gatwick and hold the title of the UK's 2nd Busiest airport.[1] Manchester Airport provides direct flights to over 200 destinations worldwide by over 95 airlines. It is owned by the Manchester Airport Group who own several other UK airports including Nottingham East Midlands, Bournemouth and Humberside.

Located on the boundary between Cheshire and Manchester in Greater Manchester, the airport, formerly known as Ringway, is the transatlantic hub for bmi, as well as a hub for British Airways and the charter airline MyTravel as well as 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.

Because of the length of its runways, the airport is able to handle large jets, including the Airbus A340 and the Boeing 747. For this reason, Manchester airport was frequently used as a diversion airport for Concorde if Heathrow and Gatwick were fogbound.

Security

Manchester Airport is policed and secured by Greater Manchester Police.

In 2002, a security firm successfully smuggled fake explosives, detonators and genuine firearms onto a flight. [2]

In 2004, the BBC's Whistleblower program revealed a series of security failures at the airport, including faulty metal detectors and a lack of regular random baggage checks. [3]

In 2005, after being spotted acting suspiciously, police used a taser to shoot a man on the apron, after he appeared to resist arrest. [4]

On the 6th June 2006, Aabid Hussain Khan, 21, of West Yorkshire and a 16 year old boy were arrested at the Airport and later charged under Section 57 of the Terrorism Act, for conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause public nuisance by using poisons or explosives.

Terminals

Manchester International Airport has 3 terminals.

In 2005 nearly 22,000,000 passengers used the airport and was the UK's 3rd busiest airport (in terms of passengers) after London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Terminal 1 -12.5 million passengers Terminal 2 -7.1 million passengers Terminal 3 -2.3 million passengers

However by June 2006 it was overtaken by London's Stansted Airport which handled 22 million passengers a year. Thus making Manchester Airport the UK's fourth busiest airport. However it will probably overtake Stansted again next year as new routes are opened up from Manchester and as Ryanair start to cut routes from Stansted (Ryanair accounts for 40% of Stansted's passenger traffic).


Future Route so terminal not decided:

Terminal 1

Terminal One is mostly used by non BA international traffic. It is also the terminal used as the base for MyTravel and Jet2.com who each have a separate check-in on the lower level. It has 24 stands, 18 of which have airbridges (Gates refer to those accessible from the piers). It opened in 1952 although has undergone many renovations since opening. Current projects that are being undertaken in Terminal 1 are apron modifications, therefore more planes can be accommodated at the terminal. There is also a £25 million retail refurbishment taking place that should be open before the summer 2007 season.

Scheduled Airlines & Destinations

Charter Airliners & Destinations

  • A Jet (Larnaca, Paphos)
  • Air Atlanta (Orlando-Sanford, Sharm-El-Sheik, Tenerife
  • Austrian Airlines (Bolzano, Innsbruck)
  • AviaJet (Faro, Kefaffinia, Naples, Palma, Reus, Zakynthos)
  • Balkan Holiday Air (Burgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna)
  • Channel Express (Alicante, Malaga)
  • Eurocypria (Heraklion, Larnaca, Paphos)
  • European Aviation Air Charter (Brescia, Lourdes-Tarbes)
  • Flightline LTD ( London-Luton)
  • Fly Jet LTD (Arrecife, Corfu, Dalaman, Heraklion, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Ovda, Paphos, Rhodes, Sharm-El-Sheik, Tenerife, Thessalonika)
  • Futura (Alicante, Arrecife, Dalaman, Glasgow, Ibiza, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Mahon, Palma, Reus, Tenerife)
  • Greece Airways (Alicante, Barcelona, Gerona, Malaga, Palma)
  • Monarch Airlines (Arrecife, Calgray, Cancun, Catania, Chania, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Goa, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kittila, Kos, Las Palmas, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Luxor, Mahon, Male, Naples, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Preveza, Punta Cana, Rhodes, Salzburg, Shram-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Sofia, Tenerife, Thessalonika, Venice, Zakynthos)
  • My Travel (Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Antalya, Arrecife, Bergamo, Bodrum, Bucharest, Burgas, Cancun, Corfu, Dalaman, Djerba, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gerona, Goa, Grenoble, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Kalamata, Kefallinia, Kos, La romana, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Las Vegas, London-Gatwick, Luxor, Mahon, Malaga, Male, Malta, Monastir, Montego Bay, Naples, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Puerto Plata, Reus, Rhodes, Rimini, Salvador- Dois De Julho, Salzburg, Sharm-El-Sheik, Tenerife, Toronto, Turin, Vancouver, Varadero, Zakynthos)
  • NouvelAir (Djerba)
  • PrivatAir (Istanbul)
  • Spanair (Mahon)
  • Thomas Cook Airlines (Acapulco, Alicante, Almeria, Antalya, Arrecife, Banjul-Yundum, Barbados, Bodrum, Burgas, Calgray, Cancun, Catania, Cayo Coco, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Fuchal, Gerona, Glasgow, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Izmir, Jerez, Kefallinia, Kos, Larnaca, Las Palmas, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Mahon, Malaga, Malta, Monastir, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Preveza, Puerto Plata, Reus, Rohdes, Rovaniemi, Salzburg, Shram-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Sofia, Split, Teneirfe, Thessalonika, Toronto, Toulouse, Turin, Vancouver, Verona, Zakynthos)
Manchester Airport terminal 2

