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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,_702IMG_,Rhonexpress,tram,Lyon,airport,France,rail,lightRail,SaintExupery,transit,station,platform,red,vehicle,airportlink,passengers,travel,tourism,Europe,urban,transport,electric,terminal,interchange,railway,mobility,sustainable,infrastructure,commuter,public transport,Part Dieu,city centre,Saint Exupery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH51T - . A red Rhônexpress light-rail vehicle stands at the Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport terminus beneath platform information screens. The dedicated airport service links the airport and TGV station complex with central Lyon, providing a public-transport alternative to taxis and private cars. Rhônexpress uses tram-style vehicles but is operated as a premium airport link, connecting Saint-Exupéry with Lyon Part-Dieu via the eastern suburbs. Airport rail links are important to city-region transport policy because they concentrate travellers onto high-capacity public transport and reduce dependence on road access. The image shows the interface between aviation and urban transit at one of France's major regional airports. The tram is shown at the airport end of its route, where passengers can transfer between the airport terminals, TGV station and the dedicated city link. Rhônexpress follows part of the same corridor as Lyon's tram network but has a distinct airport role and fare structure. Its high-visibility red livery is deliberately different from conventional local trams, helping visitors recognise the service when navigating an unfamiliar transport system after a flight. Older stations frequently combine historic buildings with modern accessibility and passenger systems, producing layers of railway architecture rather than a single design period. Rail travel also carries a strong leisure market, particularly on scenic or heritage-rich routes where day visitors share the same trains used by regular commuters. A working station has to combine platform safety, passenger information, accessibility, ticketing and interchange in a space that may have been built long before modern traffic levels were imagined. Commuter rail shapes where people can live and work by making longer daily journeys practical without a car, which in turn influences housing growth around stations. The setting remains clearly identifiable.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5928,SNCF,railway,station,TGV,Lyon,airport,France,Calatrava,architecture,rail,train,transport,travel,terminal,interchange,steel,glass,Europe,gare,passengers,tourism,connection,infrastructure,modern,transit,aviation,hub,Part Dieu,high speed,public transport,Saint Exupery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH54N - . The entrance to Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV is seen beside the airport, with SNCF branding and the dramatic steel-and-glass architecture of the station. Travellers move through the forecourt beneath the structure linking high-speed rail and air travel. The station was designed as an integrated transport hub serving Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport and the French high-speed rail network. Its striking form is associated with architect Santiago Calatrava and makes the complex one of the most recognisable pieces of transport architecture in the region. Rail connections allow some passengers to reach the airport without travelling through central Lyon. The station's sweeping structure was conceived to make the rail-air interchange a landmark in its own right rather than a purely functional platform building. Passengers arriving by TGV can transfer directly to airport facilities, while local travellers can use the complex as part of journeys across France without entering central Lyon. The angular steel ribs, broad glazing and elevated circulation routes are distinctive features of late twentieth-century transport architecture. Electric and high-capacity rail is central to attempts to reduce car dependence on busy urban and intercity corridors, although passengers judge the network just as strongly on reliability, frequency and fares. Railway signs and destination displays are part of the operational system rather than decoration, guiding passengers through complex journeys and preserving local language and place names. Overhead electrification, platforms, bridges and signalling are the less glamorous infrastructure behind frequent passenger services and can be as important to capacity as the trains themselves. Older stations frequently combine historic buildings with modern accessibility and passenger systems, producing layers of railway architecture rather than a single design period.
Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5944,VictoriasSecret,retail,shop,store,concession,airport,Lyon,France,perfume,cosmetics,fragrance,beauty,shopping,terminal,brand,international,passengers,dutyfree,gifts,fashion,display,sales,commerce,tourism,travel,luxury,shelves,airside,consumer,airportshopping,Victorias Secret,travel retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH55B - . A Victoria's Secret branded retail concession inside Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport displays perfumes, cosmetics and gift products under the retailer's distinctive black-and-pink branding. Shelving, illuminated displays and a central sales counter are visible in the passenger shopping area. Airport retail relies on high passenger footfall and dwell time after security, with international brands using compact concessions to sell travel-friendly cosmetics, fragrances, accessories and gifts. The image illustrates the commercial mix of modern terminals, where retail and food-and-beverage income sits alongside the core transport function and competes for passengers' discretionary spending. The concession format uses a relatively small footprint compared with a full city-centre store, concentrating on products that are easy to carry through an airport and attractive as gifts. Cosmetics and fragrance are especially suited to travel retail because they have high value relative to shelf space. The shop also illustrates how global fashion and beauty brands seek recognition through consistent logos and display design even when the retail unit is temporary or embedded inside another operator's terminal space. Rising rents, wages, business rates and energy costs place pressure on physical retailers at the same time as consumers expect longer opening hours, online information and easy payment. Travel retail operates differently from an ordinary high street because customers are time-limited, carrying luggage and often unable to leave the terminal once they have passed security. Consumer habits are visible in the products a shop chooses to foreground, whether that is printed books, cosmetics, coffee, tobacco, fashion, second-hand furniture or craft materials. Physical shops increasingly survive by offering convenience, specialist advice, immediate purchase or an experience that online retail cannot fully reproduce.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5973,Airbus,A320,aircraft,airliner,passengers,boarding,steps,stairs,nose,cockpit,aviation,airport,Lyon,France,travel,tourism,flight,apron,remote,stand,shorthaul,Europe,transport,airline,terminal,summer,jet,departure,travellers,hand luggage,ground handling
