Manchester (MAN)

Advantages: Ever expanding
Disadvantages: Flight supplements can be quite expensive

Manchester Airport is situated just outside the city of Manchester. It is very easily accessible to many cities in the North of England. Each terminal at the airport has its own motorway exit which is very clearly signposted, and there is an internal bus service to help you get around. The airport boasts 3 terminals and 2 runways, and has new routes being added all the time, with airlines realising that people who want to travel from the UK don't ...
...adding experimental routes to their Manchester flights now, especially to various cities in the USA. However, many low cost airlines favour the nearby Liverpool airport, as the cost of landing fees, hangar fees and the like, are said to be very expensive at Manchester, whereas other smaller airports are willing to reduce these costs to offer a more varied and economical service. If you book a holiday departing from Manchester, there is nearly always ... Read review

Advantages: Good facilties, exellent travel links, range of airport hotels and wide range of destinations
Disadvantages: BMI, BMI, BMI! And T2 for shopping.

...many, many years. Living in Manchester itself now means that Ringway is the obvious choice, but even when I lived at the seaside we still flew from here – something to do with the fact that my holiday / travelling requirements generally extend beyond Jersey and Tenerife – practically the only 2 places served by Blackpool airport. So yes, Manchester it had to be. Come next Tuesday, I will have flown to 11 or 12 countries from here, approximately ...
...point. This year Manchester hosted the Commonwealth Games, and got rather excited about it months before they began. Tickets were on sale ages before, shops appeared stocking the official merchandise, and volunteer requests made the rounds. At work we were even asked how many languages we could speak just in case there’s a problem with any of the foreign customers who appear – after all, on your first trip to Manchester from some far ... Read review

Advantages: Good location, good facilities, warm welcome
Disadvantages: can appear to be too big sometimes

Manchester Airport formerly known to the 'older' jet set as Ringway has gronw up a matured gracefully, it is of course not without its controversy, more terminal space with the new Terminal 2 (T2), and who could forget the antics of Swampy and his mates trying to stop the building of the new staggered parallel runway 24L/6R with its assortment of additional taxiways and new 2nd airport fire station situated half way down to the south side of the ...
...now Terminal 1 (T1)... Manchester Airport is linked to the whole of the North of England by the UK motorway network via the M56/M60/M62 and also has direct rail services to the new Airport railway station from all over the North of England and of course not forgetting the Bus station served by National Express buses. Manchester airport and its Airlines also serve most major Cities and Towns within the UK, Ireland & Eurpopean Community through a ... Read review

Advantages: Smart and clean with short queues
Disadvantages: High prices for food etc

...with JMC in February from Manchester airport. My parents were flying out a week before us (lucky things) so I was persuaded to drive them up there to save money on the parking. The first thing that I will point out is that Manchester airport is brilliant to get to from the North or South (M6) but a nightmare from the East, such as Lincoln (tiny windy roads across the Penines where the hills just about killed my poor little car loaded up with parents ...
...the Ringway car park outside Manchester (eventually, that is... the directions are terrible). We were very impressed by the fact that the bus for the airport left within about 5 minutes, with only 2 couples on it. The driver was a maniac too, we made about 12 miles in less than 10 minutes. We checked in without a problem and we took our own food to avoid the high cost in the airport. Again we avoided the shops in the main airport so we got bored ... Read review

Advantages: Quick check in, plenty to do when checked in
Disadvantages: uncomfortsble seats!

...From Manchester Airport that is... Who doesn't like flying? I personally love it and will get to give it another go in a few weeks, flying to Tenerife from Manchester Airport (Ringway). I have only been on a foreign holiday twice, both times flying from Ringway. I have to say that it was a much better experience than I was expecting, I was expecting simply to check in and sit down and wait for the flight. Each time I have flown it, has been ...
...shops selling electrical goods and Manchester souvenirs. * Clothes - Tie Rack/Shop? etc * Duty Free shop. And once you have spent up, you can sit and wait for your flight to board, with an excellent view of the stand ( sort of parking area for the planes) As well as shopping opportunities, there are lots of amusement machines and vibrating chairs (for those with a kinky side, lol!!) Once you have checked in and gone through the security checks, ... Read review