NOXIOUS SMELLS IN CABINS AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT

Really bad smelling fumes have found their way into cabins and flight decks - igniting alerts on eight Manchester Airport Flights, as reported by the Manchester Evening news. One pilot let down th eoxygen masks whilst another flight reported that they felt light headed after takeoff.
Passengers and three cabin attendants reported feeling so unwell from 'noxious fumes' with a 'gas-type' smell on a third plane that a full security alert was triggered. Paramedics were only allowed on board the jet following an emergency landing after the Army was alerted and it was held for 90 minutes by armed police.

The Department for Transport said 116 'contaminated air events' had been reported to the Civil Aviation Authority in 2007. It has been revealled that 8 of these happened on flights to or from Manchester, as reported in CAA documents.

News of this incidents comes days after the government said it was probing claims that contaminated cabin air was making passengers and pilots ill.

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LUCKY ESCAPE FOR PILOT AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT

A pilot had a lucky escape when his light aircraft crashed on landing at the City Airport, Manchester, the Manchester Evening News reports. Eye witnesses said that they saw the plane being tossed about by the wind before skirting over the clubhouse, slicing the top off a tree, and landing in a hedge.

Anaesthetist Ahmed Eskander, from Rochdale, lost control of his Denney Kitfox two-seater as he came in to land at the airport. An eyewitness told the newspaper: ‘He screwed up his landing and you could see he'd decided to put on full power and go back round for another attempt. But he went into a stall and was having to fight the wind. The plane almost flipped over, it was like something out of a James Bond film.'

‘The plane came whizzing past the roof of the clubhouse and everybody in there screamed. Then there was a loud bang, and everybody came running out. He'd crashed into trees and then flipped round into a hedge. He narrowly missed crashing into the cars in the car park and only the hedge stopped him from crashing onto Liverpool Road.'

‘It was totally surreal. Somehow he managed to pull himself out of the wreckage before collapsing on the ground. His legs looked like they were cut to the bone and it's no wonder when you saw the crushed cockpit.’

Mr Eskander, who has 600 hours' flying experience, was given stitches to his leg injuries and discharged from hospital.

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MANCHESTER AIRPORT CAR PARK DIRECTIONS

A few of MF Airport Parkings customers have come on to us asking for directions to their chosen car parks. Directions can be located by clicking on the car park link on their booking voucher.

However as MF Airport Parking like to keep improving there service we have taken an opportunity to improve our service even further by providing specific direction pages for each of our car parks.

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PAKISTAN AIRLINE COMPLETES ONE YEAR OF FLIGHTS TO MANCHESTER AIRPORT

Airblue, Pakistan's fastest growing private airline, has completed one year of its flights between Manchester Airport and Islamabad, contributing to a market growth of 49.3 percent on the route.

Airblue carried a 84,383 passengers during this period June 2007 to May 2008, which was a 38 percent market share. To celebrate the completion of one year of successful operations, the airline enjoyed cake cutting ceremony followed by awarding a free return Airblue ticket to a lucky passenger through a computer ballot.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANCHESTER AIRPORT

Manchester Airport, will mark its 70th anniversary on June 25. Originally called Manchester (Ringway) Airport, the hub is now the UK’s largest regional (non London) airport, and the forth biggest in the UK overall.

A series of celebratory events have been planned to take place throughout the year to celebrate the anniversary, including an M Fest family day, a dinner for dignitaries and the long awaited completion of the new Concorde hangar.

Manchester Airport’s Managing Director Andrew Cornish said: ‘The airport has changed beyond recognition from those early days. In 6 months of operations in 1938 the airport handled 4000 passengers - In 6 months of operations in 2007 the airport handled over 11 million passengers. In 1938 there were 12 destinations served by Manchester, only 1 of them being outside the UK - In 2007 Manchester had over 220 destinations worldwide, more than any other UK airport.'
'In 1938 there were only two check-in desks - In 2008 there are hundreds of check-in desks, plus Express and Internet check-in facilities. The runway in 1938 was 3000 feet in length - The modern runways are 10000 feet (3048 metres) in length.'

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THINGS TO DO IN MANCHESTER

For all our customers who regularly visit our site or subscribe to our blog I would like to let you all know that we have now included some useful information on our site about Manchester.

