easyJet announces largest ever expansion at Manchester Airport

easyJet is to undertake its largest ever expansion at Manchester Airport in winter 2018 which will see the airline adding five new aircraft, carrying an extra 1.5m passengers annually and launching five new routes to Innsbruck, Lanzarote,  Faro, Barcelona and Bordeaux – the 1000th route for the airline. easyJet flew over 3.5 million passengers from Manchester last year alone, having flown over 10m since the airline commenced operations in 2008. The increase in capacity from 12 to 17 aircraft to 5m passengers a year following expansion represents a 40% increase in growth. “Our growth of an additional five aircraft next