Passenger
Manston Airport is situated in the South East of England, 25 miles North of The City of Canterbury.
Manston offers airlines unparalleled service levels and highly competitive financial packages, working in partnership with airlines to launch new services and see them through to maturity paving the way to future growth. We are in control of all on airport charges - Landing, Air Traffic, Security, Cleaning, Ground and Passenger Handling can all be provided by the airport meaning that we can offer significant cost savings to airlines.
Manston Airport offers passengers a hassle free experience, being easy to get to - no M25 delays, low cost parking directly outside the terminal building, 2 minutes walk to check-in easy to find your way around, board the aircraft just meters from the departures lounge to aircraft - no long queues, in short easier going!
The County of Kent
- The County of Kent attracts over 44 million visitors each year
- At 3.7%, Kent`s unemployment is below the UK national average of 4.2%. (March 2010)
- GVA per head in Kent is £15,389 (2006) and Kent`s GVA is £25,155 (million)
- Kent`s workforce is 780,000 and 711,600 people are economically active (Source: Nomis October 2008 - September 2009)
- 47,760 VAT registered businesses (Source: Nomis 2007)
- Kent`s 5 Universities are home to 32,000 students and produce a flow of 11,000 graduates each year.
The catchment area
- In terms of passenger air services, The County of Kent is currently an untapped marketplace
- Figures show that in 2009 a total of 3,820,619 passengers using London airports had Kent as their origin/destination
- The airport has a catchment of 1,616,400 people, of which 1.5 million are within 1 hours drive of the airport
- Key areas of population are Canterbury, Maidstone, Medway, Ashford and Dover
Transport links
- Excellent road access from key areas of population
- Distance to London: 110km / 70 miles
- Drive time to the M25 (the London ring road) is 1 hour and express bus connection to London Underground 1 hour 30 minutes
- Connection to HS1 (High Speed Rail Link)- journey time to Central London (St Pancras) just 80 minutes from Ramsgate (5 minutes drive from the airport)
Contact us
E-mail: bizdevelopment@infratilairports.com
Tel: 01843 823 600