Manchester named top airport

Date published: 26 June 2008

Manchester Airport has been awarded the prestigious Best Airport Award 2008 by Airports Council International Europe.

It won in the 10-25 million passenger category at the 4th Annual ACI Europe Best Airport Awards held in Paris this week.

The judges praised Manchester Airport for its simple, innovative approach to attracting airlines and its commitment to the environment following the decision to make the airport carbon neutral by 2015.

Also highlighted were its community relations programme and sponsorship of the arts. The judges were impressed with Manchester’s focus on customer service, designed to make sure that passengers have a seamless, easy and worry-free experience when they travel through Manchester Airport. The airport was also commended for the way it has handled changes to security restrictions, investing £10 million in a new security screening area in Terminal 1 and more than £2.2 million in new, state-of-the-art X-ray machines.