Manchester Airport#Terminal 1 International

{{main|History of Manchester Airport|Ringway, Manchester}}

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Construction commenced in Ringway parish on 28 November 1935 and the airport was partially operational by June 1937, with full construction completed on 25 June 1938.{{cite web|url=https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/about-us/manchester-airport-and-mag/history|title=Manchester Airport – Our History|date=27 November 2020|website=manchesterairport.co.uk}} Its northern border was Yewtree Lane between Firtree Farm and The Grange, east of the crossroads marked "Ringway", and its southeast border a little west of Altrincham Road, along the lane from Oversleyford running northeast then east into Styal. {{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} In 1938, KLM became the first airline to launch scheduled commercial flights to Manchester.{{cite web|title=History of MAN|url=https://mediacentre.manchesterairport.co.uk/history-of-manchesterairport/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=History of MAN|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413044255/https://mediacentre.manchesterairport.co.uk/history-of-manchesterairport/|url-status=live}}{{better source needed|independent source needed|date=June 2024}}

During World War II, RAF Ringway was important in military aircraft production and training parachutists. After the War, the base reverted to a civilian airport and gradually expanded to its present size. Manchester was Britain's second-busiest airport, after Heathrow, by the 1960s.{{cite news |title=Southend Airport's revival gets under way |quote=It is hoped this will be the beginning of a comeback for the airport, which, during the 1960s, was Britain's third-busiest, behind Heathrow and Manchester |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/9175631/Southend-Airports-revival-gets-under-way.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/9175631/Southend-Airports-revival-gets-under-way.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=30 March 2012 |access-date=5 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}

In 1946, Air France began operations from Manchester following the commencement of peacetime passenger services from the airport, and remains the airport's longest continuous operator, celebrating 75 years of service in 2021. In 1953, Manchester began 24-hour operation, with the ability to handle flights during the day and night, which helped the airport handle 163,000 passengers. 1953 also saw the start of intercontinental flights by Sabena Belgian to New York, followed closely by the launch of services to New York by BOAC.

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The first transatlantic flights to originate at Manchester began in 1963. The thrice-weekly service was operated by BOAC using a Boeing 707 via Glasgow Prestwick. In 1969, the runway was extended to {{convert|2745|m}}, allowing aircraft to take off with a full payload and to fly non-stop to Canada.

In 1971, the airport reached a milestone of handling over 2{{nbsp}}million passengers in one year. The following year saw the opening of a link road connecting the airport to the M56 Motorway, improving road access from Manchester, Cheshire and North Wales. In 1975, Ringway was officially renamed Manchester International Airport.

The airport saw rapid growth and expansion during the 1980s and 1990s, shaping the airport for the coming decades. Many of the developments made during this period remain in place or have only recently been altered following the introduction of the Manchester Transformation Project. Passenger numbers continued to grow, reaching the milestone of handling one million passengers a month for the first time in 1987. This growth boosted expansion plans, including planning for a new terminal. The following year, in 1988 Manchester celebrated its Golden jubilee.

Terminal A, which now forms part of Terminal 3, was opened by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1989. In 1993, Terminal 2 was officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh along with the official opening of Manchester Airport station. From 1997 to 2001, a second runway was constructed, causing large-scale protests in Cheshire, especially in the village of Styal where natural habitats were disturbed and listed buildings demolished to make space for construction.{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/video-and-pictures-manchester-airports-runway-854371|title=Video and pictures: Manchester Airport's runway protestors reunited 14 years on|first=Alice|last=McKeegan|date=18 February 2011|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720135838/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/video-and-pictures-manchester-airports-runway-854371|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1377921/Manchesters-second-runway-ready-for-take-off.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1377921/Manchesters-second-runway-ready-for-take-off.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Manchester's second runway ready for take-off|date=12 December 2000|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=21 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web |url=http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/uk-airports/manchester-airport/history-of-the-manchester-airport-second-runway-battle/ |title=History of the Manchester Airport second runway battle |website=Airportwatch |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-date=29 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829200119/http://www.airportwatch.org.uk/uk-airports/manchester-airport/history-of-the-manchester-airport-second-runway-battle/ |url-status=live}}

During the early 2000s, British Airways scaled down operations from Manchester Airport with the sale of their BA Connect subsidiary to Flybe and the ending of their franchise agreement with GB Airways, a business subsequently sold to easyJet. In October 2008, the daily New York–JFK service was terminated and in March 2013 the daily to London–Gatwick was ended, although the service has resumed in recent years.

Since taking over BA Connect's select routes, Flybe has gone on to add several more destinations. In 2012, Flybe introduced the "mini hub" concept co-ordinating the arrival and departure times of various domestic services throughout the day and thereby creating combinations such as Norwich–Manchester–Belfast, Glasgow–Manchester–Southampton and Edinburgh–Manchester–Exeter with conveniently short transfer times.{{cite web |url=http://www.flybe.com/corporate/media/news/1203/08.htm |title=Corporate Media News archive |publisher=Flybe |date=8 March 2012 |access-date=1 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701045617/http://www.flybe.com/corporate/media/news/1203/08.htm |archive-date=1 July 2012}}

The Airbus A380 arrived in 2010, operated by Emirates, which continues to operate the aircraft up to three times daily on its route to Dubai.

Manchester Airport celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2013. That year also saw the completion and opening of the newly constructed air traffic control tower – which is now located in an independent tower, not on top of the airport as previously – and Airport City Manchester gained planning approval. During 2013, Virgin Atlantic introduced its Little Red short-haul brand to take-up some of the available Heathrow and Gatwick slots, which resulted from BMI ceasing operations. Manchester was the inaugural destination, with services were operated by aircraft leased from Aer Lingus. However, these services ceased in March 2015 because of low sales.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

In 2014, the Manchester Airport Metrolink route launched as part of the route expansion plans of the Manchester Metrolink tramway, aiding transport to and from the airport to the city centre.

In 2019, the first phase of the new Terminal 2 extension was completed, and Pier 1 opened on 1 April 2019. The second phase of the extension plan opened on 14 July 2021.

During the later part of the decade, Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines and Flybe all entered administration and ceased operations, having a major impact on local employment and operations at Manchester, as well as leaving thousands of passengers stranded, many abroad. Monarch was an operator at Manchester between 1981 and 2017, operating short and medium flights to Europe, and had its own maintenance base at the airport.{{cite web|title=Hundreds of jobs lost as former Monarch maintenance arm collapses|date=4 January 2019|url=http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/320450/hundreds-of-jobs-lost-as-former-monarch-maintenance-arm-collapses|access-date=3 February 2020|publisher=The Drum|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203222439/http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/320450/hundreds-of-jobs-lost-as-former-monarch-maintenance-arm-collapses|url-status=live}} It entered administration and ceased operations in 2017.{{cite web|date=2 October 2017|title=Monarch Airlines enters administration as brand buckles under pressure|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/10/02/monarch-airlines-enters-administration-brand-buckles-under-pressure|access-date=3 February 2020|publisher=The Drum|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203222434/https://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/10/02/monarch-airlines-enters-administration-brand-buckles-under-pressure|url-status=live}} Thomas Cook Airlines was a major operator at Manchester, operating scheduled and charter flights to over 50 destinations in Europe, America and the Caribbean. Its parent company also had a maintenance base at the airport.{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fascinating-pictures-show-inside-aircraft-12156394 |title=Fascinating pictures show inside the aircraft hangar at Manchester Airport where engineers fix planes |date=12 November 2016 |publisher=Manchester Evening News |access-date=3 February 2020}} The airline entered compulsory liquidation in September 2019, with many aircraft left parked at the airport while payment disputes were concluded.{{cite web |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/09/23/thomas-cook-enters-compulsory-liquidation-11th-hour-rescue-talks-fail |title=Thomas Cook enters compulsory liquidation as 11th-hour rescue talks fail |date=23 September 2019 |publisher=The Drum |access-date=3 February 2020 |archive-date=3 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203222434/https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/09/23/thomas-cook-enters-compulsory-liquidation-11th-hour-rescue-talks-fail |url-status=live}} Flybe was a British airline with a significant base at Manchester, which provided more than half of UK domestic flights outside London. Plans were formulated by a consortium Including Stobart Air and Virgin Atlantic to save FlyBe with the launch of Connect Airways, but plans were dropped in early 2020 and all operations ceased.

Like most British and international airports, Manchester has been severely affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent reduction in air passengers. A number of airlines ceased, paused or reduced routes to the airport. The reduced passenger numbers saw the temporary closure of both Terminals 2 and 3.{{cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Manchester airport to close terminal 3 again|work=Business Traveler|url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/11/09/manchester-airport-to-close-terminal-3-again/|archive-date=17 May 2021|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517133050/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2020/11/09/manchester-airport-to-close-terminal-3-again/|url-status=live}} In late 2020 American Airlines announced that its daily flights to Philadelphia would cease operation amid ongoing travel disruption caused by the Coronavirus outbreak.{{cite web|title=American Airlines withdraws service to Manchester Airport|url=https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/american-airlines-withdraws-service-to-manchester-airport/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Marketing Stockport|date=23 December 2020|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805073758/https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/american-airlines-withdraws-service-to-manchester-airport/|url-status=live}} The departure of American Airlines also marked the final US-based airline at Manchester. American Airlines had previously operated services to New York–JFK, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Boston, and Charlotte.{{cite web|title=US Airways draft summer schedule to Europe out – The Meck Deck|url=http://charlotte.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=23104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912091956/http://charlotte.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=23104|archive-date=12 September 2015|access-date=2 June 2015}} Data recorded and published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show that during the first 11 months (January through November) of 2020, passenger 'Terminal & Transit' numbers dropped from 29,374,282 in 2019 to 6,787,127 in 2020.{{cite web|title=Airport data 2020 01 {{!}} UK Civil Aviation Authority|url=https://www.caa.co.uk/Data-and-analysis/UK-aviation-market/Airports/Datasets/UK-Airport-data/Airport-data-2020-01/|access-date=2021-01-22|website=www.caa.co.uk|archive-date=27 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327235548/https://www.caa.co.uk/Data-and-analysis/UK-aviation-market/Airports/Datasets/UK-Airport-data/Airport-data-2020-01/|url-status=live}}

{{See also|Airport City Manchester}}

As part of the Government's Future of Air Transport white paper, Manchester Airport published its Master Plan on its proposed expansions until 2030. Demolition of older buildings, such as old storage buildings, the old Alpha Catering Building and Males Garage, to the east of Terminal 2 has already begun, to make way for a new apron and taxiway towards runway 05L/23R and an eastwards extension of Terminal 2, which is planned to provide fifteen more covered stands.

The World Logistics Hub is also part of the Airport City Enterprise Developments in south Manchester. This development is designed to meet the growing demand for cargo handling space and infrastructure outside of the southeast. Positioned on the southwest side of the A538 road, next to the southeast side of the M56 motorway across the A538 from the World Freight Terminal, it provides access to the trunk motorway network via Junction 6.

