Airport Guide for Manchester Airport

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  February 10, 2012  

Manchester Airport is a major airport located at Ringway in the City of Manchester within Greater Manchester, England, and is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom outside the London region in terms of passenger numbers. Manchester International Airport (MAN) ranks as the UK's fourth-busiest airports, seeing upwards of 189,000 aircraft movements and serving over 22 million passengers per year.

Manchester International Airport has an efficient ground transportation infrastructure comprised of trains, buses, coaches, taxis and hotel shuttles. Public bus services run to the city centre twice hourly, and also to further destinations around northern England, being provided by Stagecoach. Rail is the speediest option from the airport to central Manchester or vice versa, with regular services and an average journey time of 20 minutes.

Facilities:

Money and communications: ATMs, bureaux de change, banking facilities, Internet booths and a post office are available. Wireless Internet access is available in the terminal buildings at cafés and seating areas.
Eating and drinking: All terminals have restaurants, cafés and bars with 24-hour facilities.
Shopping: Duty-free shops and a variety of gift shops and concessions are available.
Luggage: Left-luggage facilities and lost property offices are available in both terminals' Arrivals areas (tel: (0161) 489 3463).
Other facilities: These include a medical centre, two prayer rooms, baby changing facilities and a 24-hour children’s play area.

Getting to the city: There are regular trains between the airport and Manchester Piccadilly railway station, which has connections to destinations throughout the UK. Buses service Manchester city centre as well as other local towns and cities. National Express operates coach services to cities all over the UK. All buses, coaches and trains leave from The Station, the airport's new transport interchange that is connected to all terminals by a covered walkway. Taxis are available outside all terminals.

Car Rental: Car rental companies include Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, National and Sixt.

Parking: Short-term car parking is adjacent to the terminals, and a regular shuttle bus provides a free service from the long-term car parks to all terminals.