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NewsBlacksmith Freight Services invests in Manchester Airport warehouse
Roger Black and Tom Black. Photo: Blacksmith Freight ServicesThe Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has let 33,000 sq ft of its warehouse space at World Freight Terminal to 3PL and freight forwarder Blacksmith Freight Services.The large warehouse unit will be used by Blacksmith for storage and distribution functions, whilst the business ...
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NewsDelhi and Manchester united by Virgin Atlantic Cargo hat trick of flights
Virgin Atlantic will launch a three times a week passenger service to Delhi from Manchester in October this year.The new North of England route, using Airbus A330-200 aircraft, will see Virgin Atlantic Cargo tap into the £20bn of annual trade between the UK and India.UK-Indian trade currently generates 100,000 tonnes ...
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NewsJuneyao Air to launch Manchester–Shanghai service
Shanghai-based carrier Juneyao Air is to launch flights to Manchester on 31 March next year.The service will be operated as a Shanghai Pudong-Helsinki-Manchester route, flown three times a week.Juneyao Air will operate the route with Boeing 787-9 ‘Dreamliner’, and the service will represent an extension of the existing Shanghai-Helsinki route ...
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Newsdnata to expand at Manchester Airport with £30m cargo handling facility
Air services provider dnata is to expand its presence at Manchester Airport in the UK after committing to a new £30m cargo handling facility.The ‘build to suit’ dnata City North premises, with ease of airfield access, are being developed by MAG Property, the property and development arm of Manchester Airports ...
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Northern UK airports can become the 'beating heart' of regional development
Northern UK airports can become the ‘beating heart’ of regional development to establish global connectivity for the Northern Powerhouse project as an investment alternative to London in a post-Brexit world.Business and civic leaders from the north of the UK will make this call for a UK government commitment during an ...
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Slurper-sonic brew: Take tea under Concorde’s wing at Manchester
The Runway Visitor Park at Manchester Airport will play host to a special event on March 2 to celebrate 50 years since Concorde first took to the skies.The Aviation Society at Manchester Airport will see afternoon tea served under the wings of British Airways’ flagship Concorde – G-BOAC.As well as ...
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Heathrow vote: Manchester calls for proposals to maximise other airports
MAG, which owns Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands Airports, has called on the UK government to match its support for a third runway at Heathrow with "specific and practical proposals to maximise the potential of others airports - not least because new capacity at Heathrow is more than a ...
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Work starts on £1bn Manchester airport transformation project
Manchester Airport has started work on a new taxiway as part of its £1bn transformation programme announced in July last year.The building of Taxiway Delta Echo marks the start of the reconfiguration of the airfield at the Northern UK airport – the third largest in the country – to help ...
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Ethiopian to open Manchester to Addis connection
Ethiopian Airlines is to launch flights from its home hub of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Manchester Airport before the end of this year.The carrier will operate the route, which will initially at least transit via Brussels, with B787 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft four times a week from December.According to the ...
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Cowan takes over at Manchester Airport
Andrew Cowan is to become chief executive of Manchester Airport, taking over from Ken O'Toole, who has been named chief of sister airport in the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), London Stansted Airport.Meanwhile, Collette Roche has been named chief of staff for MAG, responsible for shaping the development of the Group’s ...
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Manchester kicks-off airport transformation programme
Manchester Airport has started work on its £1bn 10-year Transformation Programme that it hopes will help increase the number of long-haul flights from the UK northern gateway.Manchester Airport’s Transformation Programme, which will double the size of terminal two, represents the largest single private sector investment in the north of England ...
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Cathay Pacific to fly daily to Manchester in December
Cathay Pacific’s current four times a day Hong Kong to Manchester, UK connection will be upgraded to a daily frequency from 1 December this year.In March, the carrier had said that the frequency on the route would be increased to six times a week by the end of the year. ...
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Seven days a week to Saudi from Manchester
Saudia is to operate twice weekly 787 Dreamliner passenger and cargo flights between Manchester and Riyadh from June 23. The new Monday and Wednesday departures complement five existing flights a week to Jeddah, giving a daily service from the northern UK city to Saudi Arabia.Connections are available to other Middle ...
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Manchester Airport looks to the future… and further investment
Manchester Airport has revealed the latest phase of the UK northern gateway’s £1bn Transformation Programme, unveiling a number of new images showing what it might look like following the massive investment.Manchester Airport’s Transformation Programme represents the largest single private sector investment in the north of England.Airport chief executive Ken O’Toole ...