Manchester Airport has development plans to meet the growing demand to fly. One document, "The Need for Land", outlines several development ideas. Five affected areas are:

• Area A is a triangle of land between the A538 road and Runway 1 and the cargo terminal which is currently under development. It will be used together with Area E, a triangle of land west of the A538 up to the M56, with its west corner opposite Warburton Green, for the expansion of aircraft maintenance, vehicle maintenance/storage and cargo handling. The Clough Bank and Cotterill Clough areas are being enhanced with mitigation areas that will become part of the extensive Landscape Habitat Management Area. The A538 alignment to be retained and capacity has been added, as required, to meet increased traffic volumes.
• Area B is north of Ringway Road and east of Shadow Moss Road, and a car park has been provided to replace spaces lost to the Airport City development and apron/terminal expansion.
• Area C consists of several areas of land mainly inside the M56/M56 spur junction, around Hasty Lane east of M56 and around the current M56 spur. The land will be used for hotels and office space.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} Terminal 1's current capacity is around 11{{nbsp}}million passengers a year, compared with an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers when it first opened.{{cite web |url=http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/alldocs/10F56C819A51454E8025739300388C1D/$File/Masterplan.pdf |title=masterplan – jan – new |access-date=4 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327152930/http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/alldocs/10F56C819A51454E8025739300388C1D/%24File/Masterplan.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2009}}

In the summer of 2009, a £50 million redevelopment programme for Terminal 1 was completed, as well as the construction of new car parking facilities and taxiways for aircraft.

• Area D consists of areas of land on both sides of Manchester Airport railway spur, at Smithy Farm and east of B5166 Styal Road around and inside railway spur junction where car parking, offices, hotels, etc. can be developed.

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Manchester Airport has three passenger terminals (Terminals 1, 2 and 3). Terminals 1 and 2 are linked by the skylink, with travelators to aid passengers with the 10–15-minute walk. Terminal 3 is linked to Terminal 1 and the skylink by a covered walkway. The skylink also connects the terminals to the airport railway station complex (known as The Station) and the Radisson BLU Hotel. Skylink 1 started construction in 1991 and opened 1993. Skylink 2 opened in September 1996 along with the Radisson.

Terminal 1 is used by airlines with scheduled and charter operations, flying to European and other worldwide destinations. It is the second largest terminal at the airport. It was opened in 1962, by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,{{cite news |last1=Craig |first1=Jeananne |date=2 July 2009 |title=Manchester airport terminal relaunched after £50m facelift |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-airport-terminal-relaunched-after-pound50m-facelift-1728627.html |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=19 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419042358/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-airport-terminal-relaunched-after-pound50m-facelift-1728627.html |url-status=live}} and it is a base for easyJet. Terminal 1 is spread over an area of {{convert|110000|m2|abbr=on}}.

The terminal has two piers which combined have 29 stands, of which 15 have air bridges. Gate 12 was specially adapted to accommodate the Airbus A380, which is operated by Emirates on their route three times per day from Dubai to Manchester.{{cite web|url=http://www.alpha-india.net/forums/index.php?topic=11849.0 |title=List of A380 Gates|access-date=2 June 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129050315/http://www.alpha-india.net/forums/index.php?topic=11849.0|archive-date=29 November 2014}}{{better source needed|a forum is not a reliable source. Replacement requested.|date=October 2023}} Terminal 1's current capacity is around 11{{nbsp}}million passengers a year, compared with an annual capacity of 2.5 million passengers when it first opened.

In mid-2009, a £50 million redevelopment programme for Terminal 1 was completed, which included a new £14 million 14-lane security area.{{cite web|url=http://www.uk-airport-news.info/manchester-airport-news-030709.html|title=Manchester Airport £50m overhaul complete|access-date=4 July 2009|publisher=UK Airport News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721121713/http://www.uk-airport-news.info/manchester-airport-news-030709.html|archive-date=21 July 2011}} Passenger flow on Terminal 1's gating piers is due to be realigned, with plans to redesign the piers so departures and arrivals do not contraflow on the same level, allowing larger seating areas at the gates, express retail outlets and a dedicated lounge and gating area for future Airbus A380 flights. Currently only Gate 12, Pier B, has been upgraded to accommodate the A380. Part of this work saw the removal of the South Bay remote aircraft stands, constructed in 1962 between taxiways Juliet and Kilo and more recently re-aligning taxiway Juliet into an extended taxiway Bravo.

Terminal 1 is not planned to be included in the ten-year airport expansion project, and will shut in 2025 when the new Terminal 2 is completed.{{Cite web |title=MAG announces £440m final phase of Transformation Programme |url=https://mediacentre.manchesterairport.co.uk/mag-announces-440m-investment-in-final-phase-of-13bn-manchester-airport-transformation-programme/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=MAG announces £440m final phase of Transformation Programme |archive-date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125223307/https://mediacentre.manchesterairport.co.uk/mag-announces-440m-investment-in-final-phase-of-13bn-manchester-airport-transformation-programme/ |url-status=live}} In 2025, Airlines operating from Terminal 1 will move across to the new Terminal 2, and Terminal 1 will be 'Mothballed'.

Terminal 2 is used by a variety of airlines, operating both charter and scheduled flights to many European and worldwide destinations.

Terminal 2 is spread over an area of {{convert|52000|m2|abbr=on}} and has 20 gates, of which 16 have air bridges. The design of the terminal makes it capable of extensive expansion; building work has begun for an extension providing additional gates, together with the construction of a satellite pier. Terminal 2's current capacity is around 8 million passengers a year; this will be extended to ultimately handle 25 million passengers a year. In 2007, an £11 million project commenced to redevelop Terminal 2 by improving security facilities and enhancing retail and catering services.

Terminal 2 received a major extension, completed in 2021, to encompass formerly remote stands to the west. Between twelve and fifteen covered aircraft stands have been made available by this. An air side link for transferring passengers between Terminals 1 and 2 is at the planning stage, designed in an effort to boost Manchester's chances of becoming a major hub airport and minimise missed connections. It was announced in June 2015 that the airport would have an expansion taking ten years to complete. Terminal 2 is now the most developed terminal, with new piers and also a larger security hall as well as more outlets.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-32963790|title=Manchester Airport: £1bn plan to 'transform' site launched|last=Ansari|first=Arif|work=BBC News|location=Manchester|publisher=BBC English Regions|access-date=2 June 2015|archive-date=2 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602010021/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-32963790|url-status=live}}

The first phase of the new extension, Pier 1, opened on 1 April 2019.{{cite tweet|number=981159505093312512|user=manairport|title=This week marks one year until the opening of the first pier as part of our Transformation Program!✈️|access-date=21 September 2018|date=3 April 2018}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.anna.aero/2019/02/20/one-to-one-with-robert-smith-head-of-aviation-development-manchester-airport/|title=One-to-one with Robert Smith, Head of Aviation Development, Manchester Airport|date=20 February 2019|website=anna.aero|access-date=25 February 2019|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027090844/https://www.anna.aero/2019/02/20/one-to-one-with-robert-smith-head-of-aviation-development-manchester-airport/|url-status=live}} The second phase, the terminal extension, was due to open in April 2020 but was delayed due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, finally opening on 14 July 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-airport-terminal-2-extension-15997699|title=The first look inside Manchester Airport's Terminal 2 expansion – new images|first=Paul|last=Britton|date=19 March 2019|website=men}} The third phase, which was announced on 25 January 2023, includes the refurbishment of the existing Terminal 2 featuring a brand new security hall, and also includes the construction of Pier 2. Work is due to be complete in 2025.

Terminal A, as it was then known, was opened in 1989 by Diana, Princess of Wales as a self contained new domestic terminal to replace the original pier A. It had many names before its expansion and re-designation as Terminal 3 in May 1998.

The terminal was known in succession as "Terminal A"; "Terminal A – Domestic"; "Terminal 1A" after Terminal 2 opened in 1993; "Terminal 1A – British Airways and Domestic"; "Terminal 3 – British Airways and Domestic" before becoming simply known as Terminal 3 in 1998. In June 1998, British Airways opened their new £75 million terminal facility designed by Grimshaw Architects, this being a major extension to Terminal A and became the primary user of the terminal along with codeshare partner airlines (Oneworld). Terminal 3 now spreads over an area of {{convert|44400|m2|abbr=on}}.

Work began on the private terminal (adjacent to the Runway visitor park) in 2019{{cite web |title=PremiAir VIP Terminal |url=http://www.civilsandgroundworks.com/projects/premiair-manchester-airport/ |website=Civils & Groundworks |date=25 March 2019 |access-date=6 June 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606102613/http://www.civilsandgroundworks.com/projects/premiair-manchester-airport/ |url-status=dead}} and it opened on 21 October 2019.{{cite web |title=Official Manchester Airport PremiAir {{!}} PremiAir Lounges |url=https://premiair.manchesterairport.co.uk/premium/dates/ |website=premiair.manchesterairport.co.uk |access-date=7 October 2019 |archive-date=7 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007105651/https://premiair.manchesterairport.co.uk/premium/dates/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/premiair/|title=PremiAir {{!}} Manchester Airport's Private Terminal|website=Manchester Airport|access-date=2019-11-21|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214054743/https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/premiair/|url-status=live}} The terminal had closed during the COVID pandemic, and re-opened on 4 November 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/premiair/ | title=Premiair: Manchester Airport's Private Terminal | website=Manchester Airport | access-date=21 November 2019 | archive-date=14 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214054743/https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/premiair/ | url-status=live}}{{Cite web| url=https://pointszilla.com/aether-manchester-airports-new-private-terminal| title=Aether - Manchester Airport's Private Terminal| date=25 May 2024| accessdate=2024-06-17| archive-date=24 June 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624004724/https://pointszilla.com/aether-manchester-airports-new-private-terminal| url-status=live}}

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Manchester:[http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/flight-information/flight-timetables/ manchesterairport.co.uk – Flight Timetables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133543/http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/flilght-information/flight-timetables/ |date=8 November 2016}}. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

{{Airport destination list

| Aegean Airlines | Athens{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220926-a3ns23intl|title=Aegean Airlines NS23 International Service Update – 25SEP22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 September 2022|accessdate=2 January 2025|language=en-ca|archive-date=20 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520204841/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220926-a3ns23intl|url-status=live}}

| Aer Lingus | Belfast–City,{{cite web|url=https://lancashiretimes.co.uk/article/New-Manchester-To-Belfast-Route-From-74-Return |title=New Manchester To Belfast Route From £74 Return |website=lancashiretimes.co.uk |date=2022-03-18 |access-date=2024-12-24}} Dublin,{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Air-Travel/Aer-Lingus-and-Emerald-Airlines-accelerate-regional-launch-plans |title=Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines accelerate regional launch plans |website=businesstravelnewseurope.com |date=2021-12-17 |access-date=2024-12-24}} New York–JFK,{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/aer-lingus-delays-launch-of-manchester-us-flights-1.4655895|title=Aer Lingus delays launch of Manchester-US flights|last=O'Halloran|first=Barry|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=25 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021}} Orlando{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Air-Travel/Aer-Lingus-adds-flights-to-Manchester-Orlando-service |title=Aer Lingus adds flights to Manchester-Orlando service |website=businesstravelnewseurope.com |date=2024-04-11 |access-date=2024-12-24}}
Seasonal: Barbados{{cite web|url=https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/aer-lingus-extends-season-on-manchester-airport-to-barbados-route/|title=Aer Lingus extends season on Manchester Airport to Barbados route|publisher=Marketing Stockport|date=October 31, 2023|accessdate=May 10, 2024}}

| Air Canada | Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson{{cite web |url=https://ukaviation.news/direct-manchester-to-toronto-service-set-to-resume/amp/ |title=Direct Manchester to Toronto service set to resume |website=ukaviation.news |date=2021 |access-date=2024-12-24 |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620191741/https://ukaviation.news/direct-manchester-to-toronto-service-set-to-resume/amp/ |url-status=live}}

| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240122-afns24eu|title=Air France NS24 Paris European Frequency Variations – 21JAN24|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=27 October 2024|archive-date=3 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203051404/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240122-afns24eu|url-status=live}}

| Air Transat | Toronto–Pearson

| Aurigny | Guernsey{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-38909695.amp |title=Manchester-Guernsey pilot accused over ice diversion |publisher=BBC |date=2017-02-09 |access-date=2024-12-24}}

| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-osnw25|title=Austrian Airlines NW25 Systemwide Flight Number Changes – 30OCT24|website=Aeroroutes|accessdate=30 October 2024|archive-date=6 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206123932/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-osnw25|url-status=live}}

| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Dhaka,{{efn|Dhaka service is a continuation of the Sylhet service as the same flight number}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/biman-bangladesh-airlines-to-return-to-manchester-airport1/ |title=Biman Bangladesh Airlines to return to Manchester Airport |website=breakingtravelnews.com |date=2021-12-23 |access-date=2024-12-24 |archive-date=14 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614183953/https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/biman-bangladesh-airlines-to-return-to-manchester-airport1/ |url-status=live}} Sylhet

| British Airways | London–Heathrow{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241031-banw24lhreu|title=British Airways NW24 Heathrow – Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024|archive-date=7 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207035222/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241031-banw24lhreu|url-status=live}}

| Brussels Airlines | Brussels{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240527-snnw24eu|title=Brussels Airlines NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=27 October 2024|archive-date=12 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112223417/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240527-snnw24eu|url-status=live}}

| Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/flight-information/flight-operators/cathay-pacific/ |title=Cathay Pacific from Manchester Airport |website=manchesterairport.co.uk |access-date=2025-01-08}}

| {{nowrap|Corendon Airlines}} | Seasonal: Antalya,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220504-xcnw22uk|title=Corendon Airlines NW22 UK Operations - 03MAY22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 May 2022|accessdate=11 November 2024|language=en-ca|archive-date=2 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102194525/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220504-xcnw22uk|url-status=live}} Heraklion{{Cite web |last=Mayling |first=Samantha |date=November 23, 2023 |title=Corendon Airlines adds Crete to summer 2024 programme |url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/509423/corendon-airlines-adds-crete-to-summer-2024-programme |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123144828/https://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/509423/corendon-airlines-adds-crete-to-summer-2024-programme |archive-date=Nov 23, 2023 |website=Travel Weekly}}

| easyJet | Agadir,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220905-u2nw22lonman|title=easyJet NW22 London / Manchester Frequency Changes – 04SEP22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=5 September 2022|accessdate=1 April 2025}} Alicante,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240918-u2nw24man|title=easyJet Adds Manchester-based A321neo Service in NW24|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=30 September 2024|archive-date=18 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918140503/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240918-u2nw24man|url-status=live}} Amsterdam,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240119-u2jul24gb|title=easyJet July/August 2024 UK Frequency Variations – 14JAN24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=19 January 2024|accessdate=1 April 2025}} Antalya,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241224-u2ns25man|title=easyJet NS25 Manchester A321neo General Network Overview – 22DEC24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=24 December 2024|accessdate=31 March 2025}} Athens, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–City,{{cite web | url=https://www.irishnews.com/business/2023/03/21/news/easyjet_to_to_ramp_up_activity_further_at_belfast_city_airport-3149992/ | title=EasyJet to to[sic] ramp up activity further at Belfast City Airport | date=20 March 2023 | access-date=21 March 2023 | archive-date=21 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321063007/https://www.irishnews.com/business/2023/03/21/news/easyjet_to_to_ramp_up_activity_further_at_belfast_city_airport-3149992/ | url-status=live}} Belfast–International, Berlin, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Djerba,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/easyjet-adds-33-routes-from-uk-to-winter-2024-25-programme | title=EasyJet adds 33 routes from UK to winter 2024-25 schedule}} Enfidha, Faro,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220711-u2aug22lgwman|title=easyJet London Gatwick / Manchester Aug 2022 Operation Update - 10JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 July 2022|accessdate=7 April 2025}} Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria, Hamburg, Hurghada, Isle of Man, Istanbul, Jersey, Kraków, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Ljubljana (begins 4 November 2025),https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/06/easyjet-to-launch-new-belgrade-and.html?sc=1750143860374#c3789875130136637869 Lyon, Madrid,{{cite web |title=easyJet NS25 Network Additions – 19NOV24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241120-u2ns25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=20 November 2024 |archive-date=20 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120073130/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241120-u2ns25 |url-status=live}} Málaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Milan–Linate,{{cite web |url=https://italiavola.com/2024/12/11/easyjet-presenta-le-basi-di-milano-linate-e-roma-fiumicino/ |title=easyJet presenta le basi di Milano Linate e Roma Fiumicino |date=11 December 2024 |website=md80.it |language=Italian |trans-title=Easyjet announces Linate & Fiumicino bases |access-date=24 December 2024 |archive-date=14 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214054012/https://italiavola.com/2024/12/11/easyjet-presenta-le-basi-di-milano-linate-e-roma-fiumicino/ |url-status=live}} Milan–Malpensa, Munich, Nice, Oslo,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifeinnorway.net/easyjet-in-norway/|title=EasyJet in Norway: New Routes for 2024|first=David|last=Nikel|date=22 July 2024|website=Life in Norway}} Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rennes, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rome–Fiumicino, Sal (begins 28 October 2025),{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250226-u2nw25mansid|title=easyJet Adds Manchester – Ilha do Sal in NW25|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 February 2025|accessdate=31 March 2025}} Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife–South, Venice, Zurich{{cite web | url=https://www.travelnews.ch/on-the-move/26614-fuenf-neue-easyjet-ziele-ab-der-schweiz.html | title=Fünf neue Easyjet-Ziele ab der Schweiz | date=11 June 2024 | access-date=11 June 2024 | archive-date=11 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611095140/https://www.travelnews.ch/on-the-move/26614-fuenf-neue-easyjet-ziele-ab-der-schweiz.html | url-status=live}}
Seasonal: Akureyri, Bodrum,{{cite web | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/easyjet-to-launch-manchester-bodrum-service-in-mid-may-2024-1244800 | title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA | access-date=23 January 2024 | archive-date=23 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123152126/https://centreforaviation.com/news/easyjet-to-launch-manchester-bodrum-service-in-mid-may-2024-1244800 | url-status=live}} Burgas,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220425-u2ns22|title=easyJet NS22 Network Addition Update - 24APR22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=25 April 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025}} Catania, Chania, Corfu,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220411-u2jul22|title=easyJet July 2022 Frequency Changes as of 08APR22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 April 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025}} Dubrovnik, Grenoble,{{cite web | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/easyjet-to-launch-manchester-grenoble-service-in-dec-2023-1203968 | title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA | access-date=25 May 2023 | archive-date=25 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525074613/https://centreforaviation.com/news/easyjet-to-launch-manchester-grenoble-service-in-dec-2023-1203968 | url-status=live}} Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Innsbruck, Austria|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=389}} Izmir, Kalamata, Kefalonia,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220704-u2jul22uk|title=easyJet July 2022 UK Operation Update - 03JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 July 2022|accessdate=7 April 2025}} Kittilä,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/easyjet/easyjet-to-start-direct-flights-from-london-gatwick-and-manchester-to-kittila-airport-in-november/|title=easyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November|first=André|last=Orban|date=13 July 2023|access-date=14 July 2023|archive-date=14 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714062202/https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/easyjet/easyjet-to-start-direct-flights-from-london-gatwick-and-manchester-to-kittila-airport-in-november/|url-status=live}} Kos, Larnaca, La Rochelle, Menorca, Murcia,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-u2ns23|title=easyJet NS23 Network Changes – 30MAR23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 March 2023|accessdate=1 April 2025}} Mykonos, Naples, Newquay,{{Cite web|url=https://ukaviation.news/easyjet-announces-new-routes-from-newquay-cornwall/|title=easyJet announces new routes from Newquay, Cornwall|author=|date=11 February 2021}} Reus,{{cite web | url=https://www.dipta.cat/noticies/companyia-easyjet-tornara-operar-aeroport-reus-vols-manchester-londres-luton-partir-abril | title=La companyia EasyJet tornarà a operar des de l'Aeroport de Reus amb vols a Manchester i Londres Luton a partir de l'abril | Actualitat | Diputació de Tarragona}} Rhodes, Rovaniemi,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Sälen-Trysil (begins 6 December 2025),{{cite web | url=https://www.travelgossip.co.uk/latestnews/easyjet-adds-new-winter-flights-to-sweden-from-gatwick-and-manchester | title=EasyJet adds new winter flights to Sweden from Gatwick and Manchester }} Santorini, Skiathos,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/easyjet-to-start-serving-skiathos-next-summer | title=EasyJet to start serving Skiathos next summer}} Sofia, Split, Strasbourg (begins 28 November 2025),https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/easyjet-confirms-22-new-routes-for-winter-202526-including-belfast-lapland-52360 Thessaloniki, Tivat, Tromsø,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241114-u2nw24|title=easyJet NW24 Network Additions – 10NOV24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=14 November 2024|accessdate=1 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18136051/easyjet-establishes-itself-in-norway?publisherId=17507039&lang=en|title=EasyJet establishes itself in Norway|date=11 June 2024|website=The Avinor Group|access-date=11 June 2024|archive-date=11 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611172709/https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18136051/easyjet-establishes-itself-in-norway?publisherId=17507039&lang=en|url-status=live}} Turin, Verona (begins 20 December 2025),https://www.malpensanews.it/2025/06/easyjet-per-la-winter-aprira-due-nuove-rotte-su-luxor-e-strasburgo/ Zakynthos

| Egyptair | Cairo[https://centreforaviation.com/news/egyptair-to-commence-cairo-manchester-service-in-jul-2023-1199946 centreforaviation.com - EgyptAir to commence Cairo-Manchester service in Jul-2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611190346/https://centreforaviation.com/news/egyptair-to-commence-cairo-manchester-service-in-jul-2023-1199946 |date=11 June 2023}} 3 May 2023.

