Manchester Airport issue message ahead of 'busiest weekend' with summer bank holiday getaway
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe great summer bank holiday getaway is well underway, with Manchester Airport set for its busiest four-day period of the entire year.
The airport said it is expecting 116,000 passengers to pass through per day over the course of Friday through to Monday - a four-day total just shy of half a million people.
It's set to be the hub's busiest weekend, buoyed by events in Manchester as well as foreign holidays. Travel hotspots including Alicante, Mallorca and Turkey are said to all be proving popular, together with European city breaks. READ MORE: Looking at the change from £20 in my hand, I asked myself an important question A spokesperson said: "Here at Manchester Airport we're ready to serve more passengers this bank holiday weekend than at any other point of the year, with more than 460,000 people flying into or out of the UK's global gateway in the north between Friday and Monday. "We're proud to connect the North to the world and are excited to be able to help thousands of people from the region jet off on their holidays, with Mediterranean hotspots including Alicante, Mallorca and Turkey looking especially popular. "This is also one of those amazing Manchester weekends when the city is hosting a host of international events including Manchester Pride, England vs Sri Lanka at Old Trafford, Premier League football and so much more – so we're also looking forward to welcoming visitors from all over the world to our region." The airport also highlighted the Creamfields festival in Cheshire.
Travel trade organisation Abta estimated more than two million people will head overseas between Friday and Monday, with Friday expected to be the busiest day for departures.
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