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Manchester Airport Manchester Airport has published a draft 25-year expansion plan that would enable it to double the number of passengers to 50m a year by 2030. 06-Jul-2006 Manchester Airports Group has secured a £325m loan to fund the expansion of its airport terminals, which include Manchester, Nottingham, Humberside and Bournemouth. 02-Apr-2004 Manchester Airport is to shed 140 of its 700 security jobs, in a reorganisation of the shift system. 10-Dec-2001 Manchester Airport is to shed 90 jobs in management, operational and administration areas, under plans to increase efficiency. 04-Oct-2001 National Express has agreed to sell its UK airports business, which includes Bournemouth and East Midlands, to Manchester Airport for £241m. 20-Feb-2001 Manchester Airport is to get 400 new jobs as it prepares for the opening of the £172m second runway next February, including 240 at British Midland, 100 at Sabre Airways and 60 at Airtours. 21-Nov-2000 Manchester Airport is planning to take an unspecified stake in the company that will operate the city's £500m Metrolink tram extension project, in order to broaden its transport interests. 20-Sep-2000 Manchester Airport has unveiled plans for a £60m fully-integrated public transport system, including rail, bus and tram links, as part of a strategy to increase capacity to 41m passengers a year by 2015. 08-May-2000 Manchester Airport has bought Humberside International Airport for about £10m, and plans to invest £6m at the site in order to create a significant regional hub. 11-Jun-1999 Manchester Airport has been named as the preferred bidder to acquire Humberside International Airport. 12-Feb-1999 Manchester Airport is to hold a Jobsfair on January 27 in order to recruit up to 1,000 people for the 250 companies operating at the site. 22-Jan-1999 Manchester Airport has won government approval for a £172m second runway, which will create about 7,000 jobs on site. 16-Jan-1997 Arlington Securities and Manchester city council are planning a £100m business park at Manchester airport, which will create 4,000 jobs. 09-May-1996 Manchester Airport is planning a £96m redevelopment of its Terminal 1. 18-Nov-1995 Amey Construction has won £13m of contracts at Manchester Airport, including runway resurfacing. 23-Oct-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007