Manchester airport receives £440 million investment for T2 transformation Manchester airport will begin construction on the final phase of its transformation programme this year, thanks to a £400 million investment from Manchester Airports Group (MAG). The £1.3 billion Manchester Airport Transformation Programme (MAN-TP) was announced in 2015, and the first phase was unveiled in July 2021 with the expansion of …

Heathrow welcomed 61.6 million passengers in 2022 Heathrow’s 2022 traffic ended at 76.6 per cent of pre-pandemic 2019 levels, with a total of 61.6 million passengers using the airport across the year. The figure was also 42.2 million higher than in 2021, which the airport said made it the highest passenger increase of any airport in Europe. More than 5.9 …

Emirates A380 resumes daily flights from Glasgow to Dubai The Emirates A380 will take off again from Glasgow Airport this summer, returning on the 26th March. The world’s largest commercial passenger aircraft will take pride of place once again on Scotland’s only Dubai service, connecting on to countless destinations worldwide. The world’s largest commercial passenger aircraft is set to make …

Luton DART system “expected to be operational by Easter” The long-awaited Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit (DART) system is now expected to open by mid-April.  The direct air-rail transit link between Luton Airport Parkway railway station and the airport had originally been due to open in 2020, but delays have led the project’s unveiling to be postponed several times, and its …