| Emirates | Dubai–International{{cite web|url=https://www.timesaerospace.aero/news/route-planning-and-tourism/emirates-restarts-thrice-daily-services-to-manchester-airport|title=Emirates restarts thrice daily services to Manchester Airport|publisher=Times Aerospace|date=2 September 2022|accessdate=14 November 2024}}

| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa,{{cite web|url=https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220720-etnw22eu|title=ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES NW22 EUROPE NETWORK CHANGES: NEW ZURICH SERVICE|website=AeroRoutes|date=20 July 2022|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=23 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123132940/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220720-etnw22eu|url-status=live}} Geneva{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstravelnewseurope.com/Air-Travel/Ethiopian-Airlines-to-fly-between-Manchester-and-Geneva|title=Ethiopian Airlines to fly between Manchester and Geneva|publisher=Business Travel News Europe|date=31 August 2022|accessdate=28 February 2025}}

| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi{{cite web |url=https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/etihad-to-up-manchester-abu-dhabi-service-to-twice-daily-48270 |title=Etihad to up Manchester-Abu Dhabi service to twice daily |access-date=1 November 2024 |archive-date=15 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915123908/https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/etihad-to-up-manchester-abu-dhabi-service-to-twice-daily-48270 |url-status=live}}

| Eurowings | Düsseldorf,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230214-ewns23|title=Eurowings NS23 Network Update – 12FEB23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=14 February 2023|accessdate=5 January 2025|language=en-ca|archive-date=19 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319090906/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230214-ewns23|url-status=live}} Hamburg,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231219-ewns24 | title=Eurowings NS24 Network Changes – 18DEC23}} Stuttgart{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231130-ewns24 | title=Eurowings NS24 Network Additions – 30NOV23 | access-date=1 December 2023 | archive-date=12 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212210856/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231130-ewns24 | url-status=live}}

| Finnair | Helsinki{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230621-ayns24eu|title=Finnair NS24 European Frequency Increases – 18JUN23|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=8 October 2024|archive-date=8 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008174907/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230621-ayns24eu|url-status=live}}

| FlyOne | Chișinău (ends 15 September 2025){{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Fly One Adds Chisinau – Manchester From Dec 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240606-5fdec24man |access-date=9 June 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=6 June 2024}}

| Gulf Air | Bahrain{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240208-gfjul24man | title=Gulf Air Expands Manchester Service from July 2024 | access-date=8 February 2024 | archive-date=8 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208163715/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240208-gfjul24man | url-status=live}}

| Hainan Airlines | Beijing–Capital{{cite web |title=Hainan Airlines Resumes Manchester Service in Aug/Sep 2022 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220819-huaug22man |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=19 August 2022 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819080122/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220819-huaug22man |url-status=live}}

| Iberia Express | Madrid{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240527-ibnw24eu|title=IBERIA NW24 Madrid – Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=26 October 2024|archive-date=3 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203215325/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240527-ibnw24eu|url-status=live}}

| Icelandair | Reykjavík–Keflavík{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231021-fins24intl|title=Icelandair NS24 International Peak Season Service Changes – 20OCT23|website=Aeroroutes.com|accessdate=2 November 2024}}

| IndiGo | Mumbai{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250521-6ejul25eu|title=IndiGo launches Amsterdam / Manchester flights from July 2025|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=21 May 2025}}

| Jet2.com | Agadir,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/jet2-introduces-morocco-flights-and-holidays | title=Jet2 introduces Morocco flights and holidays | access-date=18 October 2023 | archive-date=18 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018105546/https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/jet2-introduces-morocco-flights-and-holidays | url-status=live}} Alicante,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241008-lsnw24757|title=Jet2.com Schedules Boeing 757 Service until early-Jan 2025|website=Aeroroutes}} Antalya,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241008-lsnw24757|title=Jet2.com Schedules Boeing 757 Service until early-Jan 2025|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=8 October 2024|archive-date=8 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008160346/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241008-lsnw24757|url-status=live}} Athens,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240424-lsnw24|title=Jet2 NW24 Network Adjustments – 21APR24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=24 April 2024|accessdate=26 March 2025}} Barcelona,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231010-lsns24|title=Jet2.com NS24 Network Adjustment – 08OCT23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=10 October 2023|accessdate=26 March 2025}} Budapest, Faro,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220420-lsns22332|title=Jet2.com A330 NS22 Operations - 18APR22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=20 April 2022|accessdate=4 November 2024}} Fuerteventura, Funchal,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240510-lsjun2432q|title=Jet2 June – October 2024 A321neo Network|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=10 May 2024|accessdate=26 March 2025}} Gran Canaria, Kraków, La Palma (begins 3 April 2026),https://www.travelgossip.co.uk/latestnews/jet2-adds-la-palma-to-2026-programme Lanzarote,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240101-ls1q24330|title=Jet2 1Q24 A330 Operations|website=AeroRoutes|access-date=1 January 2024|archive-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101183333/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240101-ls1q24330|url-status=live}} Málaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Prague,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240510-lsnw2432q|title=Jet2 Adds A321neo Edinburgh Service in From Nov 2024|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=10 May 2024|accessdate=26 March 2025}} Rome–Fiumicino, Tenerife–South, Venice, Verona{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/jet2-expands-ski-programme-with-verona-flights | title=Jet2 expands ski programme with Verona flights | access-date=22 January 2024 | archive-date=22 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122064809/https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/jet2-expands-ski-programme-with-verona-flights | url-status=live}}
Seasonal: Almería, Bergen,{{Cite web|url= https://www.ttgmedia.com/destinations/jet2-to-launch-eighth-christmas-market-destination-next-winter-45148|title= Jet2 To Launch Eighth Christmas market Destination Next Winter|access-date= 1 April 2024|archive-date= 1 April 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240401193659/https://www.ttgmedia.com/destinations/jet2-to-launch-eighth-christmas-market-destination-next-winter-45148|url-status= live}} Berlin,{{cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/289634/jet2com-adds-limited-time-berlin-brandenburg-service-in-4q20/|title=Jet2.com adds limited-time Berlin Brandenburg service in 4Q20|website=routesonline.com|date=18 February 2020|accessdate=14 July 2021|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404013352/https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/289634/jet2com-adds-limited-time-berlin-brandenburg-service-in-4q20/|url-status=live}} Bodrum, Burgas, Catania, Chambéry,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Chambery/Aix-les-Bains, France|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=166}} Chania, Cologne/Bonn,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Gdańsk, Geneva, Girona,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240716-lsns2532q | title=Jet2 NS25 A321neo Network Expansion – 14JUL24 | access-date=17 August 2024 | archive-date=17 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817220243/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240716-lsns2532q | url-status=live}} Grenoble,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Lyon, France|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=511–514}} Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Izmir, Jerez de la Frontera,{{cite web | url=https://www.diariodejerez.es/jerez/aeroliena-jet2-aeropuerto-jerez_0_2000559725.html | title=La aerolínea Jet2, muy cerca de aterrizar en el Aeropuerto de Jerez | date=25 June 2024 | access-date=25 June 2024 | archive-date=25 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625134348/https://www.diariodejerez.es/jerez/aeroliena-jet2-aeropuerto-jerez_0_2000559725.html | url-status=live}} Kalamata,{{cite news|url=http://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/347948/jet2-expands-summer-2020-network-to-greece|title=Jet2 expands summer 2020 network to Greece|first=Travel|last=Weekly|website=Travel Weekly}} Kefalonia, Kos, Larnaca, Lyon,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Lyon, France|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=511–514}} Menorca, Mytilene, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Palermo (begins 1 May 2026),{{Cite web |url=https://www.ttgmedia.com/destinations/jet2-adds-three-new-greek-island-destinations-plus-tallinn-city-breaks-49345 |title=Jet2 adds three new Greek island destinations, plus Tallinn city breaks |access-date=25 December 2024 |archive-date=7 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207050637/https://www.ttgmedia.com/destinations/jet2-adds-three-new-greek-island-destinations-plus-tallinn-city-breaks-49345 |url-status=live}} Pisa, Porto,{{cite web | url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2024/01/08/jet2-brings-manchester-porto-route-forward-by-a-year/ | title=Jet2 brings Manchester-Porto route forward by a year}} Preveza/Lefkada, Pula,{{cite web | url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/12/jet2-to-return-to-pula-in-2025.html | title=Jet2 to return to Pula in 2025 | date=8 December 2023}} Reus, Reykjavík–Keflavík,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Rhodes, Salzburg, Samos (begins 5 May 2026),{{cite web | url=https://www.travelweekly.co.uk/news/jet2-adds-samos-to-summer-2026-programme | title=Jet2 adds Samos to summer 2026 Greece programme}} Santorini, Skiathos, Split, Thessaloniki,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230802-lsns2475w|title=Jet2.com NS24 Boeing 757 Network Expansion – 01AUG23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=2 August 2023|accessdate=26 March 2025}} Tivat,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221225-ns23gb|title=UK NS23 New Routes Addition Summary – 25DEC22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=25 December 2022|accessdate=26 March 2025}} Turin,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Turin, Italy|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=905–906}} Vienna,{{cite web|url=http://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/399022/jet2-adds-extra-summer-2022-routes-from-four-bases|title=Jet2 adds extra summer 2022 routes from four bases|website=Travel Weekly|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200537/http://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/399022/jet2-adds-extra-summer-2022-routes-from-four-bases|url-status=live}} Zakynthos

| Juneyao Air | Shanghai–Pudong{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240315-hojul24eu | title=Juneyao Airlines Plans Brussels / Manchester July 2024 Launch | access-date=15 March 2024 | archive-date=15 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315074658/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240315-hojul24eu | url-status=live}}

| KLM | Amsterdam{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240801-klnw2432q | title=KLM NW24 A321neo Network Expansion | access-date=16 August 2024 | archive-date=5 October 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005193929/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240801-klnw2432q | url-status=live}}

| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait City{{cite web |last1=Casey |first1=David |title=Manchester, Madrid and Moscow Among Kuwait Airways' Network Additions |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/297473/manchester-madrid-and-moscow-among-kuwait-airways-network-additions/ |website=Routesonline |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=1 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201143645/https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/297473/manchester-madrid-and-moscow-among-kuwait-airways-network-additions/ |url-status=live}}

| Loganair | Aberdeen,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240227-lmns24|title=Loganair NS24 Service Changes – 25FEB24|website=Aeroroutes.com|accessdate=2 November 2024|language=en-CA|archive-date=15 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615175506/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240227-lmns24|url-status=live}} Exeter (begins 26 October 2025),{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/loganair-creates-southampton-base-with-new-manchester-route | title=Loganair creates Southampton base with new Manchester route}} Inverness, Isle of Man,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231003-lmnw23iomman|title=Loganair Increases Isle of Man – Manchester Service in NW23|website=Aeroroutes.com|accessdate=2 November 2024|language=en-CA|archive-date=19 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019062854/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231003-lmnw23iomman|url-status=live}} Kirkwall,{{cite web|url=https://orcadian.co.uk/belfast-and-manchester-added-to-kirkwalls-flight-schedule/|title=Belfast and Manchester added to Kirkwall's flight schedule|date=19 September 2024 |access-date=19 September 2024|archive-date=19 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919190830/https://orcadian.co.uk/belfast-and-manchester-added-to-kirkwalls-flight-schedule/|url-status=live}} Newquay, Southampton (begins 26 October 2025),{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/loganair-creates-southampton-base-with-new-manchester-route | title=Loganair creates Southampton base with new Manchester route}} Sumburgh{{cite web|url=https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/09/18/new-summer-services-to-belfast-and-manchester|title=New summer services to Belfast and Manchester|date=18 September 2024 |access-date=19 September 2024|archive-date=18 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918114854/https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/09/18/new-summer-services-to-belfast-and-manchester|url-status=live}}

| Lufthansa | Frankfurt,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-lhnw24eu|title=Lufthansa NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 October 2024|accessdate=1 February 2025}} Munich

| Luxair | Luxembourg{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230831-lgns24man|title=Luxair Resumes Manchester Service from April 2024|website=AeroRoutes|date=31 August 2023|access-date=1 September 2023|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901050030/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230831-lgns24man|url-status=live}}

| Norse Atlantic Airways | Seasonal charter: Antigua,{{cite web | url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2024/05/22/norse-atlantic-to-operate-caribbean-flights-from-gatwick-and-manchester-with-po-cruises/ | title=Norse Atlantic to operate Caribbean flights from Gatwick and Manchester with P&O Cruises | access-date=23 May 2024 | archive-date=23 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523153215/https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2024/05/22/norse-atlantic-to-operate-caribbean-flights-from-gatwick-and-manchester-with-po-cruises/ | url-status=live}} Barbados

| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Bergen,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=122–123}} Copenhagen,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221226-d8ns23|title=Norwegian NS23 Network Additions – 25DEC22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 December 2022|accessdate=25 March 2025}} Oslo,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221124-dyns23gb|title=Norwegian NS23 UK Service Increases|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=24 November 2022|accessdate=25 March 2025}} Stavanger{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Stavanger, Norway|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=1024–1026}}
Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Stockholm, Sweden|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=1026–1033}} Tromsø{{cite web|first=Jim|last=Liu|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240620-dynw24tos|title=NORWEGIAN FURTHER EXPANDS TROMSØ NETWORK IN NW24|website=Aeroroutes|date=20 June 2024|access-date=20 June 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620045029/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240620-dynw24tos|url-status=live}}

| Pegasus Airlines{{cite web | url=https://www.flypgs.com/en?gclid=3e7f81d1bb59149c9be5e6345bad5de7&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=3e7f81d1bb59149c9be5e6345bad5de7&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand_United_Kingdom%2FENG%20-%20Interest&utm_term=pegasus%20airlines&utm_content=Brand%20Pegasus%20Airlines | title=Cheapest Flights & Booking Flight Tickets}} | Antalya,{{cite web|url=http://www.airwayshaber.com/2021/03/pegasustan-antalya-dalaman-izmir-icin-buyuk-planlama/|title=Pegasus'tan Antalya, Dalaman ve İzmir için büyük planlama|date=18 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916102921/http://www.airwayshaber.com/2021/03/pegasustan-antalya-dalaman-izmir-icin-buyuk-planlama/}} Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen

| Qatar Airways | Doha

| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca{{cite web | url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2024/03/361467/royal-air-maroc-to-operate-three-new-flights-in-june-2024 | title=Royal Air Maroc to Operate Three New Flights in June 2024 | date=18 March 2024 | access-date=18 March 2024 | archive-date=20 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920024405/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2024/03/361467/royal-air-maroc-to-operate-three-new-flights-in-june-2024 | url-status=live}}

| Royal Jordanian | Amman–Queen Alia{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/royal-jordanian-confirms-manchester-and-stansted-routes | title=Royal Jordanian confirms Manchester and Stansted routes}}

| Ryanair{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-frns23|title=Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23|website=Aeroroutes}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-rkns23|title=Ryanair Moves Additional Routes to Ryanair UK in NS23|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=4 September 2024|archive-date=7 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007132121/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-rkns23|url-status=live}} | Agadir,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231218-frrkns24ma | title=Ryanair Morocco NS24 Network Expansion | access-date=3 September 2024 | archive-date=6 October 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006021745/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231218-frrkns24ma | url-status=live}} Alicante,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Manchester, UK|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=640–647}} Barcelona, Beauvais, Belfast–International,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-frns23|title=Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 March 2023|accessdate=30 March 2025}} Bergamo,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220726-fraug22gbie|title=Ryanair August 2022 UK / Ireland Network Adjustment - 24JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 July 2022|accessdate=31 March 2025}} Berlin,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-rkns23|title=Ryanair Moves Additional Routes to Ryanair UK in NS23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 March 2023|accessdate=31 March 2025}} Bologna, Bratislava, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220902-frnw22bud|title=Ryanair NW22 Budapest Service Changes|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=2 September 2022|accessdate=31 March 2025}} Carcassonne, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Cork, Derry, Dublin,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220726-fraug22gbie|title=Ryanair August 2022 UK / Ireland Network Adjustment - 24JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 July 2022|accessdate=31 March 2025}} Eindhoven, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gdańsk, Gothenburg, Gran Canaria, Kerry, Knock, Kraków, Lanzarote,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231218-rkns247m8 | title=Ryanair UK NS24 Boeing 737 MAX Preliminary Network – 17DEC23 | access-date=3 September 2024 | archive-date=3 September 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903230944/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231218-rkns247m8 | url-status=live}} Limoges, Lisbon, Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Memmingen,{{cite web | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/ryanair-launching-manchester-memmingen-service-from-early-nov-2024-1263366 | title=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | CAPA | access-date=16 May 2024 | archive-date=16 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516071658/https://centreforaviation.com/news/ryanair-launching-manchester-memmingen-service-from-early-nov-2024-1263366 | url-status=live}} Milan–Malpensa, Murcia, Nantes, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Pisa, Porto,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230223-fropo|title=Ryanair NS23 Porto Frequency Variations – 19FEB23|website=Aeroroutes}} Poznań, Prague, Rabat,{{cite web |title=Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 02MAR25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250306-frns25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=6 March 2025}} Riga, Rome–Ciampino, Rzeszów, Sandefjord, Santander, Seville, Shannon, Tangier,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/ryanair-adds-uk-routes-with-summer-2024-morocco-expansion | title=Ryanair adds UK routes with summer 2024 Morocco expansion | access-date=14 December 2023 | archive-date=14 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214145541/https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/ryanair-adds-uk-routes-with-summer-2024-morocco-expansion | url-status=live}} Tenerife–South, Tirana,{{cite web | url=https://italiavola.com/2023/06/08/ryanair-sbarca-in-albania-attacco-frontale-a-wizz-air/ | title=Ryanair sbarca in Albania. Attacco frontale a Wizz Air | date=8 June 2023 | access-date=8 June 2023 | archive-date=9 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609005515/https://italiavola.com/2023/06/08/ryanair-sbarca-in-albania-attacco-frontale-a-wizz-air/ | url-status=live}} Toulouse,{{cite web |title=Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 01DEC24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241205-frns25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=5 December 2024 |archive-date=5 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205133718/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241205-frns25 |url-status=live}} Valencia, Venice,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-frns23|title=Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 March 2023|accessdate=30 March 2025}} Verona, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin,{{cite web | url=https://tvn24.pl/biznes/turystyka/lotnisko-warszawa-modlin-ryanair-mocno-tnie-polaczenia-z-modlina-komunikat-irlandzkiej-linii-lotniczej-7334242 | title=Ryanair tnie jedną piątą lotów z Modlina. "Ogromna strata" | date=8 September 2023 | access-date=8 September 2023 | archive-date=8 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908103032/https://tvn24.pl/biznes/turystyka/lotnisko-warszawa-modlin-ryanair-mocno-tnie-polaczenia-z-modlina-komunikat-irlandzkiej-linii-lotniczej-7334242 | url-status=live}} Warsaw–Modlin,{{cite web | url=https://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,30764897,nowe-polaczenie-lotnicze-z-poznania-tym-razem-na-poludnie-hiszpanii.html | title=Wyborcza.pl | access-date=5 March 2024 | archive-date=5 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305151052/https://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,30764897,nowe-polaczenie-lotnicze-z-poznania-tym-razem-na-poludnie-hiszpanii.html | url-status=live}} Wrocław
Seasonal: Almería, Béziers, Brindisi, Chania, Corfu, Dubrovnik,{{cite web | url=https://gradtrebinje.com/ekskluzivno-ryanair-ce-dubrovnik-povezati-sa-17-odredista-prema-dublinu-becu-i-londonu-ce-letjeti-i-zimi/ | title=EKSKLUZIVNO! Ryanair će Dubrovnik povezati sa 17 odredišta, prema Dublinu, Beču i Londonu će letjeti i zimi | date=28 November 2023 | access-date=29 November 2023 | archive-date=30 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130000342/https://gradtrebinje.com/ekskluzivno-ryanair-ce-dubrovnik-povezati-sa-17-odredista-prema-dublinu-becu-i-londonu-ce-letjeti-i-zimi/ | url-status=live}} Genoa,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221212-frnw22|title=Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22|website=Aeroroutes|access-date=5 September 2024|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212071226/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221212-frnw22|url-status=live}} Girona, Grenoble,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Lyon, France|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=511–514}} Ibiza, Katowice,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Marseille, Menorca, Plovdiv,{{Cite web | url=https://airserviceone.com/manchester-exceeds-2019-traffic-in-october-and-is-the-uks-third-busiest-airport-ryanair-top-airline-this-year/ | title=Manchester exceeds 2019 traffic in October and is the UK's third-busiest airport; Ryanair top airline this year | date=30 November 2023}} Reus, Rhodes, Salzburg,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Salzburg, Austria|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|pages=772–773}} Trapani,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220531-frns22tps|title=Ryanair Expands Trapani Network in NS22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=31 May 2022|accessdate=31 March 2025}} Turin,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221212-frnw22|title=Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=12 December 2022|accessdate=31 March 2025}} Zadar, Zagreb

| Saudia | Jeddah{{cite web|url=https://www.regionalgateway.net/manchester-welcomes-return-of-saudia-link-to-jeddah/|title=Manchester welcomes return of Saudia link to Jeddah|publisher=Regional Gateway|date=13 September 2021|accessdate=14 November 2024|archive-date=17 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917183523/https://www.regionalgateway.net/manchester-welcomes-return-of-saudia-link-to-jeddah/|url-status=live}}

| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-sknw24eu|title=SAS NW24 Europe Service Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 October 2024|accessdate=27 November 2024|language=en-CA|archive-date=4 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204045405/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-sknw24eu|url-status=live}} Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda

| Singapore Airlines | Singapore{{cite web|url=https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/singapore-airlines-to-relaunch-manchester-houston-connections/|title = Singapore Airlines to relaunch Manchester-Houston connections}}

| {{nowrap|SunExpress}} | Antalya{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240227-xqns24intl|title=SunExpress NS24 International Frequency Changes – 25FEB24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=27 February 2024|accessdate=3 February 2025}}
Seasonal: Bodrum (begins 4 May 2026),https://herdemaviation.com/sunexpressten-2026-yazinda-londra-ve-manchester-hamlesi/ Dalaman,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240227-xqns24intl|title=SunExpress NS24 International Frequency Changes – 25FEB24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=27 February 2024|accessdate=3 February 2025}} Izmir{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230828-xqns24 | title=SunExpress NS24 Network Expansion – 27AUG23 | access-date=30 August 2024 | archive-date=30 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830143536/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230828-xqns24 | url-status=live}}

| {{nowrap|Swiss International Air Lines}} | Zurich{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-lxnw24eu|title=SWISS NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes|accessdate=30 October 2024|archive-date=10 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110181306/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-lxnw24eu|url-status=live}}

| TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241118-ficodeshare|title=Icelandair Launches Emirates and TAP Air Portugal Codeshare in Nov 2024|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=18 November 2024|accessdate=27 December 2024}}

