Low-cost airline Norwegian has launched two new routes to the Canary Islands from Manchester Airport this winter. From October 30, direct twice weekly flights will take off to Gran Canaria for the winter while non-stop year-round flights to Tenerife launch from November 1. The flights will be serviced by brand new 186-seat Boeing […]
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Airlines throwing away ‘vast quantities’ of liquids at check-in
A decade after restrictions on liquids in aircraft cabins were introduced, vast quantities are still having to be thrown away by passengers during airport security checks. Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which operates Manchester, London Stansted, East Midlands and Bournemouth airports, confiscated more than 140 million tonnes of bottled drinks last […]
Manchester Airport unveils new-look Escape Lounge in Terminal 2
Manchester Airport has unveiled its new-look Escape Lounge in Terminal 2. The airport has spent £1.9m on the lounge which has increased in capacity by a third with room for up to 212 passengers. The Escape Lounge will provide passengers with an area away from the hustle and bustle of […]
48 hours in the New Forest
The New Forest National Park and surrounding areas has it all – great countryside, beaches, country pubs and some top tourist attractions. The actual park is a mosaic of ancient and ornamental woodland, open heather-covered heaths, rivers and valley mires, a coastline of mudflats and saltmarshes, and pretty, villages. It is […]