Greater choice of airports in the North of England

July 20th, 2009 | by real |

 

For many years people going abroad from the north of England and the midlands have invariably used Manchester airport if they were venturing abroad due to the lack of alternative airports and a wider selection of destinations. Whilst Manchester airport still is the main airport there is no doubt that the other airports are catching up fast.

Manchester airport is growing its overall percentage of the Northern market has shrunk with East Midlands airport in particular growing at a faster pace. There is no doubt that travellers prefer to use their local airport and as a regular traveller from all these airports my first choice would be East Midlands followed by Birmingham then Manchester with Leeds a distant fourth due to its poor location.

Although if you are travelling from Manchester airport and due to timings you may want to think about using Manchester airport hotel with parking an option which is more expensive. But I must admit I do enjoy it, although I have found that airport parking East Midlands and Birmingham airport parking to be generally cheaper than parking at Manchester airport. On top of cheaper airport parking, reduced travelling costs. Generally it just seems a lot less stressful experience.

There are really only 2 things why I would favour Manchester over either Birmingham or East Midlands airport. One would be the timing of the flight back, not keen on getting back late in the day or at night which means you spent the majority of your last day hanging around, which makes for a long day with a drive home after your flight. The second reason would be if the flight was considerably cheaper.

 


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