| Manchester airport is a major airport
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| | and growth to accommodate large passenger
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| within the UK, its size and passenger
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| | numbers. Additionally, the jet age
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| numbers are large and considered to be
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| | required extensions to the runways as
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| the largest outside the London area.
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| | well as larger more efficient terminal
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| Naturally as with every major airport
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| | buildings. At this early stage airport
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| today Manchester is filled with
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| | bosses started to fill these terminals
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| accompanying services such as car hire
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| | with shops, cafes and car hire desks as a
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| desks, shops, cafes and restaurants. Like
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| | means of earning extra profits through
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| Heathrow Manchester has two operational
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| | tenancy agreements. It was not until the
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| runways, an advantage over airports like
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| | seventies that the site was renamed as
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| Gatwick and Stansted. The site also has
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| | Manchester International Airport.
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| its own railway station and extensive
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| | As the major airport outside of London
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| road links meaning that it is a major air
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| | executives soon realised the opportunity
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| transport hub in the north of England. In
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| | to begin long haul flights from the site.
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| the previous twelve months Manchester saw
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| | Long haul planes however meant yet
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| twenty two million passengers fly in and
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| | another runway extension to accommodate
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| out; the site is not owned by BAA but is
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| | large jets like the Boeing 747. This
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| instead owned by the Manchester Airport
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| | expansion yielded great results. By the
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| Group, a group doing well enough to
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| | early nineties around ten million
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| consider buying Gatwick airport in the
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| | passengers were using the airport on an
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| coming year.
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| | annual basis; clearly having a major
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| Like many of the airports in the UK
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| | airport outside of the London conurbation
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| Manchester started operating during the
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| | was a good idea. It was during these
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| thirties as part of a growth in air
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| | years that another terminal was built
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| travel more generally. Originally the
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| | with all of the auxiliary services like
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| site's location in the parish of Ringway
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| | car hire desks, shops and restaurants.
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| gave the airfield its name. The inaugural
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| | Additionally it this period also saw the
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| flight went to Amsterdam in 1938. The
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| | addition of a rail link to the national
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| outbreak of war however meant that the
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| | network and a second runway. The second
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| site was soon requisitioned for military
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| | runway increased passenger numbers two
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| purposes. During these years the airfield
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| | fold in the next decade or so and is
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| was used for flying operational sorties
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| | large enough today to accommodate the
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| but was predominantly used as a testing
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| | gargantuan Airbus A380, the largest
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| and training centre. The British
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| | passenger jet ever built.
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| manufacturer Avro, makers of the
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| | Manchester airport today is the largest
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| Lancaster, used the site to test their
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| | and most commonly used outside of the
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| bombers. In terms of training it is
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| | three major London airports. It has
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| believed that the site was the major
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| | developed from a small airfield named
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| training ground for the newly formed
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| | after a local parish to a bona fide
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| parachute regiments that were so
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| | international gateway. With the
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| instrumental in the new form of warfare.
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| | facilities to accommodate the largest and
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| As with most airfields in the UK the
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| | most modern aircraft it will continue to
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| ending of war meant a return to civilian
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| | be a leader in the world of air travel.
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| use. By the late fifties Manchester was
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| | As a fundamental link in the
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| ferrying half a million passengers
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| | transportation network its future is
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| annually. Such high usage meant expansion
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| | somewhat assured.
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