Manchester reveals top long-haul routes

Orlando, New York and Dubai were the three most popular long-haul routes from Manchester Airport last year.

Cancun and Islamabad completed the top five, while the top 10 included Las Vegas, Barbados, Toronto, Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi.

Altogether, the airport handled 27.8 million passengers in the last financial year, half-a-million of whom flew to Orlando.

Manchester Airport’s catcment area of 22 million people spans north to Scotland, south to the Midlands, west to Merseyside and Wales, and east to Yorkshire and covers several counties.

The top five destinations by area were:

Greater Manchester

Dubai – Emirates
Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI and Virgin Atlantic
New York – Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2
Islamabad – PIA
Abu Dhabi – Etihad Airways

Merseyside

Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI and Virgin Atlantic
Dubai – Emirates
New York – Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2
Las Vegas – Thomas Cook Airlines and Virgin Atlantic
Cancun – Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI

Cheshire

Dubai – Emirates
Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI, Virgin Atlantic
New York – Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2
Vancouver – Air Transat
Toronto – Air Canada Rouge and Air Transat

Lancashire

Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI, Virgin Atlantic
Dubai – Emirates
Abu Dhabi – Etihad Airways
Islamabad – PIA
Cancun – Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI

Cumbria

Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI, Virgin Atlantic
Dubai – Emirates
New York – Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2
Cancun -Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI
Atlanta – Virgin Atlantic

Yorkshire

Islamabad – PIA
Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI, Virgin Atlantic
New York – Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2
Dubai – Emirates
Cancun – Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI

Staffordshire

Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI, Virgin Atlantic
New York – Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2
Toronto – Air Canada Rouge and Air Transat
Dubai – Emirates
Punta Cana – Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI

Lincolnshire

Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic
Cancun – Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI
New York – Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2
Dubai – Emirates
Las Vegas – Thomas Cook Airlines and Virgin Atlantic

Scotland

Orlando operated by Virgin Atlantic, TUI and Thomas Cook Airlines
Punta Cana operated by Thomas Cook Airlines
Cancun operated by Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI
Houston operated by Singapore Airlines
New York operated by Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, and Jet2

Northern Ireland

Orlando operated by Virgin Atlantic, TUI and Thomas Cook Airlines
Punta Cana operated by Thomas Cook Airlines
Cancun operated by Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI
New York operated by Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, and Jet2
Barbados operated by Virgin Atlantic, TUI and Thomas Cook Airlines

North East

Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI, Virgin Atlantic
Cancun – Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI
Las Vegas – Thomas Cook Airlines and Virgin Atlantic
Barbados – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI, Virgin Atlantic
Islamabad – PIA

Wales

Orlando – Thomas Cook Airlines, TUI, Virgin Atlantic
Las Vegas – Thomas Cook Airlines and Virgin Atlantic
New York – Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet2
Cancun – Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI
Dubai – Emirates

West Midlands

Orlando operated by Virgin Atlantic, TUI and Thomas Cook Airlines
New York operated by Virgin Atlantic, Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines and Jet2
Las Vegas operated by Virgin Atlantic and Thomas Cook Airlines
Cancun operated by Thomas Cook Airlines and TUI
Barbados operated by Virgin Atlantic, TUI and Thomas Cook Airlines

East Midlands