MANCHESTER Airport has been voted the second best airport in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The airport received the silver award behind Copenhagen in the OAG Worldwide Airline of the Year Awards 1999.

Mr Bill Savage, Business Development Director at Manchester Airport, said: "This award highlights our growing stature as a world-class airport for the business traveller."

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