News /Airport soars to awards win

MANCHESTER has been named the best airport in the UK for the second time in two weeks.

It picked up the accolade at the Travel Trade Gazette Awards – just 14 days after winning the same award at the Travel Bulletin awards on September 4.

The UK’s third largest airport fought off competition from the likes of Bristol and Birmingham to win.

It marks a hat-trick for the airport, which also won the Travel Weekly Globe Awards Best UK Airport in January this year.

The award comes after the busiest summer on record for Manchester Airport that saw more than three million passengers jet off on holiday in August alone. This year has also seen new destinations to San Francisco and Muscat, making Manchester Airport the only UK airport outside of London to offer these destinations.

This summer work also began on the airport’s £1bn transformation programme that is set to pave the way for the Northern hub’s continued growth.

Patrick Alexander, head of marketing for Manchester Airport, said: “We’re delighted to receive this fantastic award and would like to thank all the travel agents and people who voted for Manchester Airport.

“2017 has been an incredible year for the airport with record passenger numbers, the beginning of work on our £1bn transformation project and expansion by lots of our airlines.”