bmibaby plan Manchester Airport growth
21.05.08
bmibaby has unveiled plans to double its Manchester Airport operations, adding frequencies and new destinations over the next few years as part of a major investment programme that will create more than 100 jobs.
The low-cost airline, which celebrates 5 years of operating from Manchester this month, currently has services to 15 European cities with 4 planes based at the hub. However, it is planning new routes across Spain, France and Italy, as well as emerging markets in eastern Europe such as Warsaw and Krakow.
Crawford Rix, managing director of bmibaby, shrugged off fears of an economic downturn and the pound's slump against the euro to report a 6% increase in passengers in April compared with the same month last year, and said competition against other no-frills carriers such as easyJet and Monarch would fuel demand from Manchester.
He said ‘There is plenty of room for expansion. Manchester Airport is working extremely well for us, and we have a great deal of confidence in the market.'
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