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH56E - . Travellers climb mobile boarding steps into the front door of an Airbus A320-family passenger jet at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. The aircraft nose, cockpit windows, forward fuselage and ground-handling stairs dominate the frame, with passengers carrying hand luggage into the cabin under a clear blue sky. Open-air boarding remains common at many European airports when an aircraft is parked on a remote stand rather than at an airbridge. It allows airlines and ground handlers to use both aircraft doors and can reduce turnaround time, but exposes passengers to weather and requires controlled movement around an active apron. The A320 family is widely used on short- and medium-haul European routes. The mobile staircase bears ground-handling branding and is positioned against the forward left door, a common arrangement on remote stands. Passengers are already part-way up the stairs while others wait below, showing the transition from controlled ground movement to aircraft cabin. The close nose view also records cockpit glazing, radome and front landing-gear area, details often hidden when passengers board through an enclosed airbridge. Accessibility is a practical operational issue in airports because long walking distances, stairs and remote stands can create barriers for older or disabled passengers unless assistance is planned in advance. Queues are not simply a matter of inconvenience: they can affect missed flights, staffing, gate punctuality and the ability of an airport to recover when earlier disruption has already compressed the schedule. Remote stands replace an enclosed airbridge with apron walking, buses or mobile stairs, making weather protection, ground safety and clear passenger routing more important. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5975,easyJet,Airbus,A320,aircraft,airliner,passengers,boarding,queue,apron,rear,engine,turbofan,wing,aviation,airline,airport,Lyon,France,travel,tourism,holiday,lowcost,flight,stairs,luggage,summer,transport,Europe,terminal,turnaround,jet
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH59T - . Passengers queue on the apron beside the rear boarding steps of an easyJet Airbus A320-family aircraft at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. The close view includes the orange-and-white easyJet livery, a large turbofan engine, wing and tail, while travellers form a line across the sunlit concrete to board by portable stairs. The image shows the practical reality of low-cost short-haul flying, where walking across the apron and using front and rear aircraft doors can speed boarding and turnaround. easyJet is one of Europe's largest low-cost airlines and the Airbus A320 family is a core type for dense intra-European services. Lyon Saint-Exupéry is the principal international airport serving Lyon and the wider Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The rear boarding point is useful in showing how low-cost airlines split a full load between two doors rather than relying on a single jet bridge. The exposed engine intake, wing root and open apron place passengers unusually close to aircraft machinery, under supervision from ground staff. Cabin-bag travel is visible in the line, reflecting the way baggage charges and hand-luggage limits influence what passengers carry onto short-haul flights. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Airlines favour fast turnarounds because an aircraft earns nothing while standing on the ground, so boarding, baggage loading, fuelling and cabin preparation are tightly timed around departure slots.
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5344,Mitie,cleaning,facilities,FM,airport,Manchester,England,UK,cleaner,equipment,trolley,outsourcing,contractor,workforce,terminal,passengers,hygiene,maintenance,service,aviation,travel,publichealth,jobs,employment,staff,waste,cleanliness,operations,facilities management,airport services,Manchester Airport,airports,MAG,Manchester Airports Group
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FGH4YT - . A Mitie-branded cleaning station and wheeled service equipment stand inside Manchester Airport, with staff activity visible around the terminal. The equipment illustrates the largely unseen facilities-management operation required to keep a major airport clean and functioning throughout long operating hours. Large airports depend on contracted cleaning and facilities teams to service passenger areas, toilets, seating, food zones, floors and waste streams while terminals remain open. Cleaning has a direct effect on passenger satisfaction, public health and the presentation of an airport brand. Mitie is a major UK facilities-management company and airport contracts form part of a wider outsourced workforce supporting aviation beyond airline and security staff. The wheeled cleaning unit contains the tools, consumables and waste-handling equipment needed to work continuously around passengers rather than closing an area for long periods. Airport cleaners have to deal with exceptionally high footfall, food waste, spills and toilets while working around security restrictions and flight peaks. The photograph makes visible a contracted support service that is essential to terminal operation but normally sits in the background of the passenger experience. Peak holiday periods can expose the difference between normal terminal capacity and sudden surges when several flights are processed at once, creating queues at check-in, security or the gate. Wayfinding has to work for people who may not speak the local language, so pictograms, bilingual wording, colour and repeated signs are central to airport design. The growth of low-cost aviation has made frequent European air travel more accessible while also intensifying debate about congestion, consumer rights, airport expansion and aviation emissions. Passengers and airport infrastructure are visible together, showing the service as it is actually encountered during a journey.
Manchester Airport, Ringway Road, Manchester, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5358,Brussels Airlines,Manchester Airport,aircraft,airplane,airline,Belgium,Brussels,Lufthansa Group,aviation,apron,airport,ground handling,jet,terminal,flight,travel,Europe,passenger aircraft,airline network,turnaround,baggage,ground crew,jet bridge,international travel,regional connectivity,air transport,tourism,business travel,scheduled airline,Manchester,Belgian airline,airport operations,flying
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RNJ - . Brussels Airlines aircraft parked on the apron at Manchester Airport, with ground-service vehicles working around the stand. The aircraft is viewed through terminal glass with branded tail and fuselage visible, while the surrounding apron shows the infrastructure normally hidden behind the passenger-facing terminal. A Brussels Airlines aircraft is parked on the apron at Manchester Airport with ground-service vehicles and terminal infrastructure around it, showing the aircraft during a normal turnaround between flights. Brussels Airlines is Belgium's flag carrier and is part of Lufthansa Group, linking Brussels with European and intercontinental destinations while also feeding passengers into the wider group network. An aircraft turnaround involves baggage handling, fuelling, catering, cleaning, passenger boarding and technical checks, all coordinated within a tightly controlled period on the airport stand. The apron view provides more operational context than an aircraft in flight because it shows the vehicles, service equipment, jet bridge and terminal environment required to make scheduled aviation function. Manchester Airport provides direct links from northern England to major European hubs, and Brussels is important both as a destination and as a connection point for business, political and leisure travel. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa Group, Belgium travel, Manchester Airport, European aviation, airline networks, airport ground handling, aircraft turnarounds and regional international connectivity. Ground handling is time-critical because a delayed service vehicle or baggage process can hold the aircraft on stand and affect the next sector in its schedule. A hub carrier such as Brussels Airlines depends on punctual arrivals so connecting passengers can transfer through Brussels to onward flights across Europe and beyond.
Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5361,Manchester Airport,Terminal 2,airport,passengers,crowds,departure gate,waiting,hand luggage,cabin baggage,travel,aviation,flight,delays,queue,terminal,Manchester,holidays,tourists,air travel,airport capacity,seating,congestion,boarding,airline,departures,tourism,busy airport,regional airport,northern England,luggage,gate lounge,travel disruption,airport expansion,EU,Biometric System
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RP1 - . Crowds of passengers waiting with cabin luggage at departure gates in Manchester Airport Terminal 2 during a busy travel period. The frame includes gate numbers, seating, standing passengers and wheeled cases, giving a broad view of how limited lounge space feels when a large flight load gathers at once. Crowds of passengers wait with cabin luggage around departure gate seating in Manchester Airport Terminal 2, filling both the seats and circulation space during a busy travel period. The terminal has been extensively redeveloped as Manchester Airport's principal long-haul and major-airline facility, bringing larger gate lounges, retail areas and new passenger-processing spaces into use as the older terminal infrastructure is replaced. A crowded gate can reflect normal peak demand, a late inbound aircraft, boarding delays or passengers arriving early, but the photograph itself records the visible operational pressure without attributing a specific cause. Suitcases, backpacks, flight-information screens and mixed groups of travellers create a strong visual summary of contemporary air travel, where hand luggage and mobile devices are central to the passenger experience. Manchester is the largest UK airport outside London and serves a wide catchment across northern England, so congestion in its terminals has wider significance for business travel, holidays and regional connectivity. Editorial uses include airport capacity, terminal expansion, passenger queues, flight delays, holiday travel, aviation demand, airport seating, hand baggage and the challenge of handling large passenger peaks efficiently. Gate lounges are sized around expected aircraft and passenger flows, yet disruption can cause several flights to overlap and quickly consume every seat and standing area. The photograph works for both ordinary peak travel and reporting on delays without requiring a claim that a particular airline or incident caused the crowd.
Manchester Airport Terminal 2, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5365,easyJet,Speedy Boarding,special assistance,airport gate,boarding,airline,passengers,priority boarding,accessibility,disabled passengers,airport,travel,low cost airline,aviation,gate,queue,departure,cabin baggage,easyJet Plus,assistance,staff,terminal,holidays,Europe,boarding pass,flight,passenger service,mobility assistance,airline fees,ancillary revenue,waiting,air travel,tourism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RPH - . easyJet Speedy Boarding and Special Assistance sign at an airport gate, with passengers waiting at the staffed boarding desk. The gate number A9 is visible above the orange display, which separates priority and assistance messages from the surrounding neutral terminal architecture. An orange easyJet sign at airport gate A9 advertises Speedy Boarding, easyJet Plus and Special Assistance, with passengers waiting at the staffed boarding desk beneath the display. Priority boarding products allow eligible customers to enter the aircraft queue earlier, while the same gate area must also accommodate passengers who need mobility or other assistance under airport accessibility arrangements. The juxtaposition of a paid or status-based priority service with special-assistance provision shows how airlines segment passenger flows while still managing legal and operational duties to travellers who require support. Gate signage is a critical final stage of the airport journey, communicating boarding groups, destination changes, document checks and last calls in a space where delays can rapidly create queues. easyJet is a major European low-cost airline, and the bright orange corporate branding makes the carrier immediately identifiable even without a view of the aircraft outside. The image is useful for stories about low-cost aviation, airline ancillary charges, priority boarding, disabled passenger assistance, airport accessibility, boarding procedures, queues and the commercialisation of different service levels within economy air travel. Airlines use boarding sequence to manage limited gate space and speed aircraft departure, but passengers often cluster early because overhead locker space and seating order matter to them. Special-assistance users may need a different boarding sequence, so gate staff coordinate commercial priority groups with accessibility needs and aircraft readiness.
Airport departure gate, Europe
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_5368,Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport,Lyon Airport,EES,Entry Exit System,passport control,border control,queues,delays,passengers,travellers,France,Schengen,biometrics,fingerprints,facial recognition,passports,airport,travel disruption,Europe,EU,border,immigration,British travellers,tourism,holidays,waiting,congestion,airport security,non-EU nationals,digital border,travel,queue management,Biometric System
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FH2RR2 - . Long queues at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport passport control as travellers wait during implementation of the EU Entry/Exit System. The crowded room is dominated by people rather than architecture, making queue length and border-processing capacity the central editorial subject of the photograph. A dense queue of travellers waits at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport passport control, with passengers and cabin baggage compressed into the border-processing area before onward travel. The scene is particularly relevant to the European Union Entry/Exit System, or EES, which began progressive operation in October 2025 and records travel-document and biometric data for many non-EU nationals making short stays in the Schengen area. The system is intended to replace manual passport stamping with digital entry and exit records, including facial images and fingerprints where required, but the additional processing has made queue management and border capacity an important operational issue at airports. By September 2026 several European countries were still using flexibility around full checks because of concerns about delays and technical performance, keeping airport queues and implementation difficulties in the news. The photograph directly illustrates the passenger consequence of slower border processing: crowded halls, standing time, uncertainty over connections and the need for airports and border police to balance security procedures with throughput. Editorial uses include EES, Schengen borders, British travel to Europe, biometric checks, passport control, airport delays, holiday disruption, queue management and the practical impact of new border technology. For UK passport holders travelling to the Schengen area, EES adds a new layer of border processing beyond the pre-Brexit experience of routine EU free movement. The operational challenge is concentrated at peak arrival banks, where even a small increase in average processing time can multiply into a long visible.
Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône, France
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Manchester,railway station,passengers,rail travel,platforms,train information,commuters,Northern,public transport,UK railways,departure,boards,electronic,red,green,departures,services,through,airport,passenger,information,railway,commuter,investment,rail,infrastructure,network,capacity,congested,pinch point,transport,bottleneck,connection,north south,reliability,trains,crisis,inside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX6RJ - Electronic departure boards above Manchester Piccadilly railway station platforms 13 and 14 show services using the city's only two through platforms, a long-standing bottleneck on the Castlefield Corridor between Piccadilly, Oxford Road and Deansgate. These platforms carry local, regional and inter-city trains towards Manchester Airport, Liverpool, North Wales, Wigan, Bolton, Blackpool, the Lake District, North East, and Scotland. Reaching them can feel like a trek for travellers arriving through Piccadilly's main concourse because platforms 13 and 14 sit at the far southern side of the station, beyond the terminus platforms and accessed by escalators, stairs, lifts and the elevated moving walkway. Crowding becomes acute during peak periods, disruption and short-notice platform changes, when many passengers are funnelled through a narrow waiting and boarding area. Network Rail formally identified the Castlefield Corridor as congested after the troubled 2018 timetable exposed the limits of the two-track railway. Earlier Northern Hub plans proposed additional Piccadilly through platforms 15 and 16, but these were not taken forward. Current investment is instead centred on wider Manchester rail capacity and reliability. Network Rail is developing a remodelling of Manchester Oxford Road station, with redesigned tracks, platforms and signalling intended to reduce conflicting movements, accommodate longer trains and support up to 14 trains per hour off peak through the corridor, although the scheme remained unfunded in 2025 planning documents and construction was envisaged for the early 2030s. Separately, £7.9 million of track, points and signalling renewals on the southern approach to Piccadilly were delivered in February 2026. Northern Powerhouse Rail plans announced in January 2026 also envisage a new Manchester Piccadilly station as part of a future Liverpool-Manchester route via Manchester Airport and Warrington, with delivery beginning in the 2030s.
Manchester Piccadilly station, Piccadilly Station Approach, Manchester M60 7RA, England, U
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,baggage,area,reclaim,problems,bags,lost,at,Manchester,airport,T2,terminal two,inside,interior,Baggage Reclaim problems Manchester Airport T2,Baggage,Reclaim,Airport,Manchester Airport,Greater Manchester,England,English,Manchester Airport airport,Manchester Airport air travel,Manchester Airport aviation,Manchester Airport airport terminal,Manchester Airport passenger travel,air travel,airport terminal,passenger travel,aviation,airport infrastructure,terminal building,airport facilities,arrivals,departures,baggage handling,airport signage,international travel,passenger services,travel disruption,airport retail,air transport,terminal interior,aviation industry,journey experience,modern airport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F7JB3E - Baggage reclaim problems at Manchester Airport Terminal 2, Greater Manchester, England, UK, with luggage and passengers in the arrivals baggage area illustrating disruption at the end of an air journey. Baggage reclaim is one of the most operationally sensitive parts of an airport passenger process, depending on airlines, ground handlers, aircraft turnaround teams, baggage systems and terminal staff moving hold luggage quickly from an arriving aircraft to the correct reclaim belt. Delays, misplaced bags, damaged luggage and baggage-system failures can leave passengers waiting long after landing and are a recurring source of complaints during periods of disruption or peak holiday demand. Manchester Airport is the main international gateway for northern England and Terminal 2 has undergone a major expansion and redevelopment programme designed to increase capacity and modernise check-in, security, baggage, retail and arrivals facilities. It can also illustrate the practical consequences when the complex chain of airport logistics fails to run smoothly, even after a flight itself has arrived on time. As a contemporary documentary photograph, the scene records the Terminal 2 baggage reclaim environment and provides visual context for news stories about airport resilience, delayed bags, customer experience, terminal capacity and the performance of airlines and ground-handling contractors. The scene can also support consumer features on travel insurance, compensation claims, tracking technology and the growing use of apps and electronic bag tags to help passengers locate delayed or mishandled luggage. The photograph places Baggage Reclaim problems Manchester Airport T2 within the passenger environment, retaining the surrounding terminal layout and practical airport infrastructure.
Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Frankfurt Airport - Traditional historic flights display - iconic split-flap,Frankfurt Airport,airport,flights,flight,display,traditional,historic,iconic,split-flap,board,boards,Germany,Traditional historic flights display,iconic split,flap display boards,Traditional,split,flap,Frankfurt,German,Frankfurt Airport local history,Frankfurt Airport documentary photography,Frankfurt Airport public realm,Frankfurt Airport urban life,Frankfurt Airport place photography,documentary photography,local history,urban life,British culture,place photography,contemporary Britain,public realm,street scene,local identity,social history,everyday life,regional England,city life,town centre,community,built environment,public space,modern Britain,local landmark,urban detail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F7JBYY - Traditional split-flap flight information display at Frankfurt Airport in Germany, showing the distinctive mechanical-style board once synonymous with major railway stations and airport departure halls. Split-flap displays use rotating character panels to change letters and numbers, producing the characteristic rapid clicking sound remembered by generations of travellers before LED and LCD screens became standard. Frankfurt Airport has long been one of Europe's most important international aviation hubs and a principal base for Lufthansa, connecting Germany with destinations across Europe and the wider world. The surviving or preserved board represents an earlier generation of passenger information technology, when flight numbers, destinations, times, gates and status messages were communicated through electromechanical displays rather than today's high-resolution digital screens, mobile apps and real-time notifications. Split-flap boards are increasingly valued as design icons because their physical movement, sound and typography gave transport terminals a distinctive visual and acoustic identity. The photograph therefore works both as a straightforward airport image and as a visual metaphor for technological change, contrasting twentieth-century mechanical engineering with contemporary digital travel. It also provides a documentary record of a familiar piece of transport infrastructure that has disappeared from many airports and stations as operators modernise passenger information systems. It also evokes the pre-smartphone era when travellers depended on central public displays and announcements, giving the scene strong nostalgic value. The image is centred on Traditional historic flights display - iconic split-flap display boards, with enough of the surrounding setting at Frankfurt Airport retained to establish how Traditional historic flights display - iconic split-flap display boards appears in everyday life.
Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Marks & Spencer,M&S,MS,food,Manchester,airport,arrival,arrivals terminal 2,retail,store,M&S store,shop,MS food Manchester Airport arrivals terminal 2,Airport,arrivals,Manchester Airport,Greater Manchester,England,English,Manchester Airport airport,Manchester Airport air travel,Manchester Airport aviation,Manchester Airport airport terminal,Manchester Airport passenger travel,air travel,airport terminal,passenger travel,aviation,airport infrastructure,terminal building,airport facilities,departures,baggage handling,airport signage,international travel,passenger services,travel disruption,airport retail,air transport,terminal interior,aviation industry,journey experience,modern airport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F7JC7H - Marks & Spencer M&S Food store in the arrivals area of Manchester Airport Terminal 2, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The airport retail unit provides food, snacks, drinks and convenience shopping for arriving passengers, people meeting travellers, airport staff and other terminal users. Marks & Spencer is one of Britain's best-known high street and food retail brands, and its Simply Food and foodhall formats have become familiar in transport locations including railway stations, motorway services and airports where customers often want ready meals, sandwiches, refreshments and essentials at short notice. The photograph records the relationship between major retail brands and modern airport infrastructure, where commercial concessions form an important part of the passenger experience and generate non-aeronautical income for airport operators. Manchester Airport is the main international gateway for northern England and Terminal 2 has undergone a major long-term transformation, with expanded passenger facilities, new retail and hospitality space and greater capacity for international airlines. It also has value as a contemporary record of how Terminal 2 looked in 2026, documenting store branding and the mix of everyday retail services available immediately after passengers leave baggage reclaim and customs. The scene can support future retrospective use if the retailer, concession, terminal layout or branding changes as Manchester Airport continues to modernise. It also illustrates grab-and-go retail, premium convenience food and the role of trusted high-street brands in busy transport hubs. The photograph places MS food Manchester Airport arrivals terminal 2 within the passenger environment, retaining the surrounding terminal layout and practical airport infrastructure.
Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,airport,international,arrivals,people,waiting,MAG,airports,group,data,stolen,ransom,attack,attacked,hack,cyber,incident,hacked,firewall,breach,breached,inside,interior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F7JC7P - . Passengers, relatives and friends waiting in the international arrivals area at Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The scene records the everyday activity of a major airport arrivals hall, where people meet incoming travellers after flights from overseas destinations and passengers emerge from baggage reclaim and customs into the public terminal area. Manchester Airport is the principal international aviation gateway for northern England and one of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom outside London, serving business, leisure, visiting-friends-and-relatives and long-haul markets. Its extensive route network connects the North West with destinations across Europe, the Middle East, North America, Asia and holiday resorts around the Mediterranean and beyond. Arrivals halls are important meeting points within airport infrastructure, combining flight information, wayfinding, onward travel, taxi and public transport connections with retail, food and passenger services. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of international travel, airport passenger numbers, tourism, immigration, aviation, family reunions, holiday arrivals, flight delays, airport congestion, border controls, air travel recovery, public transport and the passenger experience. It can also illustrate seasonal peaks around summer holidays, Christmas, Easter and bank holiday weekends, when airports experience increased demand and larger numbers of people waiting for arriving passengers. The image provides a contemporary documentary record of Manchester Airport's terminal environment and the human side of air travel, showing the anticipation and practical activity that takes place after aircraft have landed and travellers complete the final stages of an international journey. It also works for stories on airport capacity, reunions, tourism demand, airline schedules and the emotional contrast between departures and arrivals.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Manchester Airport,Terminal 2,parking,APCOA,airport access,motoring,travel costs,public holiday,forget,to,pay,website,dropoff,charge,charges,increasing,price of,people,off,kiss-and-fly,areas,zone,zones,T2,Terminal Two,Terminal2,increase,increased,farewell fee,sign,signage,signs,airport,airports,UK,penalties
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX5NE - . Outside Manchester Airport Terminal 2, a large payment reminder is mounted directly on the modern terminal frontage, visually linking airport architecture with the increasingly commercial process of vehicle access. Drivers using the barrierless drop-off area are required to pay after their visit by midnight the following day, with registration numbers captured automatically rather than a ticket being issued at a gate. The arrangement keeps the terminal forecourt free of payment barriers and can speed traffic flow, but it depends on clear signage and on motorists remembering to complete a separate online or telephone transaction. In 2026 the airport's official Terminal 2 drop-off tariff is charged according to length of stay, with penalties possible for non-payment or overstaying. APCOA manages the system for Manchester Airport. This wider exterior composition is useful because it shows the notice in its physical context: a major international terminal where passenger convenience, security, road capacity and revenue management all compete for limited forecourt space. Manchester's £1.3bn transformation has made Terminal 2 the principal passenger building, so access arrangements around it affect millions of journeys each year. The image can illustrate airport charges, ANPR, parking enforcement, holiday costs, road access, digital payment and the design of modern terminal approaches. It also provides an exact period record of signage and customer instructions, details likely to change as tariffs, payment technology and traffic policy evolve. As documentary imagery, the photograph supports a wider vocabulary of place, people, economy, infrastructure, design, public realm, heritage, travel, work and everyday life. It offers a natural visual reference for editorial features that need authentic context rather than a generic illustration or studio recreation. It is suitable for editorial, archive and local-history use.
