More choice in Manchester for budget travelers

Manchester residents will soon enjoy more choice when it comes to booking discount airfares for departures from the city’s international airport. EasyJet has announced that it plans to establish a base at the

Manchester International Airport and will begin operating an expanded network of routes from one of

Britain’s largest urban centers. EasyJet purchased British Airways owned and operated GB Airways, which has two airplanes located at the

Manchester Airport. The UK’s largest low-cost carrier, however, has announced that it will be adding three more airplanes to this fleet, thus increasing its permanent presence in

Manchester to five aircraft. EasyJet will begin operating GB’s regular routes as of March 29, 2008.

Although it already maintains a base at Liverpool’s

John Lennon Airport, Mike Campbell, one of the discount carrier’s directors, indicated that EasyJet plans to expand operations in Manchester in order to give residents of

England’s North-West more choice when it comes to low-cost tickets and EasyJet services. In addition to expanding BG’s Manchester-based fleet, easy has also confirmed that it will further develop its fleet at the

Liverpool airport, increasing the number of available planes to 10 within the next two years. A precise list of new destinations has yet to be announced, but will likely include popular continental European capital cities, as well as holiday resorts in Spain and possibly in

Portugal as well. In a recent news release, EasyJet did reveal that it will be adding a new route from Gatwick to

Biarritz, France, which will be launched in May 2008.

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