Manchester Airport news blog

Easyjet add Manchester-Newquay. Starting June 21st 2021, Easyjet will add a 5 weekly Manchester-Newquay service: U2323 MAN 0610 NQY 0725 Mon U2323 MAN 0800 NQY 0915 Sat U2323 MAN 1320 NQY 1435 Tue U2323 MAN 1450 NQY 1605 Wed U2323 MAN 1545 NQY 1700 Fri   U2324 NQY 0805 MAN 0920 Mon U2324 NQY 0945 MAN 1100 Sat U2324 NQY 1505 MAN 1620 Tue U2224 NQY 1635 MAN 1750 Wed U2324 NQY 1730 MAN 1845 Fri A320 used. This route pair is also served by Eastern 4 weekly and Loganair daily.

Bulgaria air adds Manchester. Bulgaria Air intends to add a Sofia-Manchester flight from 28th March: FB499 SOF 0545 MAN 0705 Sun FB499 SOF 1020 MAN 1150 Wed FB500 MAN 0755 SOF 1415 Sun FB500 MAN 1255 SOF 1815 Wed A319 used Currently Easyjet serve this route 3 weekly in the summer and up to daily in the winter.

SkyUp adds Manchester flights. SkyUp airlines are aiming to start a 2 weekly Kiev-Manchester from 29th May: PQ351 KBP 0535 MAN 0740 PQ352 MAN 0840 KBP 1410 Tue and Sat with B737-800. Currently Ryanair serve this route, and SkyUp have the authority to add a 3rd weekly if they so wish.

  Jet2 add 2 Manchester routes Starting in 2022, Jet2 will begin flights to Athens and Toulouse from Manchester: Athens: LS1079 MAN 0630 ATH 1225 Thu/Sun LS1080 ATH 1325 MAN 1530 Thu/Sun B737-800 used, starts 11th April 2022 Toulouse: LS1777 MAN 0600 TLS 0910 Thu/Sun LS1778 TLS 0955 MAN 1105 Thu/Sun B737-800 used, starts 24th April 2022 Athens is served by Easyjet and Aegean, whereas Toulouse is only served peak winter by TUI.

  Jet2 summer 2022 changes While still some time away, I thought it worth documenting the Summer 2022 changes versus the summer 2021 schedule. This will be updated as the year goes on. Increases: Arricife 10 > 11 weekly Athens 0 > 2 weekly (new) Malaga 9 > 11 weekly Antalya 14 > 16 weekly Bodrum 5 > 6 weekly Ibiza 13 > 14 weekly Mykonos 1 > 2 weekly Skiathos 3 > 4 weekly Kalamata 1 > 2 weekly Mytiline 1 > 2 weekly Palma 30 > 31 weekly Pisa 3 > 4 weekly Preveza 2 > 3 weekly Reykjavik 0 > 2 weekly (new year round flights) Tivat 0 > 2 weekly (new) Toulouse 0 > 2 weekly (new) Vienna 0 > 2 weekly (no flights in August) Decreases: Corfu 8 > 7 weekly Kos 7 > 6 weekly Santorini 4 > 3 weekly. As ever, subject to change.

  Turkish Airlines adds 2 routes. Starting June 19th 2021, Turkish Airlines will add 2 routes to Manchester, with the addition of Dalaman and Antalya: TK4011 DLM 0820 MAN 1100 daily  TK4012 MAN 1200 DLM 1825 daily TK4009 AYT 1050 MAN 1325 daily TK4010 MAN 1430 AYT 1855 daily  B737-800 used on both flights.  This is in addition to the recently announced sun express route to Antalya, which means overall, Turkish Airlines group will have 32 weekly flights to Manchester, up from the 14 of 2019 and planned 2020 schedule.

Aer Lingus adds 3 USA routes. Starting 1st July, Aer Lingus UK will base 4 aircraft at Manchester to operate 3 new Trans-Atlantic routes. The 2nd A330 operates as a back up due to the complexities of the UK AOC versus just the Irish AOC. Proposed schedule detailed below, but may be subject to change: Boston: EI45 MAN 1100 BOS 1330 daily EI44 BOS 1820 MAN 0650 daily  A321N used, tentatively starts 2nd July. New York JFK: EI41 MAN 1405 JFK 1700 daily EI40 JFK 1950 MAN 0735 daily A321N used, tentatively starts 1st July. Orlando: EI35 MAN 1100 MCO 1500 daily EI34 MCO 1930 MAN 0835 daily A330-300 used, tentatively starts 1st July. All 3 routes should hopefully go on sale this month. Flight numbers are likely to change as they will operate on UK AOC, which usually dictates a new flight code (such as Ryanair UK using RK instead of FR and Easyjet Europe using EJU instead of U2).