Manchester Airport Terminal 2, Manchester M90 5PH, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_3231,Manchester Airport,parking sign,drop off,pay by midnight tomorrow,APCOA,airport charge,online payment,ANPR,barrierless parking,Terminal 2,parking enforcement,driver,airport fees,Manchester,Bank holiday,public holiday,forget,to,pay,website,dropoff,charge,charges,increasing,drop-off,fees,price of,people,off,kiss-and-fly,areas,zone,zones,T2,Terminal Two,Terminal2,increase,increased,farewell fee,sign,signage,signs,airport,airports,UK,penalty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX5NG - . A Manchester Airport information sign tells drivers to remember to pay by midnight the following day and sets out methods for settling the relevant parking or vehicle-access charge. The notice reflects the move away from ticket barriers and cash payment towards camera-based road and parking systems in which automatic number-plate recognition records a vehicle and payment is made later by website, app or other approved channel. Such systems can make airport traffic management more flexible, but they also depend on motorists reading signs, retaining their registration details and completing payment within a defined period. Airport drop-off and pick-up charges have attracted growing attention because they add to the cost of flying and can be confusing where different zones carry different rules. Operators argue that charging can help manage congestion and support transport investment, while consumer groups frequently emphasise the need for transparent pricing and clear instructions. The sign sets out Manchester Airport's cashless parking process, combining ANPR vehicle recognition with online payment deadlines and making airport access charges part of the digital journey for motorists. The emphasis on multiple payment methods reflects the wider shift towards digital-first parking management, where websites, apps and automated telephone services replace staffed booths and cash machines. For occasional airport users the key issue is clarity: the payment window, vehicle registration and correct zone all have to be understood after what may already be a stressful passenger drop-off or collection journey. Clear instructions are especially important for rental cars, borrowed vehicles and infrequent visitors because the person responsible for payment may not be the registered keeper who later receives enforcement correspondence. This model shifts responsibility onto the motorist to match the correct vehicle, zone and payment window after leaving the airport.
Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_3233,Manchester Airport,drop off charge,pay by midnight,APCOA,airport parking,barrierless,ANPR,parking charge,Terminal 2,driver,online payment,drop off zone,Manchester,airport fees,car,Bank holiday,public holiday,forget,to,pay,website,dropoff,charge,charges,increasing,drop-off,fees,price of,people,off,kiss-and-fly,areas,zone,zones,T2,Terminal Two,Terminal2,increase,increased,farewell fee,sign,signage,signs,airport,airports,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX5PR - . A large roadside notice at Manchester Airport reminds motorists to pay their parking or access charge by midnight the following day, illustrating the increasingly automated way that airports manage vehicle movements and short-stay stopping areas. Modern airport road systems often use automatic number-plate recognition cameras rather than traditional barrier tickets, recording a vehicle as it enters or passes through a controlled zone and requiring payment online or through another approved method. This approach can reduce physical infrastructure and speed traffic flow, but it also places responsibility on drivers to understand the rules and remember to pay within the stated deadline. Airport access charges have become a prominent consumer issue as operators seek to manage congestion, fund transport infrastructure and discourage unnecessary private-car journeys while passengers still need practical drop-off and pick-up options. Clear signage is therefore essential because missed deadlines can lead to additional charges or enforcement notices. The reminder reflects Manchester Airport's ANPR parking system, where drivers must understand digital payment deadlines and terminal access charges. Payment-by-deadline schemes can be convenient for drivers who do not want to stop at a machine, but they also create a memory burden because the journey may be completed before the charge is actually settled. Airports therefore use large reminder signs to reduce accidental non-payment and disputes, particularly where several car parks, forecourts or terminal access zones use different tariffs. The sign turns a back-office charging system into a highly visible part of the passenger journey, underlining how airport travel costs increasingly extend beyond the airfare itself. Prominent roadside messaging is essential because a missed payment deadline can turn a routine airport drop-off or parking visit into a later enforcement issue for motorists.
Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,drunk passenger,disruptive passenger,aviation safety,alcohol,airport campaign,behaviour warning,air travel,passengers,holiday drinking,flight safety,MAG,airport,passenger,delays,drink,security,airline,safety,uktrf,IATA,ban,bans,consumption,denied,boarding,flight,diversion,diversions,criminal,prosecution,bar,excessive,wife beater,strong,drinks,drinking,Greater Manchester Police,GMP
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX62A - Large black-and-yellow One Too Many campaign poster displayed inside Manchester Airport, warning passengers that excessive drinking and disruptive behaviour before or during a flight can have serious consequences. The bold aviation safety message tells travellers to Fly responsibly or you could pay the price , illustrating potential outcomes including ruining a holiday, causing a delay, having a flight cancelled, forcing an aircraft diversion or even landing the offender in jail. The nationwide One Too Many initiative was launched in summer 2018 by the UK Travel Retail Forum, Airport Operators Association, International Air Transport Association and Airlines UK, bringing airports, airlines and travel retailers together to tackle drunken and disorderly passenger behaviour. Manchester Airports Group participated alongside Manchester Airport, East Midlands Airport and London Stansted. The campaign reflected growing concern about alcohol-related incidents in airport terminals and aboard aircraft, particularly around busy summer holiday periods and early-morning leisure flights. Manchester Airport has promoted a zero-tolerance approach to disruptive behaviour, working with police, airlines, ground handlers, bars and retailers to identify passengers who may be unfit to travel. UK government guidance continues to warn that it is illegal to be drunk on an aircraft and that passengers intoxicated at the airport may be refused boarding. Serious disruptive conduct can lead to prosecution, imprisonment, an airline ban and substantial financial liability if an aircraft has to divert. Government guidance states that diversion costs can typically reach between £10,000 and £80,000, while disruptive behaviour may result in up to two years' imprisonment, with more serious offences involving aircraft safety carrying still greater penalties. The airport poster therefore captures the tension between the traditional holiday ritual of drinking before departure and the aviation industry
Manchester Airport, Manchester M90, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,new,3.26,Italy,Italian,airport,non-Schengen,common,third,country,fingerprint,scanning,facial,recognition,Entry Exit System,EES,security,smart,border,borders,technology,passenger,processing,registration,delays,queues,scanner,gate,Polizia di Frontiera,post Brexit,post-Brexit,identity verification,passenger flow,arrivals hall,departures,vision,surveillance,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEBD - Blue automated passport control eGates stand in a glass-walled Italian airport border control area for non-Schengen passengers, showing the increasingly digital nature of European travel, immigration and frontier management. The Reco 3.26 branded machines are used for automated border control and passenger flow management, with passport scanning, biometric identity checks and registration points linked to facial images and fingerprints. For travellers from outside the EU and Schengen area, including many UK passengers after Brexit, the first-use enrolment process can mean extra time at the border as a digital record is created and checked. The scene is commercially useful for illustrating airport queues, travel delays, biometric surveillance, immigration technology, border security, smart borders, post-Brexit travel, EU Entry/Exit System processes, passenger processing and the practical reality of automation in busy terminals. The equipment is clean, blue and modern, but the image also hints at the tension between faster digital journeys and the inconvenience caused when new systems require unfamiliar steps, staff guidance or repeated registration. Visible scanners, kiosks, barriers and eGate lanes create a documentary view of contemporary airport infrastructure rather than a staged technology display. The indoor lighting, polished floor and queue barriers suggest a controlled terminal environment, likely at arrivals or departures where non-Schengen travellers pass immigration checks. The photograph has strong editorial value for stories on EES implementation, biometric data privacy, passport control modernisation, identity verification, Schengen external borders, airport capacity, holiday travel disruption and the everyday use of computer vision in public-sector security. It can also support broader features on border automation, data protection, UK and EU travel rules, delayed passengers, airline pressure and changing international air travel.
Blue Reco 3.26 automated passport eGates at an Italian non-Schengen airport border, using biometrics
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tiny,bags,hand,charges,budget,airline,low-cost,airlines,ripoff,Speedy Boarding,boarding,gate,departure,Catania,airport,Catania-Fontanarossa,Sicily,Italy,orange,travel,passengers,costs,signage,allowance,rule,rules,check,under seat,small,flight,extras,ancillary,revenue,cost,extra,castlelake,takeover
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4M92 - EasyJet boarding and cabin bag sizer sign at a departure gate inside Catania-Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily, showing separate directions for Speedy Boarding and all other customers, plus illustrated cabin bag size rules. The orange gate sign highlights the practical reality of low-cost air travel, where cheap headline fares are often accompanied by strict baggage limits, paid priority boarding options and potential charges if a cabin bag is too large for the airline gauge. EasyJet's current cabin bag guidance says every passenger may bring one small under-seat bag free of charge, with maximum dimensions of 45 x 36 x 20 cm including handles and wheels, while larger cabin bags are generally linked to paid options such as Speedy Boarding, selected fares, extra legroom or upfront seats. This image can illustrate budget airline business models, ancillary revenue, cabin bag restrictions, passenger frustration, boarding gate checks, airport retail-style pricing, consumer rights, travel costs and the irritation caused by oversize cabin luggage fees. The photograph also works for stories about European air travel, Sicily tourism, Catania departures, family holidays, airline rules, airport queues, boarding procedures and the difference between basic fares and enhanced fare bundles. The setting appears to be an indoor airport gate area, with fluorescent ceiling lighting, queue barriers, seated passengers and a quiet pre-boarding atmosphere. The sign's clear split between Speedy Boarding and other passengers gives useful visual context for articles about priority boarding, airline segmentation and the way budget carriers manage limited overhead locker space. The tone should be factual and editorial: the image records passenger-facing baggage control systems and perceived punitive charging practices, but the specific fee or enforcement outcome for any individual passenger is not shown.