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is used mostly by long haul and charter traffic. A few European Airlines such as KLM and Air Malta also operate flights out of the Terminal. It opened in 1993. It has 15 gates, of which 14 have airbridges (Gates refer to those accessible from the piers). Terminal 2 is being extensively modified so it can accommodate 18 million passengers per annum instead of the current 7 million. This is an ongoing project that will be completed within the next 2 years.

Scheduled Airlines & Destinations

Charter Airlines & Destinations

  • Air Europa (Arrecife, Paris-CDG, Teneirfe)
  • Astraeus (Agadir, Banjul-Yundum, Brescia, Calvi, Chambery, Dalaman, Innsbruck, Izmir, Kefallinia, Kos, Lourdes-Tarbes, Lyon, Olbia, Palma, Paphos, Pula, Salzburg, Skiathos, Taba, Teneirfe, Varna, Verona, Zakynthos)
  • BritishJet (Malta)
  • Excel Airways (Alicante, Antalya, Arrecife, Barbados, Bodrum, Burgas, Chambery, Chania, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Grenoble, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ivalo, Kalamata, Kavala, Kefallinia, Kos, Larnaca, Las Palmas, London-Gatwick, Mahon, Malaga, Mikonos, Mitilini-Lesbos, Monastir, Murcia, Orlando-Sanford, Ovda, Palma, Paphos, Plovdiv, Preveza, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Sharm-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Tel Aviv, Teneirfe, Volos, Zakynthos)
  • First Choice Airways (Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Antalya, Arrecife, Banjul-Yundum, Barbados, Bodrum, Burgas, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Chania, Colombo, Corfu, Dalaman, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Goa, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Kefallinia, Kittila, Kos, Las Palmas, Lisbon, Mahon, Malaga, Male, Malta, Mitilini-Lesbos, Mombasa, Monastir, Montego Bay, Naples, Nassau, Oporto, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Porlamar, Preveza, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Reus, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Salvador (Dois De Julho), Salzburg, Santorini, Sharm-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Taba, Tenerife, Thessalonika, Toulouse, Turin, Varadero, Varna, Verona, Zakynthos)
  • Freebird Airlines (Dalaman)
  • LTE International Airways (Arrecife, Palma, Tenerife)
  • Luxor Air LTD (Sharm-El-Sheik)
  • Onur Air (Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Ercan)
  • Pegasus Airlines (Bodrum, Dalaman)
  • Thomsonfly (Agadir, Alicante, Antalya, Arrecife, Barbados, Bodrum, Burgas, Cancun, Cardiff, Chania, Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, F. Lauderdale, Faro, Figari, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Gerona, Glasgow, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Kavala, Kefallinia, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Luxor, Lyon, Mahon, Malaga, Male, Malta, Monastir, Montego Bay, Naples, Orlando-Sanford, Palma, Paphos, Pisa, Puerto Plata, Pula, Punta Cana, Reus, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Salzburg, Samos, Santorini, Sharm-El-Sheik, Skiathos, Sofia, Taba, Tenerife, Tenerife North, Thessalonika, Toulouse, Turin, Varadero, Varna, Venice, Verona, Zakynthos)
  • Viking Airlines (Heraklion, Ivalo, Kuusamo)