More and more people these days extend their holidays or business trips and sometimes book into a hotel a day or so before their travel dates. If you are new to Manchester this can make your experience rather hard work.

What we at MF Airport Parking have done and are continuing to do is create some useful links on things to do in and around Manchester separate from Manchester Airport itself. On these new pages you will find details on the most popular attractions that we feel Manchester has to offer. Feel free to check them out by following the link below:

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PALMA AIRPORT

Having recently experienced the nightmare that is Palma Airport I can fully applaud Manchester Airports services.

Travelling with Jet2 out of Manchester was absolutely wonderful at least five check in personal made it seamless and we sailed through. Its a pitty I cant say the same about Palma. For such a large airline with so many flights they could have at least opened up more than one check in desk for our returned.

Keep up the excellenet Service Manchester.

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500 PASSENGERS CAUGHT UP IN TWO INCIDENTS AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT

More than 500 passengers were caught up in two separate emergencies within hours of each other at Manchester Airport yesterday, the Manchester Evening News reports.

There were 266 travellers on board a US-bound plane when the captain aborted take-off because of a suspected tyre problem. Then a jet with 245 holidaymakers flying to Manchester from Palma, Mallorca was forced to make an emergency landing because of a suspected wheel fault. No-one was injured, but both aircraft were stranded on taxiways for some time.

The newspaper reports that the Philadelphia-bound US Airways Airbus A330 was heading down the runway at lunchtime yesterday when it is thought a warning light flashed in the cockpit. The captain aborted the take-off and began taxiing back to the terminal, but a tyre then deflated, leaving the aircraft stranded on the tarmac on the approach to Terminal 2.

Fire crews were called as a precaution after smoke was seen coming from the brakes and the passengers were evacuated down steps. As a result, two flights to Manchester, one from the Isle of Man and one from London, had to be diverted to Liverpool while an airfield operations team carried out a runway sweep.

The US airways jet was still on the taxiway at around 15:00 yesterday when a First Choice Airways' Airbus A320 made an emergency landing. It is reported that the problem with the jet coming from Mallorca was related to its nose wheel. The plane was towed to the terminal by a tug just before 16:00.

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NEW SERVICE CONTRACT WON AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT

A private jet business based at Manchester Airport has won a service contract with Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier. This will see Ocean Sky's Manchester's maintenance operation become an authorised Bombardier service facility.

The Manchester site was previously known as Northern Executive Aviation (NEA) until Ocean Sky bought the business last summer. It employs 65 people and is the only high-end private aviation maintenance facility at Manchester Airport. Its two hangars cover more than 3000 sq metres and are able to accommodate four long-range jets.

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NEW LUXURY AIRLINE HOPING TO FLY FROM MANCHESTER

A new luxury-class airline is pressing ahead with plans to start flying from Manchester Airport despite the problems engulfing the sector - with all three all business class airlines operating from the UK failing in the last six months - the Manchester Evening News reports.
Premjet is preparing to start operations next spring using 80-seater Boeing 737 jets. It plans to fly to Malaga and Alicante in Spain, Faro in Portugal and Palma, Majorca with a total of 14 services a week.

The new luxury airline will target well-heeled leisure travellers, including people with holiday homes, across the north. Director Andy Mitchell told the newspaper: ‘We continue to seek investment and our timetable remains unaffected. We believe the demand exists for our service and we believe it will be successful.’

He said passengers would be able to check in online and would have access to airport lounges, adding that fares would be `competitive'. Premjet is headed by chief executive Chris Belcher and its board includes former Manchester Airport director Paul Connellan, who is a non-executive and is acting as a consultant. It is based in Croydon.

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LIVERPOOL AIRPORT PARKING

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MANCHESTER AIRPORT GROUP INTERESTED IN BELFAST

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) bosses are considering a move for Belfast City Airport after its Spanish owner put it on the open market yesterday, the Manchester Evening News reports. It says that the UK's second biggest airports operator has requested further details about Belfast City, which has a price tag of more than £100m.

A source at MAG confirmed the company's interest in acquiring Belfast City, telling the newspaper: 'We will certainly be having a close look at it but a formal offer is some way off. The group is interested in acquiring assets that add value for shareholders, and has an excellent track record of running airports.'

At the same time, MAG have been holding informal talks with private equity groups about the possibility of a joint bid for Gatwick, and have appointed advisers to find a buyer for Humberside Airport.