Emirates touches down at Stansted Airport

Emirates’ first flight to London’s Stansted Airport touched down on Friday 8 June, bringing the total number of flights between Dubai and the London airports to 10 a day. The Boeing 777-300ER touched down just before 14.00h, making Stansted the 7th airport in the UK from which Emirates operates, and the third in London after […]

New Stansted CEO calls on vision to unlock spare capacity

London Stansted Airport’s new chief executive officer, Ken O’Toole has called on the UK Government to set out a vision to unlock spare airport capacity. He urges a national aviation strategy that not only supports airports to grow, but ensures the spare capacity available today is used to generate the biggest positive impact for consumers and […]

CEOs of Manchester and Stansted swap jobs

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has made changes to its executive committee, with the chief executive officers (CEO) at Manchester and London Stansted airports swapping jobs. Ken O’Toole has led Manchester Airport since February 2013, and was appointed chief executive in April 2016, and is executive director of MAG. He will be responsible for providing additional […]

Extra capacity helps MAG cargo volumes fly high

Cargo volumes at Manchester Airports Group (MAG) operated hubs continue to expand in March with Manchester and Stansted seeing double-digit growth and East Midlands up 5.5 per cent. Manchester Airport grew 14.9 per cent to 9,933 tonnes, while Stansted Airport was up 10.2 per cent to 24,250 tonnes and East Midlands Airport by 5.5 per […]