Name: Manchester Airport
IATA code: MAN
Address: Manchester Airport, Manchester, M90 1QX, UK.
Telephone: +44 (0) 8712 710 711
Manchester Airport handled close to 22 million passengers in 2007, making it the UK's busiest airport outside the London area and the countries 4th busiest airport overall. It is an important hub or base for charter and scheduled airlines such as bmi, bmibaby, easyjet, Flybe, Jet2.com, Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Manchester Airport serves more destinations than any other airport in the UK. At present about 84 airlines fly from here to over 225 airports worldwide. The airport is located in the Greater Manchester Area, about 8.5 miles southwest of Manchester city centre on the Cheshire border.
As is to be expected of such an important international travel hub, Manchester Airport comes packed with all the amenities expected of modern air travel. The facilities at the airport are well renowned and it has wonprestigious awards such as World's Best Airport 1995 and UK's Best Airport 2008.