| TUI Airways{{cite web|url=https://www.tui.co.uk/flight/timetable|title=Flight Timetable|website=tui.co.uk}} | Agadir,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230126-tom320|title=TUI Airways NS23 A320 Operations – 22JAN23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 January 2023|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}} Alicante,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230612-tomns23767|title=TUI Airways NS23 Boeing 767 Operations – 11JUN23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=12 June 2023|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}} Boa Vista,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230126-tom76w|title=TUI Airways NS23 Boeing 767 Network as of 22JAN23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 January 2023|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}} Cancún,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230103-tomblx|title=TUI Airways Outlines TUIfly Nordic Boeing 787 NS23 Operation|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=3 January 2023|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}} Enfidha, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Hurghada,https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/tui-launches-winter-2021-and-2022-programmes-from-manchester-airport/ Lanzarote, La Palma, Málaga, Marrakesh, Montego Bay,https://www.loopnews.com/content/tui-to-re-start-flights-from-uk-to-jamaica/ Punta Cana, Sal,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230424-tomsid|title=TUI Airways Expands Cabo Verde Network in NW23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=24 April 2023|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}} Sharm El Sheikh,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-50644381 Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Antalya, Banjul,https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/tui-launches-winter-2021-and-2022-programmes-from-manchester-airport/ Barbados,https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/tui-launches-winter-2021-and-2022-programmes-from-manchester-airport/ Bodrum, Budapest,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/477037/tui-river-cruises-unveils-summer-2024-programme | title=Tui River Cruises unveils summer 2024 programme | access-date=15 December 2022 | archive-date=15 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215112141/https://travelweekly.co.uk/articles/477037/tui-river-cruises-unveils-summer-2024-programme | url-status=live}} Burgas,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240220-tomns24eu|title=TUI Airways Expands NS24 Boeing 787-9 European Network|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=20 February 2024|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}} Chambéry,https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/manchester-airport-highlights-its-direct-connections-to-winter-sports-destinations/ Chania,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Girona,https://www.catalannews.com/discover-catalonia/item/girona-airport-gets-nine-additional-summer-destinations Goa–Mopa,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230522-tomnw23gox|title=TUI FILES UK – GOA MANOHAR SCHEDULE IN NW23|website=Aeroroutes|date=18 May 2023|access-date=22 May 2023|archive-date=23 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523155420/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230522-tomnw23gox|url-status=live}} Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck,https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/manchester-airport-highlights-its-direct-connections-to-winter-sports-destinations/ Izmir,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220420-tomns2276w|title=TUI Airways NS22 Boeing 767 Manchester Operations|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=20 April 2022|accessdate=29 June 2025|language=en}} Kajaani (begins 3 December 2025),{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250527-tomnw25scrkaj|title=TUI Airways NW25 Scandinavia Network Addition|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=27 May 2025|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://www.tui.co.uk/flight/timetable | title=Flights with TUI | Thomson now TUI Airways }} Kavala, Kefalonia, Kittilä,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Kos, Kuusamo,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Lamezia Terme,{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Larnaca, La Romana,{{cite web | url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/destinations/twin-dual-stop-caribbean-flights | title=A new airline and more direct routes – what's in store for UK to Caribbean flights? | access-date=16 May 2024 | archive-date=16 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516093300/https://travelweekly.co.uk/destinations/twin-dual-stop-caribbean-flights | url-status=live}} Luxor,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240311-tomnsw24|title=TUI Airways NW24 Network Additions – 10MAR24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 March 2024|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2117970-tui-links-with-manchester-for-uks-only-direct-flights-to-egyptian-resort-of-luxor|title=TUI links with Manchester for UK's only direct flights to Egyptian resort of Luxor | TheBusinessDesk.com|date=20 July 2023|access-date=20 July 2023|archive-date=11 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811150500/https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/2117970-tui-links-with-manchester-for-uks-only-direct-flights-to-egyptian-resort-of-luxor|url-status=live}} Melbourne/Orlando, Menorca, Naples, Ohrid,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221226-tomns23|title=TUI Airways NS23 UK Network Additions – 25DEC22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 December 2022|accessdate=29 June 2025|language=en}} Olbia, Oslo,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240311-tomnsw24|title=TUI Airways NW24 Network Additions – 10MAR24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 March 2024|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}} Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Phuket, Preveza/Lefkada, Pula,https://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/03/tui-dreamliners-to-return-to-pula.html Reus, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Salzburg, Santorini, Skiathos,https://news.gtp.gr/2024/11/06/wtm-london-skiathos-strengthens-airline-connections-for-2025/ Sofia,https://marketingstockport.co.uk/news/manchester-airport-highlights-its-direct-connections-to-winter-sports-destinations/ Split, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Turin,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220905-tomnw2276w|title=TUI Airways NW22 Boeing 767 Operations – 04SEP22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=5 September 2022|accessdate=25 June 2025|language=en}} Verona, Zakynthos

| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241112-tkns25eu|title=Turkish Airlines NS25 European Frequency Changes – 10NOV24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=12 November 2024|accessdate=16 March 2025}}

| Virgin Atlantic |Atlanta,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240805-vsnw24man | title=Virgin Atlantic Adds A330neo Manchester Service in NW24 | access-date=16 August 2024 | archive-date=16 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816220917/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240805-vsnw24man | url-status=live}} New York–JFK,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250101-vsns25|title=Virgin Atlantic NS25 Network Changes – 29DEC24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=1 January 2025|accessdate=1 February 2025}} Orlando
Seasonal: Barbados,{{cite web|url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2023/11/02/virgin-atlantic-increasing-flights-to-barbados-for-winter-season/|title=Virgin Atlantic increasing flights to Barbados for winter season|publisher=Barbados Today|date=November 2, 2023|accessdate=April 27, 2025}} Las Vegas

| Vueling | Barcelona{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241031-vynw24es|title=Vueling NW24 Frequency Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=31 October 2024|accessdate=3 January 2025|language=en-ca|archive-date=3 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103211032/https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241031-vynw24es|url-status=live}}

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| ASL Airlines France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle{{cite web|url=https://www.flightera.net/en/flight/3V4816 |title=ASL Airlines Belgium 3V4816 (TAY4816) |website=flightera.net |access-date=2025-01-08}}

| FedEx Express | Paris–Charles de Gaulle{{cite web|url=https://www.skycargo.com/media/3074/june2024-8000x4500.jpg|title=Route Network (June 2024)|website= Emirates SkyCargo|date=June 2024|access-date=22 June 2024}}

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Manchester Airport is the home to the engineering base of Jet2.com and, up until 23 September 2019, it was also the engineering base of the Thomas Cook Group Airlines. Airlines such as Etihad Airways also have one of six maintenance bases worldwide in Manchester with their newly opened (2011) line maintenance facility.{{cite news |title=Etihad marks two more Manchester milestones |url=http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/Etihad/uk/en/aboutetihad/mediacenter/newslisting/newsdetails/Pages/etihad-manchester-milestones-Aug11.aspx?fromNewsListing=false |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122084242/http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/Etihad/uk/en/aboutetihad/mediacenter/newslisting/newsdetails/Pages/etihad-manchester-milestones-Aug11.aspx?fromNewsListing=false |archive-date=22 January 2013 |work=Etihad Airways |date=1 October 2011 |access-date=11 March 2012}}

File:An-225-manchester-2006.jpg at Manchester Airport in 2006]]

Manchester Airport has a World Freight Terminal, serving cargo-only freighter services and cargo carried on regular passenger flights.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/Content/WorldFreightTerminal|title=Cargo and the World Freight Terminal|publisher=Manchester Airport|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=1 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701044421/http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/Content/WorldFreightTerminal|url-status=live}} It was opened in 1986, west of the original airfield. There are {{convert|5500000|sqft|abbr=on}} of warehouse and office space on site, including a chiller unit for frozen products and a border inspection post. There are three aircraft maintenance hangars, with five transit sheds, operated by British Airways World Cargo, Swissport Cargo, Menzies World Cargo, and dnata UK. There are over 100 freight forwarding companies on site.

Freight throughput at the airport grew from 94,000 tonnes in 1997 to the peak at 165,000 tonnes in 2007, but then declined to around 93,000 tonnes in 2013, subsequently increasing to over 109,000 tonnes in 2016 making Manchester the fourth-busiest UK airport for freight behind London–Heathrow, East Midlands and London–Stansted airports.

File:Manchester Airport A538 tunnel.jpg runs beneath both runways via two separate tunnels. Part of the road is exposed between both runways.]]

File:Manchester Airport new control tower.jpg

File:Manchester Airport Fire Service Photo Call 2015.jpg

Manchester Airport has two parallel runways. Runway 1 (23R/05L) {{Convert|3048|x|45|m|abbr=on|0}} and Runway 2 (23L/05R) {{Convert|3200|x|45|m|abbr=on|0}}. The parallel runways lie {{Convert|390|m|abbr=on|0}} apart and staggered by {{Convert|1850|m|abbr=on|0}} so that landings can be conducted independently on one runway whilst takeoffs are conducted on the other.{{cite web|url=http://www.vatsim-uk.co.uk/download/fetch/?downloadID=00194|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223921/http://www.vatsim-uk.co.uk/download/fetch/?downloadID=00194|archive-date=3 March 2016|title=Manchester vMATS Part 2 – Revision 3|date=3 March 2016}}

The original main runway, then designated 06/24 and initially {{convert|3300|ft|abbr=on|0}} in length,{{Harvnb|Scholefield|1998|p=17}} opened on 17 May 1937{{cite web |url=http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/alldocs/0B29FCA3B9CCCD988025741100504B27/$File/RunwayDataSheet.pdf |title=Runway Data Sheet |access-date=21 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518131641/http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/alldocs/0B29FCA3B9CCCD988025741100504B27/$File/RunwayDataSheet.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2012}} when the airport was used as an RAF base and a military aircraft assembly centre. It was extended in stages from 1952, reaching its current length in 1981 to attract long-haul international traffic. As demand and aircraft movements both increased during the mid-1990s, mainly due to the newly completed Terminal 2, the airport studied the option of a second full-length runway. A consultation process began and planning permission was approved in 1997, with construction work starting the same year.

The second runway, initially designated 06R/24L,{{cite web |title=Fact Sheet: Airport Summary |publisher=Manchester Airport |url=http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/Content/AirportSummary |access-date=4 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311084919/http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf/Content/AirportSummary |archive-date=11 March 2012}} became operational on 5 February 2001 at a cost of £172 million, and was the first full-length commercial runway to open in Britain for over 20 years. The site where the second runway was constructed was on the southern airfield boundary, which is near the village of Styal in the Cheshire countryside. The project was deemed controversial because of the destruction of natural wildlife habitats{{cite web|url=http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/publications/publicationsmore/destruction.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623084105/http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/publications/publicationsmore/destruction.pdf|title=Flight path to destruction|archive-date=23 June 2006}} and because of changes to flight paths to enable aircraft to fly in and out of the second runway. Aircraft landing from the southwest on to Runway 2 (05R) fly lower over the residential area of Knutsford.{{cite web |url=http://archive.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/2007/12/19/300005.html |title=Knutsford Guardian – Residents wait for airport to pay out |website=Archive.knutsfordguardian.co.uk |date=19 December 2007 |access-date=4 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302003652/http://archive.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/2007/12/19/300005.html |archive-date=2 March 2009}} As aircraft rarely land on to Runway 2 from the northeast (Runway 23L) or takeoff from Runway 2 to the northeast (Runway 05R) there has been no change to the path of aircraft over Heald Green, Cheadle and Stockport.

Planning permission for Runway 2 (23L/05R) permits use of both runways between the hours of 06:00{{ndash}}22:00. At night between the hours of 22:00{{ndash}}06:00 single runway operations based on Runway 1 (23R/05L) are used. Exceptions are made for emergencies and planned maintenance. In practice, dual runway operations incorporating Runway 2 (23L/05R) are only used at peak demand, which is currently in the morning and then again between 13:00{{ndash}}20:00.{{cite web|title=Airport extends second runway opening hours to cope with demand|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/manchester-airport-extends-second-runway-6984243|work=Manchester Evening News|date=14 April 2014|access-date=14 May 2014|archive-date=23 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423053519/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/manchester-airport-extends-second-runway-6984243|url-status=live}}

Most aircraft arriving into Manchester Airport use the instrument landing system, which in line with most other airports has a glide slope of 3{{nbsp}}degrees equal to descending {{convert|318|ft|m}} per nautical mile. The prevailing wind direction is westerly, so normally aircraft fly from northeast to southwest. In practice this means that normally aircraft land from the northeast over Stockport, Cheadle, and Heald Green, and takeoff towards Knutsford. In dual runway operations aircraft will usually land on to Runway 1 (23R) and depart from Runway 2 (23L). When the wind direction changes, usually affecting 20% of movements per annum, operations are reversed with aircraft landing from the southwest, lining up to the south over Northwich and over Knutsford and taking off towards Stockport. In dual runway operations aircraft will usually land on to Runway 2 (05R) and depart from Runway 1 (05L). Sometimes, aircraft arriving into Manchester Airport are held in stacks, usually in poor weather when the movement rate decreases. The airport has three stacks: DAYNE, MIRSI and ROSUN, each located approximately 15/20 miles from the airport. DAYNE serves arrivals from the south, ROSUN from the north and east and MIRSI from the west. Residents living within {{convert|20|mi}} of the airport will likely see and hear aircraft.

