MAN - Manchester

Serving the northwest of England, this is the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom, with 28 million passengers in 2023. Its website is www.manchesterairport.co.uk

Parking

Manchester is a large airport with a range of parking options - Meet & Greet (two minutes from check-in), T1/T3 Mid stay (three minutes to Terminal 3, ten minutes to Terminal 1), multi-storey (up to eight minutes to the terminal), Jet Parks (five to ten minute shuttle ride, five per hour), Drop and Go (five minutes walk to Terminal 3, five minutes shuttle to Terminals 1 and 2). 

The full details of the options are here www.manchesterairport.co.uk/parking/  With the exception of the multi-storey these can only be used if pre-booked.

Drop Off

At Manchester there is a drop-off location outside each terminal.  Charges are £5 for up to five minutes, £6 for up to ten minutes, £25 for over staying. If you try to pick up in the drop-off zone you will be fined £100.

There is also a free drop-off area.  You will find it in Jet Parks 1 and there is a free six minute shuttle bus that can be used by the person dropping off too.

Security

Security details at Manchester can be found here www.manchesterairport.co.uk/help/passenger-guides/security/  Manchester offers a fast track for £5.

Restaurants and Bars

There are a number of restaurants on offer at Manchester.

Terminal 1 - Bar MCR, Burger King, Cafe Balzar, Giraffe, Greggs, PizzaLuxe, Pret a Manger, Starbucks, The Grain Loft, Upper Crust

Terminal 2 - Amber Alehouse, Apiary, Archie's, Barburrito, Bridgewater, Costa, M&S Simply Food, Pot Kettle Black, Pret a Manger, San Carlo, Starbucks, The Evergreen Bar & Brasserie, Wagamama

Terminal 3 - Caffe Nero, Costa, Hangar, Kiosco, KFC, Pork & Pickle, The Lion and Antelope, The Nook, Trattoria Milano

Shops

Manchester has a number of shops in the terminals.  You can find out more about each store here www.manchesterairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/airport-facilities/shopping-services/

Terminal 1 - Accessorize, Aerospa, Biza Duty Free, Bobbi Brown, Boots, Boss, Fat Face, Hamley's, InMotion, JD Sports, Jo Malone, Timberland, Travelex, WH Smith

Terminal 2 - Accessorize, Boots, InMotion, JD Sports, The Bookshop, Travelex, WH Smith, World Duty Free

Terminal 3 - Biza Duty Free, Boots, Travelex, WH Smith, World Duty Free

Manchester has a Reserve & Collect option.  World Duty Free in Terminal 2 accepts Alipay.

Lounges

Terminal 1 - Escape, 0400-2000, selection of food, unlimited soft drinks, from £32

Terminal 2 - Escape,  0400-1700, selection of food, unlimited soft drinks, from £32

Terminal 2 - 1903, 0400-2030, complimentary drinks, from £49

Terminal 3 - Escape,  0400-2000, (Saturday 0400-1800), selection of food, unlimited soft drinks, from £33

From November 4th 2024 Manchester will also offer a private check-in and lounge experience called Aether. More details can be found on our new bulletin here.

Assistance

Manchester recommends travellers contact their tour operator, travel agent or airline at least 48 hours prior to departure so that your details can be passed to the Assistance team.  You can find some very detailed information via the following link.

Assistance - www.manchesterairport.co.uk/help/special-assistance/

Hotels

There are a few hotels serving the airport.

Ibis Budget - two minutes walk

Holiday Inn - five minutes walk

Clayton Hotel - fifteen minutes walk, shuttle available

Crowne Plaza - fifteen minute walk

Double Tree Hilton - five minutes shuttle bus (charge applies)

Holiday Inn Express - ten minutes shuttle bus (charge applies)

Delta by Marriott - five minutes by taxi

Premier Inn Heald Green - six minutes by taxi

Best Western - ten minutes by taxi

Mere Court Hotel - ten minutes by taxi

Premier Inn Cheadle - ten minutes by taxi

Premier Inn Handforth - ten minutes by taxi

Premier Inn North - ten minutes by taxi

Premier Inn South - ten minutes by taxi

Airport Inn - fifteen minutes taxi

Cresta Court - fifteen minutes taxi

For hotels at Manchester just click the image below.

Shuttles

Shuttles are limited to those mentioned in the hotel section.

Immigration

For all international travellers you should check entry requirements on the official government site.  In this case it is www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration and you will find details on the ETA scheme there too.

