Every year, Greater Manchester receives millions of international tourists, many brought by a love of football and music, with others travelling further afield to enjoy the scenery of national parks like Snowdonia and the Lake District.We speak to Victoria Braddock from Marketing Manchester on why people from around the world want to visit the city and the role the airport plays in that. We also hear from Jen Cormack who is a Sales and Marketing Director for Windermere Lake Cruises, as well as a non-executive Director of Cumbria Tourism on how the airport is offering a gateway for international visitors to explore one of the UK’s most scenic spots.
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London Calling
Tom and Adam take a trip to the shadows of Big Ben, where they chat to Manchester Airport Group’s Head of Public Affairs Joe Chapman, exploring the engagement MAN does in Westminster, and looking at what July’s general election result means for the future of aviation.Meanwhile, while we’re in the capital, we call in on Gareth Powell, MD of MAN’s sister airport, London Stansted, to find out what the similarities and differences are between two of the UK’s “big four” airports.
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Life on the Wing
Ryan and Jade from Live the Dash, are among the most-followed travel creators on the net, with 750k followers across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. They are also regular travellers from Manchester. They talk to Tom and Adam about what it’s like to be a travel influencer and share stories of their recent trips from their second home, MAN.We also check back in with the airport’s social media team, who launched their own TikTok channel late last year, and have been doing some jet setting of their own.
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Terminal Transformation
Grab your hard hats and safety goggles, we’re taking you onto the construction site that will soon be Terminal 2. Last series, we heard from Jill Fraser on the plans for Phase 2 of MANTP. In this episode, Tom and Adam are joined by Rick Wagstaffe from the MANTP team to hear about the progress made and take a tour of the parts of T2 that are under construction, including the new pier and departure lounge. They also drop in to see the new baggage system, which will move hold luggage from check-in to the aircraft more quickly than ever before and use a state-of-the-art automated system to sort bags with accuracy of over 99.9%. Following the terminal tour, it’s time to head out onto the airfield to see how a reconfiguration of the taxiways is making Manchester Airport more efficient than ever before. We hear from Ben Gledhill on the airport’s Talent Acquisition team who explains how the transformation programme and wider growth of the airport is opening up new career opportunities for local people.
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Summer Hotspots
Where are some of the weird and wonderful places people will be jetting off to this summer and beyond? Manchester Airport is proud to serve new routes to destinations as varied as Luxembourg, Shanghai, Las Vegas and Casablanca this summer, but old favourites like Spain, Greece and Turkey will be very popular as well. We speak to Candice Flanagan, a holiday sales rep at TUI, about the most popular destinations for the summer and we check back in with Managing Director Chris Woodroofe who answers our questions ahead of the start of the busy summer season.
It’s one of the largest airports in the UK, connecting nearly 30 million people a year from all corners of the North to hundreds of destinations around the world - but it’s so much more than an airport. Join broadcaster Tom Fordyce, as he goes behind the scenes at Manchester Airport.
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