A new control tower was opened on 25 June 2013. At 60 m tall, it is the UK's second tallest control tower, after London Heathrow and it replaces the old tower on top of Terminal 1.{{cite web |title=Manchester Airport's new £20 million control tower is complete |url=http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/control-tower-complete/ |publisher=Manchester Airport |date=25 June 2013 |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081429/http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/control-tower-complete/ |archive-date=2 April 2017}}

Manchester Airport is policed by the Greater Manchester Police and Manchester Airport Fire Service. Several security-related incidents have occurred at the airport in recent years.

• In 2002, a security firm successfully smuggled fake explosives, detonators and genuine firearms onto a flight.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1810345.stm|title=Test exposes airport security lapse|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 November 2007|date=9 February 2002|archive-date=22 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022215254/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1810345.stm|url-status=live}}
• In 2004, the BBC's Whistleblower programme revealed security failures at the airport, including faulty metal detectors and a lack of regular random baggage checks.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3629336.stm|title=BBC finds airport security lapses|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 November 2007|date=5 September 2004|archive-date=15 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115141910/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3629336.stm|url-status=live}} Many of the claims made on the programme were later discredited and much of the camera work was found to be misleading (filming from a raised footpath was used to suggest there was no security fence on the southern perimeter of the site){{citation needed|date=December 2019}}.
• In 2005, police used a taser on a man spotted acting suspiciously on the apron, after he appeared to resist arrest.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4274516.stm|title=Man detained after airport alert|access-date=4 November 2007|publisher=BBC News|date=23 September 2005|archive-date=11 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911142229/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4274516.stm|url-status=live}}
• On 6 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/terrorism/story/0,,1798410,00.html |title=Airport arrest man in court on terror charges |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=4 November 2007 | location=London | date=15 June 2006}}
• On 24 July 2012, an 11-year-old boy went straight through security and managed to board the nearest boarding flight from security in T1, which was a Jet2 flight to Rome. Halfway through the flight one passenger reported him to the cabin crew, who then detained the boy at Rome and put him on the next flight back to Manchester.{{cite news |title=Boy, 11, boards plane to Italy at Manchester Airport without passport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18979032 |publisher=BBC News |date=25 July 2012 |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901135025/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18979032 |url-status=live}}
• On 5 August 2014, a 47-year-old man was arrested after the pilot of a plane became aware of a potential explosive device on board. This turned out to be a hoax. As a result, Manchester Airport airfield operations were suspended for around 30 minutes whilst the man was led away by armed police. The incident required an escort from an RAF Typhoon jet into Manchester.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28662561|title=Military jet escorts Qatar Airways plane to Manchester Airport|date=5 August 2014|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2 June 2015|archive-date=2 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602052049/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28662561|url-status=live}}
• In April 2015, the passengers arriving from Madrid on a Ryanair flight entered the UK without having their passports checked. A spokesman for the airport said it was the responsibility of the airline's handling agent to notify the UK Border Force about flights from outside the UK.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-32396803|title=Passengers' passports 'not checked'|date=2015-04-21|access-date=2019-12-22}}
• In November 2017, the passengers arriving on an EasyJet flight from Paris were mistakenly directed to departures rather than arrivals. The situation was caused by a door that was opened by a staff member, which led to the cross-contamination of arriving and departing passengers. The security breach resulted in confusion and delays, with a spokesman for the Department of Transport stating that it is the responsibility of airlines and airport operators to ensure passengers arriving in the UK are directed through the correct route.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/chaos-at-manchester-airport-arrivals-departures-security-breach/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/chaos-at-manchester-airport-arrivals-departures-security-breach/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Chaos at Manchester Airport as passengers are sent through the wrong door in 'massive security breach'|last=Soo Kim|first=Travel writer|website=The Telegraph|date=28 November 2017|access-date=2019-12-22}}{{cbignore}}
• In August 2024 A Qatar Airways (codeshare) passenger was tasered and a fight against Greater Manchester Police broke out.{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/manchester-airport-grandmother-gmp-male-rochdale-b1175005.html | title=Grandmother 'struck with Taser' during Manchester Airport incident, says lawyer | date=6 August 2024 }}

{{Main|Manchester Airport station}}

File:Manchester Airport station.jpg arriving at the Manchester Airport railway station]]

Manchester Airport station, opened in May 1993,{{Harvnb|Scholefield|1998|p=138}} is between Terminals 1 and 2. It is linked to the terminals by a Skylink moving walkway. Trains operated by Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales connect the airport to Manchester Piccadilly and other railway stations, mainly throughout northern England, including Crewe, Wigan, Blackpool North railway station, as well as Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland and Holyhead and Llandudno in Wales. A third platform was completed in 2008 to allow for an increase in rail capacity. In 2009, Network Rail stated that the third platform meant that capacity will become constrained by the layover of the trains and recommended building a line underneath the Airport towards Northwich by 2024.{{cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%2020%20-%20North%20West%20Urban.pdf |title=Connecting local communities |access-date=1 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910074744/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/StrategicBusinessPlan/RoutePlans/2009/Route%2020%20-%20North%20West%20Urban.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2012}} Work on building a new fourth platform at the station commenced in early 2014 with a blockade required in February 2015 to allow completion.{{cite web|url=http://www.railengineer.uk/2015/03/10/and-then-there-were-4/|title=And then there were 4|website=Railengineer.uk|access-date=18 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084441/http://www.railengineer.uk/2015/03/10/and-then-there-were-4/}} Construction finished in May 2015 and the platform opened to passengers in autumn 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/manchester-airport-rail-stations-fourth-9874192|title=Manchester Airport rail station's fourth platform completed ahead of schedule|website=Manchestereveningnews.co.uk|archive-date=14 September 2015|access-date=18 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914175237/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/manchester-airport-rail-stations-fourth-9874192|url-status=live}}

{{See also|Airport Line (Manchester Metrolink)}}

File:Tram 3074 at Manchester Airport Metrolink station.jpg

A Metrolink service from Cornbrook station to the Airport opened in November 2014 and runs at 12-minute frequency. Journeys along the 15-stop line from Cornbrook take approximately 35 minutes. The Manchester Metrolink light rail system has had plans to extend to the airport for many years. When the idea of a congestion charge was mooted, part of the scheme was to have extended the Metrolink to the airport. However, when this was rejected, the future of the scheme was in doubt. In 2009, it was announced that the line to the airport would finally be built. The airport line is one spur of the line from St Werburgh's Road to East Didsbury and Manchester Airport, which opened on 3 November 2014 – 18 months ahead of schedule.{{cite web |title=Manchester Airport Metrolink tram line completed early |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-27937849 |publisher=BBC News |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-date=23 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623030056/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-27937849 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Airport line |url=http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Pages/airport-line.aspx |work=TfGM |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520075437/http://www.metrolink.co.uk/futuremetrolink/Pages/airport-line.aspx |archive-date=20 May 2013}} As of November 2022, Metrolink services from the Airport operate to Manchester Victoria via Market Street.

The Station is the airport's ground transport interchange and brings bus, coach and rail passengers under one roof. Over 300 trains, 100 coaches and 500 buses a day use the facility,{{cite web

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}} which runs every 10 minutes (every 30 minutes at night) to Manchester city centre via Wythenshawe, Northenden, Withington, Fallowfield and Rusholme. There is also Skyline service 199 operating every 30 minutes to Buxton via Stockport, Disley and Chapel-en-le-Frith, as well as a number of Stagecoach Manchester and Arriva North West services to Stockport, Altrincham and various parts of South Manchester. A network of National Express and Megabus coach services serve Manchester Airport and operate to destinations further afield.{{cite web

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The airport is a 20-minute drive from Manchester city centre and is reached by the M56 motorway, with a dedicated approach road from the motorway at junction 5. The M56 is the main route used by traffic to reach the airport. There are also minor local roads serving the airport from the north (Wythenshawe) and the east (Heald Green). The M56/A538 road junction serves the World Freight Terminal, to the west of the airport. The A538 runs east–west serving the local towns of Altrincham and Wilmslow. Taxi ranks are situated by arrivals at all three terminals.

Proposed as part of the SEMMMS (South East Manchester Multi-Modal Strategy) Relief Road Scheme, a new link road to the A6 south of Stockport opened in 2018. Planning permission had been granted, with inquiries for Compulsory Purchase and Side Roads Orders following up in September 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.semmms.info/a6/|title=A6MARR Overview – SEMMMS|website=Semmms.info|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=18 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518183203/http://www.semmms.info/a6|url-status=live}} After significant delays, the link road opened on 15 October 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.semmms.info/a6-to-manchester-airport-relief-road-opening-date-announced/|title=A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road opening date announced | SEMMMS|access-date=9 October 2018|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010072137/http://www.semmms.info/a6-to-manchester-airport-relief-road-opening-date-announced/|url-status=live}}

The airport's official short-stay car parking can be found in the multistorey car parks adjacent to Terminals 1, 2 and 3. In July 2007, the airport introduced a 'No Waiting' restriction on all access roads surrounding the terminals.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} As of June 2018, the public are required to pay charges of £3 for five minutes on the terminal forecourt or £4 for the maximum ten minutes in order to drop off passengers.

In 2009/2010, Terminal 1's multi-storey car park was refurbished. Each level of the car park is colour-coded. The floor, walls, ceiling and supports have all received a repaint with every parking space having a sensor and green light above it, with empty parking bays indicated by the green light.

Official long-stay on-airport parking from Manchester Airport is located near the terminals and served by a regular courtesy bus. There is one long-stay car park serving Terminals 1 and 3 and a separate dedicated long-stay car park for Terminal 2. In 2009, the airport opened JetParks – two long-stay car parks less than a mile from the terminals. This is a cheaper alternative to the on-site car parks and is served by a 24-hour shuttle bus every 15 minutes. The airport also operates a Shuttle Park for long-stay car parking, which is also served by a regular courtesy bus and is located just off the airport site to the east of Terminal 3.

The airport has since augmented these products with a 3rd JetParks car park, JetParks 3. This is located adjacent to Shuttle Parks and, as a result, Shuttle Parks was renamed JetParks Plus.

Manchester Airport also operates a very large scale valet parking product across all 3 terminals that it has branded as "Meet & Greet".{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/|title=Official website for Manchester Airport, live flight information, car parking & booking flights – Manchester Airport|access-date=2 June 2015|archive-date=6 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606233820/http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/|url-status=live}}

In 2014, a new 9,000 space car park located underneath the approach to 23R was constructed, the first area of the site opened in the autumn. The remainder of the facility will open in time for summer 2015.