Terminal 3

Terminal 3 was formerly known as terminal 1 domestic and was opened by the late Princess Diana before being revamped and renamed in the late 1990s when BA decided Manchester should be one of the hubs for their BA Connect service . The terminal is primarilly used for British Airways, oneworld, bmi/bmibaby and domestic traffic. It has 18 gates, 14 of which have airbridges (Gates refer to those accessible from the piers). The ongoing projects involved at Terminal 3 is to expand capacity from 3 million to 5 million passengers per year.

Scheduled Airlines & Destinationas

  • Air Southwest (Bristol, Cardiff, Newquay, Plymouth)
  • American Airlines (Boston [Summer only], Chicago-O'Hare, Miami [Winter only])
  • bmi (Aberdeen, Antigua, Barbados, Chicago-O'Hare, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Las Vegas, London-Heathrow, Toulouse)
    • bmibaby (Alicante, Belfast Intl, Bordeaux, Cork, Geneva, Knock, Jersey, Malaga, Newquay, Palma, Perpignan, Prague)
  • British Airways (London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, New York-JFK)
    • BA Connect (Aberdeen, Belfast-City, Berlin-Tegel, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Hanover, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lyon, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Oslo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Southampton, Vienna)
    • British Airways operated by GB Airways (Arrecife, Dubrovnik, Heraklion, Las Palmas, Malaga, Malta, Paphos, Tenerife South)
    • British Airways operated by Sun Air of Scandinavia (Billund)
  • Eastern Airways (Inverness)
  • Finnair (Helsinki, Stockholm-Arlanda)
  • SN Brussels Airlines (Brussels)
  • VLM (London-City)

Charter Airliners & Destinations

  • bmi (Cagliari, Dalaman, Fuerteventura, Lyon, Malaga, Rhodes, Venice)

Cargo Airlines

As well as a key passenger airport, MAN is also used for cargo traffic, at the cargo centre on the other side of the apron from Terminal 2.

Ground Transportation

The airport is about 20 minutes drive from central Manchester on the M56 motorway with a dedicated link road from the motorway at junction 5. Taxi ranks are situated by arrivals at all three terminals. For long-distance travel by road, it is more cost effective to hire a chauffeur-driven car on the Internet. If driving to the airport passengers can use the drop off and pick up areas or choose from a range of both short and long stay car parks situated on site and off airport. The best way to pay for the short stay car park is by using a credit or debit card at the exit barrier. This saves waiting at the machines inside the terminal.

National Express runs coaches from all over the UK to terminals one and two. If travelling from terminal 3 the bus stop at terminal one should be used, there are also urban bus links to the Manchester Urban Cornubation. The airport has its own train station, Manchester Airport railway station in the heart of the airport complex. The Skylink moving walkway links the station and the three terminal buildings. There are regular trains running between the airport station to Manchester Piccadilly Station, and stations all over northern England. Trains are operated either by Northern Rail or First Transpennine Express.

There are also plans in place to build a Metrolink light rail extension to the airport from Manchester Piccadilly.

Protest

Between 1997 and 1999 three protest camps were set up to oppose the building of the second runway, the felling of nearby trees on land owned by the National Trust and air transportation in general. Three different camps were set up Flywood, Authur's Wood[5] and Cedar's Wood. One protester spent 3 weeks in an underground tunnel during eviction others stayed in treehouses, Swampy was among many protestors.[6][7][8][9]

More than 1000 acres of greenbelt land with 43 ponds, ancient woodland, 15 km of hedgerows, 21 buildings including four 17th Century Grade II listed buildings were destroyed in the building of Manchester Airport's second runway. However the Grade II listed buildings were carefully knocked down piece by piece and were re-constructed to their same glory nearby.

See also

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