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Manchester Airport: Manchester Airport Parking
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Manchester Airport is the UK's third largest airport offering direct flights to over 200 destinations worldwide by more than 100 airlines and 300 tour operators. The airport currently handles 21 million passengers a year, but with passenger numbers expected to rise to 42 million by 2015, managing the flow of passengers travelling in and out of its three terminals is vital to its efficient operation.
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"The story of the Manchester Airport - now the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport - is the story of time compressed and distances shortened. It is ... the story of farsighted men and women who recognized that their future - and their city's - was above them." - Joe McQuaid, Publisher, NH Union Leader/NH Sunday News
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Manchester Airport now has flights to more destinations than any other UK airport, offering flights to 225 destinations, with more direct routes than Heathrow and Gatwick. Heathrow offers 180 destinations; all scheduled, whilst Gatwick has about 200, (although the two London airports handle considerably more flights and passengers than Manchester).[8] Many of Manchester's overseas routes are served by charter flights to holiday destinations, some being seasonal.
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Manchester Airport has on site parking for over 12,000 cars in the short and long term car parks, all are within a short walk from the Terminal Buildings. Regular security patrols and simple entry and exit arrangements ensure easy parking for holiday and business travellers flying from the airport.
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The history of Manchester Airport in its present location dates back to 1938. Before then, in 1929 Wythenshawe Airport was opened as a temporary airfield and Barton Aerodrome near Eccles in 1930. By 1934 it became clear that Barton was not suitable for larger aircraft; modifications were considered to be too expensive so the current site at Ringway, South of Manchester, was chosen. Ringway Airport was officially opened on the 25th June 1938 but was closed to civil traffic again during the WWII when it became an aircraft manufacturing centre and home to over 60,000 trainee parachutists. Normal passenger services resumed in 1946 and the airport quickly grew with extended terminal facilities being opened in 1949, the main runway being extended in 1951.
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Manchester Airport railway station, forming part of The Station, is located between Terminals 1 and 2. It is linked to the terminals using a Skylink moving walkway. Trains are operated either by Northern Rail or TransPennine Express and connect the airport to Manchester Piccadilly Station and other railway stations throughout northern England. Construction is now underway on building a third platform at the airport railway station, due to an increase in passenger numbers using the facility. The £15 million project will meet the extra future demand for rail services to and from the airport and is expected to be completed by December 2008.
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