Reclaim

Just follow the signs after immigration and you will come to the baggage reclaim area.  There are boards that you should check for your flight number, and that will indicate which carousel you need to attend.  There are trolleys available in the area.

Customs

There are two channels - green (nothing to declare) and red (items to declare).  

Just like immigration you should only rely on the official government information regarding what you can bring into the UK. www.gov.uk/bringing-goods-into-uk-personal-use

Taxis

Taxis are available at all terminals.  This includes Black Cabs and private taxis from Street Cars.

There is a search facility on the airport's site www.manchesterairport.co.uk/getting-to-and-from/by-taxi/ that will show prices.

Buses and Coaches

Various services come in and out of the terminal.

Local buses offer lots of options.

18 - Wythenshawe, Sale, Trafford Park, Eccles

43 - Wythenshawe, Northenden, Withington, Manchester

103 - Peel Hall, Wythenshawe, Moss Side, Manchester

130 - Wilmslow, Henbury, Macclesfield

199 - Stockport, Buxton

368 - Cheadle Hulme, Edgeley, Stockport

National Express is identified by the airport as the coach operator of choice and will connect to various towns and cities.

For National Express just click the image below.

Rail and Trams

There is a rail station at the airport that can be walked to within fifteen minutes from any part of the site.

Trains head to Manchester Piccadilly and the journey takes twenty minutes, with departures every ten minutes.

There is also a tram stop at the airport and the service is called Metro Link.  The stop can be walked to within fifteen minutes from any part of the site.  Trams run directly to Victoria station as well as the city centre, where you can easily connect with other parts of the network.  Trams run every twelve minutes.

For any rail bookings, we recommend Trainline. Just click the logo below.

Routes

Manchester is a large airport and has the routes to match.  You can find full details here www.manchesterairport.co.uk/destinations-and-guides/

Destinations

Less than 2 hours - Aberdeen, Alicante, Amsterdam, Basel, Belfast, Bergen, Bergerac, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Chambery, Charleroi, Cologne, Copenhagen, Cork, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Grenoble, Guernsey, Hamburg, Innsbruck, Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Kerry, Knock, La Rochelle, Limoges, London Heathrow, Londonderry, Luxembourg, Lyon, Marseille, Munich, Nantes, Newquay, Paris, Pula, Santander, Shannon, Shetland, Southampton, Stavanger, Toulouse, Turin, Zurich

Less than 4 hours - Agadir, Almeria, Athens, Barcelona, Beziers, Bilbao, Billund, Bologna, Bratislava, Brindisi, Bucharest, Budapest, Carcassonne, Catania, Chania, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Faro, Gdansk, Genoa, Gibraltar, Girona, Helsinki, Ibiza, Kalamata, Katowice, Kavala, Kefalonia, Klagenfurt, Kittila, Krakow, Kuusamo, Lisbon, Madeira, Madrid, Mahon Menorca, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Milan, Montenegro, Murcia, Mykonos, Mytilene, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Oslo, Palma Majorca, Pisa, Podgorica, Porto, Poznan, Prague, Preveza,  Reus, Reykjavik, Riga, Rome, Rzeszow, Salzburg, Seville, Sofia, Split, Stockholm, Tivat, Treviso, Valencia, Venice, Verona, Vienna, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Zadar, Zakynthos

Less then six hours - Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion,  Istanbul, Izmir, Kos, La Palma, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Luxor, Paphos, Rhodes, Sal, Santorini, Sharm el Sheikh, Skiathos, Tel Aviv, Tenerife, Thessalonika, Trapani, Trondheim, Zagreb

Over six hours - Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Antigua, Atlanta, Bahrain, Banjul, Barbados, Beijing, Boa Vista, Bridgetown, Cairo, Cancun, Doha, Dubai, Florida, Goa, Hong Kong, Houston, Hurghada, Jeddah, Kuwait, Montego Bay, New York, Orlando, Phuket, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Singapore, Toronto, Varadero

Maps

Each terminal has its own web page with a map towards the bottom of that page.

Terminal 1 - www.manchesterairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/terminal-1/

Terminal 2 - www.manchesterairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/terminal-2/

Terminal 3 - no map available

Meeting Points

There are no designated meeting points.  

Terminal Transfers

Connections between the terminals are on foot using the Skylink walkways.  It should be a maximum of fifteen minutes between terminals.

Car Hire

There are four main companies operating at the airport - Avis, Enterprise, Europcar and Sixt.  The car hire area is reached using a free bus shuttle that takes about ten minutes.

Manchester does have its own search tool here www.manchesterairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/car-rental/