MANCHESTER Airport has launched a ‘Fly Manchester’ campaign todaywin back the four million passengers from its catchment area that currently travel by road/rail to London airports when similar routes operate a short distance away in Manchester.
It’s the start of year-long push aimed at the 22 million people who live within a two-hour drive of the Airport or can benefit in the same way from its extensive ground transport infrastructure.
The Airport currently loses around 4 million passenger journeys to London airports every year, despite having a long haul network that includes services to global destinations such as New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Islamabad and Lahore, while flights to world class hubs such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Singapore open up access to an additional 50 destinations in Asia, China, India and Australasia.
Ken O’Toole, Chief Commercial Officer for MAG, owners of Manchester Airport, said: “We have an unrivalled network of services – and our range continues to grow with Moscow, Cairo, Thessaloniki, Krakow, Trapani and Stavanger boosting the options for summer 2013. Manchester’s route network is bigger than Heathrow’s – with over 200 destinations on offer here, versus around 180 from Heathrow.
“The Fly Manchester campaign recognises it is absurd that people from the North should fly from London when they could do so from Manchester, much closer to where they live.”
Meanwhile, From Thursday, February 14, easyJet will operate new flights to Reykjavik (pictured above) and Venice from Manchester Airport:
Flights to Reykjavik operate on Thursdays and Sundays and start from £29.49; flights to Venice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and start from £29.49 (one way, based on two people booking at the same time).
