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The Original Ringway Airport

Manchester has a long association with aircraft and flying. From the early days of the Avro and the Lancaster bomber to the contemporary supersonic elegance of British Airways Concorde.

It was in 1934 that Manchester City Council approved the building of Ringway Airport, which was opened in 1938 with the completion of the original terminal and the commencement of scheduled flights.

However, the Second World War brought a swift halt to scheduled flights in 1939, and for the duration it was the home base of 613 Squadron RAF and the Parachute Training School.

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Scheduled air services recommenced in 1946 and in 1948, the airport saw the first visit by a military jet aircraft. In the following years the original runway was extended several times (in 1951 to 5900 feet, in 1959 to 7000 feet, in 1961 to 7500 feet, in 1965 to 7900 feet, in 1969 to 9200 feet, in 1982 to 10,000 feet.

In the meantime, the airport had seen the arrival of its first "jumbo" aircraft in 1970, and of the first visit by "Concorde" in 1976.

In 1975, the airport changed its name to "Manchester International Airport" and in 1986 "Manchester Airport PLC" was incorporated, at which time it changed its name to the present form : "Manchester Airport". In 1992 the Railway Station and the new Terminal 2 were opened.

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Nowadays, over 20 million passengers pass through its booking hall. Originally called "Ringway Airport", it is now the third biggest international air terminal in Britain. Rail linked to the city centre, it takes only 15 minutes to reach, though it is 10 miles out. Air traffic controllers currently handle 94 airlines, with over 170 world-wide destinations.In 1994, the airport handled over 73,000 metric tonnes of cargo and freight. It has come a long way since the City Council first decided to build a municipal "aerodrome" in 1929, and the first arrival of an "international" service landed in 1938 in the form of a KLM DC-2 from Amsterdam.

Manchester Airport is unlike most other major UK airports in that it is not run by the British Airports Authority (BAA), as most are, but it is independently managed by Manchester Airport PLC, and owned by all 10 Metropolitan Boroughs which make up Greater Manchester. It is most proud of its independent status, and this is reflected in its mission to become "the Best World Airport".

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