Manchester Airport news blog

TUI adds 2 new routes Starting 1st November 2020, TUI are adding 2 new routes to their Manchester base, Varadero and Banjul. Varadero TOM161 MAN 1000 VRA 1440 TOM162 VRA 1655 MAN 0650 Flight will operate Sundays in November then Mondays from December. B787 used. Banjul TOM891 MAN 0900 BJL 1530 TOM892 BJL 1630 MAN 2250 Sunday’s, using B737-800 Varadero is currently unserved after the Thomas Cook collapse, Banjul is currently served by Enter Air on behalf of The Gambia Experience.

Juneyao Airlines adds Manchester flights. Starting 30th March 2020, Juneyao Airlines will begin a 3 weekly Shanghai Pu Dong to Manchester flight. It operates via Helsinki HO1607 PVG 0055 HEL 0600/0730 MAN 0830 HO1608 MAN 1000 HEL 1505/1635 PVG 0635 Operates Mon/Wed/Fri B787-9 used. This flight will be Manchester’s 3rd flight to China, the others being a daily Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong and 4 weekly Hainan Airlines flight to Beijing.

Virgin Atlantic to operate La Romana charters. During the winter 2019/202 season, Virgin Atlantic will operate 3 Manchester to La Romana charters for Fred Olsen Cruises: VS617 MAN 1000 LRM 1530 2nd Jan/30 Jan/27 Feb VS618 LRM 1815 MAN 0710 2nd Jan/30 Jan/27 Feb A330-200 used. These flights were previously due to be operated by Thomas Cook, however Virgin have now been chartered due to the demise of MT.

Flybe summer 2020 changes. Flybe has started to release its summer 2020 Schedule, and below is a brief summary of its Manchester changes. New route to Stuttgart: BE7131 MAN 0730 STR 1025 Daily BE7132 STR 1100 MAN 1205 Daily Begins 28th March 2020.route is currently unserved by any other carrier. Luxembourg increases from 4 weekly to daily Dusseldorf is reduced from 4 daily to 3 daily La Rochelle, Milan Malpensa, Nantes, Rennes and Toulouse appears to be permanently suspended.  Further changes are highly likely in the next few weeks.

Virgin Atlantic expands Manchester Starting 1st June, Virgin Atlantic will base a 7th aircraft at Manchester, adding frequencies to 3 routes. As the times and equipment vary on all 3 routes, this will just detail a summary of the changes. Bridgetown, Barbados. This increases from 2 to 3 weekly, with flight on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A mix of A332and B744 used. Las Vegas Increase from 4 to 6 weekly. Extra flights on Tue/Wed meaning only Friday has no flights. A332 wand A333 used. Orlando International. Increases from 12 to 14 weekly. Flights now run twice a day, every day. A333 And B744 used. Further changes could be likely. This means for the summer 2020 peak, Virgin Atlantic and Delta will be running a combined 8 flights per day to Manchester, with more growth to come for 2020.

TUI returns to Sharm El Sheikh Starting February 2020, TUI will resume its flights to Sharm El Sheikh after the U.K. ban was lifted. Initially the service will be 2 weekly, but, from the summer timetable, the flight will be 3 weekly using the following timetable: TOM MAN 1405 SSH 2040 Wed TOM MAN 1425 SSH 2100 Thu/Sun TOM SSH 2140 MAN 0235 Wed TOM SSH 2200 MAN 0250 Thu/Sun B757 used. TUI is the first airline to restart the route from Manchester, and now serves 3 Egypt destinations in the form of Hurgarda, Marsa Alam and now Sharm El Sheikh.

Freebird charters 2020 Freebird will operate several Manchester charters for summer 2020 Antalya: FHY301 AYT 0800 MAN 1045 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun FHY300 MAN 1145 AYT 1815 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun Dalaman: FHY401 DLM 0815 MAN 1045 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun FHY400 MAN 1145 DLM 1800 Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun A320 used.