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More flights resume at Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is advising customers of a range of new safety measures, as more flights resume this week.
The UK’s third largest gateway has been trialling measures for a number of weeks, ahead of official government guidance being confirmed last week.
Now, it has updated its advice to passengers so they know how to prepare for their journeys and what to expect when they get to the airport.
Measures include wearing face coverings, enhanced cleaning, bookable security slots and temperature check.
Through a mix of graphics, posters, animations and social media content the airport has summarised these into handy hints for passengers to easily digest:
Manchester Airport chief operating officer Brad Miller said: "As we see the return of more airlines and destinations for our passengers to fly to, it becomes even more important to ensure our passengers feel safe and have the latest information to hand before they travel.
"We’ve been trialling a lot of safety measures for the last month to ensure they are appropriate and firmly in place ahead of airlines ramping up their operations. We are confident we have the right mix of things in place to facilitate safe travel and allow passengers to fly with confidence.
"As well as having all our safety measures in place, we also ask that all passengers play their part in keeping themselves and others secure. This includes coming to the airport in a face covering and keeping a sensible distance from others when possible across the airport campus.
"I’d like to thank all our passengers for continuing to abide by the measures in place during these uncertain times, and also thank all our staff who have gone above and beyond to ensure safe travel for all."
A range of carriers have already announced or re-started some of their operations from Manchester. Last week saw the first flight to Dubai start back with Emirates. Today (Monday) sees Eastern Airways resume its Southampton service and Swiss Airlines flights to Zurich.
Ryanair is also increasing its routes this week.
As passenger volumes begin to increase, Manchester Airport will re-open Terminal Three on July 1 to spread out the number of people and allow people to maintain and keep a sensible distance.
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