There are several privately operated car parks within a short distance of the airport, served by shuttle bus, as well as several off-site companies operating valet parking services.

Up until 2018, cars dropping off passengers could do so outside terminals for free. On 10 July 2018, Manchester Airport took the step of introducing a fee of £3 to £4 for vehicles dropping off passengers at terminals.{{cite web|url=https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/parking/pick-up-and-drop-off/|title=Pick Up & Drop Off Information & Charges – Manchester Airport|website=Manchester Airport|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029195125/https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/parking/pick-up-and-drop-off/|url-status=live}} Alternatively, passengers being dropped off can be taken to an off-site car park from where a shuttle bus operates to the terminals. The airport issues fines of up to £100 to vehicles which breach its terms and conditions for the drop off zones.{{cite web|url=https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/free-drop-off-terms-and-conditions/|title=Free Drop-Off Terms and Conditions – Manchester Airport|website=Manchester Airport|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720135657/https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/free-drop-off-terms-and-conditions/|url-status=live}} The changes have been seen as unwelcome and nonconstructive by passengers and taxi drivers, with some saying they will boycott the airport.{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-airport-drop-off-fees-14903008|title=Drivers claim Manchester Airport drop-off charging is causing MORE gridlock|first=Charlotte|last=Cox|date=13 July 2018|website=manchestereveningnews.co.uk|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720135936/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-airport-drop-off-fees-14903008|url-status=live}} The change has also attracted criticism from local Councillors in Cheshire, who point out that many places directly under Manchester Airport's flight paths do not have a direct public transport link to the airport. While some other UK airports also have drop off charges, Manchester Airport's charges are overall higher than those at any other airport.{{cite web|url=https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/travel/2018/07/how-to-get-around-airport-kiss-and-fly-charges--and-drop-off-loved-ones-for-free|title=Airports now charge up to £4.50 for a 10 min drop-off – how to avoid 'kiss and fly' fees|website=Moneysavingexpert.com|date=17 July 2018|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720135815/https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/travel/2018/07/how-to-get-around-airport-kiss-and-fly-charges--and-drop-off-loved-ones-for-free|url-status=live}}

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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 in Styal, Cheshire and air transportation in general. Camps were set up in Flywood, Arthur's Wood{{cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/pp3office/arthpr.htm|title=Save Arthurs wood Press statements|access-date=31 December 2006|archive-date=9 September 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010909080453/http://members.aol.com/pp3office/arthpr.htm|url-status=live}} and Cedar's Wood. Swampy, a well known activist, was among many protesters.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/travel/runway2_history.shtml War in the Woods: A History of Runway 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813194958/http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/travel/runway2_history.shtml |date=13 August 2009}} BBC 24 April 2007.

The south west end of the new runway is closer to the town of Knutsford and to the village of Mobberley. There was initially an increase in noise experienced by local residents from the aircraft being lower and closer. All residents that were able to prove that their property had lost value, as a result of the operation of Runway 2, were compensated in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/8271305.manchester-airport-group-agrees-deal-with-solicitors-representing-local-residents/|title=Runway cash deal is agreed|website=Knutsford Guardian|date=14 July 2010}}

In 2012 Manchester Airports Group made a further, voluntary payment, to compensate those who felt aggrieved but had been unable to prove financial harm as a result of the operation of Runway 2. The precepts for Knutsford Town Council and Mobberley Parish Council residents were paid and money invested in local schools.{{Cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/families-1m-payout-in-manchester-airport-689669|title=Families' £1m payout in Manchester Airport runway-noise deal|work=Manchester Evening News|date=15 June 2012|access-date=4 November 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816064840/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/families-1m-payout-in-manchester-airport-689669|url-status=live}}

In 2007 Manchester Airport applied to build on land in Styal to increase its car parking. However, the former Macclesfield Borough Council refused to give them planning permission to do so and expressed annoyance at the airport for not investing enough in public transport.{{cite web|url=http://www.thewilmslowexpress.co.uk/news/s/230/530055_victory_for_green_belt_campaigners_as_airports_plan_for_styal_is_rejected.html |first1= Rachel |last1=Leslie |date=July 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917170952/http://www.thewilmslowexpress.co.uk/news/s/230/530055_victory_for_green_belt_campaigners_as_airports_plan_for_styal_is_rejected.html|archive-date=17 September 2012|title=Victory for green belt campaigners as airport's plan for Styal is rejected|publisher=Wilmslow Express|access-date=9 November 2007}}

• On 27 March 1951, a Douglas C-47A-75-DL Dakota 3 cargo aircraft operated by Air Transport Charter{{cite web |url=http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&luck=1&where=26713 |title=Air Transport Charter |website=AeroTransport Data Bank |date=19 December 2011 |access-date=1 February 2013 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017182803/http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&luck=1&where=26713 |url-status=live}} and en route to Nutts Corner in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, crashed at Heyhead shortly after take-off from runway 06, following the aircraft's failure to gain height. There were four fatalities – two of the three crew on board and two of the three passengers. The subsequent investigation found that the crash resulted from a loss of engine power, caused by ice forming in the carburettor intakes, attributable to the captain's failure to use the heat controls. An extended undercarriage and snow on the wings may have also been contributory factors.{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19510327-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-75-DL Dakota 3 G-AJVZ Manchester-Ringway Airport (MAN) |website=Aviation-safety.net |access-date=4 April 2010 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025032748/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19510327-0 |url-status=live}}
• On 14 March 1957, British European Airways Flight 411 operated by Vickers Viscount 701 (registration G-ALWE) inbound from Amsterdam crashed into houses in Shadow Moss Road, Woodhouse Park. The aircraft was on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport and the crash was due to a flap failure, caused by fatigue of a wing bolt. All 20 occupants on board died, as did two on the ground.
• On 4 June 1967, a British Midland International Canadair C-4 Argonaut (registration G-ALHG) was inbound from Palma and crashed near the centre of Stockport after loss of engine power due to fuel problems and an aborted approach to Manchester Airport, with 72 fatalities.
• On 20 March 1969, Vickers Viscount G-AVJA of British Midland International crashed on take-off. Three of the four people on board were killed.{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690320-1 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=7 October 2009 |archive-date=2 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302002045/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690320-1 |url-status=live}}
• On 22 August 1985, an engine of a Boeing 737–236 Advanced, operated by British Airtours, failed during take-off from runway 24, the fire spreading into the cabin, resulting in 55 fatalities (mostly from smoke inhalation) aboard the Boeing 737–236 Advanced G-BGJL. The uncontained engine failure was later traced to an incorrectly repaired combustor causing the turbine disc to shatter and puncture the wing fuel tanks.{{cite web |url=http://www.pilotfriend.com/disasters/crash/britishairtourskt28m.htm |title=British Air Tours KT28M air crash |website=Pilotfriend.com |date=22 August 1985 |access-date=4 April 2010 |archive-date=3 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103085559/http://pilotfriend.com/disasters/crash/britishairtourskt28m.htm |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Service held to mark 1985 Manchester air disaster |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11050362 |publisher=BBC News |date=22 August 2010 |access-date=18 November 2015 |archive-date=15 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115233529/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11050362 |url-status=live}} As a result, fire resistance and evacuation procedures were improved.{{cite news |title=Jet disaster survivors meet pilot 25 years on |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1314683_jet_disaster_survivors_meet_pilot_25_years_on |work=Manchester Evening News |date=23 August 2010 |access-date=18 February 2012 |archive-date=27 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827191619/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1314683_jet_disaster_survivors_meet_pilot_25_years_on}}

File:Concorde at Manchester Viewing Park.jpg

Manchester Airport has had public viewing areas since the airport opened to the public in 1938. The 1960/1970s pier-top viewing facilities have been closed because of security concerns. In May 1992, an official "Aviation Viewing Park" (AVP) was created just off the A538 road on the south-western side of the airfield. This was moved to the western side of the airfield in May 1997 to allow construction of the second runway.{{Harvnb|Scholefield|1998|p=133}} Renamed the "Runway Visitor Park" in June 2010, the facility is regarded as providing the best official viewing facilities for aircraft spotting at any major UK airport by aircraft enthusiasts.{{cite news |title=Guide to Manchester Airport |quote=Out of all UK airports, Manchester is probably the best for viewing and photography with many very good spots. |url=http://www.plane-mad.com/airport-spotting-guides/united-kingdom/manchester-man-egcc.html |work=Plane Mad |access-date=27 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503154754/http://www.plane-mad.com/airport-spotting-guides/united-kingdom/manchester-man-egcc.html |archive-date=3 May 2012}} Visitors can view aircraft taking off and landing from both runways and aircraft taxiing to and from the runways. This attraction now draws around 300,000 visitors a year and is one of Greater Manchester's top 10 attractions.{{cite news |title=Lowry Tops Visitor Attraction Figures in Greater Manchester |url=http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/News/Lowry-Tops-Visitor-Attraction-Figures-In-Greater-Manchester |work=Manchester Confidential |date=29 November 2011 |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617032100/http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/News/Lowry-Tops-Visitor-Attraction-Figures-In-Greater-Manchester |archive-date=17 June 2013}}

The Runway Visitor Park is also home to a small number of retired aircraft exhibits. These currently are:

• Avro RJX100 Prototype (Registration: G-IRJX). This was the last British-built jetliner. It was delivered in 2001 from the nearby, but now-demolished Woodford Aerodrome. It was the first exhibit to be added to the park.{{Cite web |title=Inside the Avro RJX: the last UK-built jet airliner |url=https://www.key.aero/article/inside-avro-rjx-last-uk-built-jet-airliner |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.key.aero |date=28 September 2021 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006222035/https://www.key.aero/article/inside-avro-rjx-last-uk-built-jet-airliner |url-status=live}}
• British Airways Concorde (Registration: G-BOAC 'Alpha Charlie'). Was acquired shortly after the retirement of the British Airways Concorde fleet in 2003. It has since been enclosed in a purpose-built hangar with a conference centre hosting regular events. This particular aircraft was the flagship of the British Airways fleet due to its G-BOAC designation, a reference to BOAC – a forerunner airline to British Airways.{{Cite web |title=Explore Our Aircraft |url=https://www.runwayvisitorpark.co.uk/visit-us/explore-our-aircraft/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Runway Visitor Park |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006222026/https://www.runwayvisitorpark.co.uk/visit-us/explore-our-aircraft/ |url-status=live}}
• Front Fuselage of Monarch Airlines DC-10-30 (Registration: G-DMCA). This was the only DC-10 operated by now-defunct Monarch Airlines, operating between 1996–2001. The original complete airframe was held at Manchester for a short while after being retired and subsequently scrapped, the front section being moved to the park in 2003. It is the only remains of a DC-10 in the UK.{{Cite web |title=Inside the UK's only remaining DC-10 |url=https://www.key.aero/article/inside-uks-only-remaining-dc-10 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.key.aero |date=6 August 2021}}
• BEA Trident 3 (Registration: G-AWZK). This aircraft last flew in 1985 and had been used for tug and de-ice training at Heathrow Airport. It was moved to the park in 2004, and opened to visitors in 2007. It is both the oldest and longest retired of all the exhibits.{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: BEA Trident 3, Manchester Airport Runway... © David Dixon |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3738739 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}
• RAF Nimrod MR2 (Registration: XV231). First deployed in the 1970s and retired in the late 2000s. This aircraft was used in specialist search and rescue missions. It had been deployed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was flown into Manchester and put on display in 2010. It is the only military exhibit.

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