Manchester Airport
See also: Manchester Airport and City Airport ManchesterManchester Airport, formerly Manchester (Ringway) Airport, is the third busiest airport in the UK in terms of passengers per year as of 2011 (the busier airports are London's Heathrow, Gatwick). It is served by a dedicated railway station. In 2008 the airport handled 21.06 million passengers and provided direct flights to over 200 destinations worldwide by over 90 airlines from three terminals. Long haul scheduled destinations served directly include New York ( JFK and Newark), Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Orlando, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Port of Spain, Antigua, Barbados, St. Lucia and Cancún. Asian destinations include Damascus, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Jeddah, Riyadh, Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Singapore. There are also firm plans for direct services to Beijing, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Many European and domestic destinations are served. Manchester to London is one of the highest density airline routes within the UK and is one of the busiest domestic sectors in Europe, but is now experiencing serious competition from the improved railway link.
The airport has been voted the best airport in the UK by Which? consumer magazine, Travel Weekly Globe, Business Magazines International for the second year running and in the Airport World's Service Excellence Awards (European runner up, second only to Copenhagen).
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