EasyJet cabin bag sizer at a Catania Airport departure gate, with Speedy Boarding and standard passe
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Terminal 2,bags,carousel,hold,airport,arrivals,hall,3,belt,damage,passenger,frustration,waiting,delays,queue,travel,disruption,flight,flights,insurance,missing,suitcase,holiday,air,stress,airline,checked,problems,not on,claim,lost,compensation,operations,customer service,mishandled,complaint,chaos
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4M94 - Passengers waiting beside baggage reclaim carousel 3 inside Manchester Airport Terminal 2, with luggage belts, airport signage, backpacks and travel bags visible in the arrivals area. The image shows a familiar post-flight scene of travellers standing around the carousel, watching for checked baggage and waiting for suitcases to appear after arrival. The photograph can illustrate delayed luggage, lost baggage, mishandled baggage, airport customer service, baggage handling failures, travel disruption and the everyday frustration of air passengers when bags do not arrive promptly. Manchester Airport is one of the UK's major international airports, serving the North West of England, with Terminal 2 forming a key part of its modernised passenger facilities. Baggage reclaim is a critical point in the passenger journey, coming after passport control and before onward travel, hotel transfers, rail connections, taxis, car parks and family pick-ups. This documentary airport image is useful for editorial coverage of aviation operations, consumer rights, airline complaints, holiday travel, summer travel pressure, tourism, airport queues, ground handling, travel insurance claims and the practical impact of delayed or missing checked baggage. The scene has a muted indoor airport lighting feel, with travellers in casual clothing and rucksacks gathered around the carousel, suggesting holidaymakers or returning passengers waiting with mixed patience and uncertainty. It can also support stories about airport staffing, baggage system performance, passenger experience, travel stress, flight delays and the wider reliability of air travel infrastructure. The visible numbered reclaim areas and warning signage give the image clear context as a UK airport arrivals and baggage hall scene, rather than a generic travel photograph.
Passengers wait at baggage reclaim 3 in Manchester Airport Terminal 2 amid concerns over delayed or
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0687,easyJet mobile boarding pass,Catania,Manchester,flight,smartphone,airport,easyJet,CTA,MAN,airline,app,digital,travel,boarding,pass,QR,code,passengers,check-in,technology,inside,interior,gate,gates,departure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFHRH2 - . easyJet mobile boarding pass for a Catania to Manchester flight displayed on a smartphone at an airport. Photographed on 26 April 2026. The recorded location is Catania Airport, Sicily, Italy. The app screen shows the airport codes CTA and MAN together with a QR-style boarding code while passengers sit in the departure area behind the phone. Mobile boarding passes have largely replaced printed tickets for many passengers and are a familiar part of modern low-cost airline travel. For air transport, the historical context is that commercial aviation expanded dramatically after the Second World War, turning airports into complex transport systems of terminals, fuel infrastructure, baggage handling and air-traffic operations
Aircraft types and airline branding can date a scene precisely. Looking at paper artefact, the longer history is that graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small paper items preserve prices, slogans and events that may otherwise leave little physical trace. For air transport, the 2026 context is that aviation remains under pressure to reduce emissions while meeting strong demand for passenger travel
Sustainable aviation fuel, fleet efficiency, airport capacity and the cost of decarbonisation remain prominent policy and industry issues. In 2026, paper artefact remains relevant because physical comics, manuals and vouchers now coexist with apps, e-books and online instructions
Their material form has growing relevance to collectors, design history and nostalgia. Related search language includes airport apron, ground handling, airline operations, aviation industry, airport infrastructure, travel technology, aviation emissions, printed ephemera, poster, stamp, typography, print history, consumer culture, retro design, visual communication, and collectable.
Catania Airport, Sicily, Italy
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,plane,aircraft,A320,G-UZHW,refueling,schedule,flights,shortages,high,apron,Manchester,Airport,servicing,flight,preparation,fuel,possible,aviation,travel,disruption,supply,supplies,risk,logistics,reliability,air,costs,kerosene,Jet A-1,European short haul,low cost airline,budget airline,chaos,aviation costs,airline economics,castlelake,takeover
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEHC - An easyJet Airbus A320 family aircraft stands on the apron at Manchester Airport while ground staff refuel the jet during turnaround operations at the gate. Baggage equipment, service vehicles, a jet bridge and the open fuel connection are all visible, making this a strong editorial image of airport ground handling, aircraft servicing and the routine but critical process of preparing short-haul flights for departure. The picture is commercially useful for stories about aviation fuel, airport operations, airline resilience, delays and the pressure on carriers when fuel supply, logistics or wider energy markets become uncertain. It also works well as a concept image for possible jet fuel shortages, cancelled or delayed UK and EU flights, and the knock-on effect disruption can have on passengers, schedules and airport efficiency. easyJet says it operates an all-Airbus fleet, including A320 family aircraft, and Manchester Airport is one of its major UK bases, so the scene is closely tied to everyday British and European short-haul travel. The visible refuelling activity gives extra value for features about kerosene demand, fuel costs, decarbonisation, sustainable aviation fuel, operational turnaround times and the vulnerability of aviation to external shocks. Care should be taken not to imply that this specific aircraft was affected by any actual shortage or cancellation event, because the image simply shows normal apron servicing. Even so, it is a useful documentary illustration of how every departing flight depends on reliable fuel availability, skilled ground crews and efficient airport infrastructure. The image can support reporting on airline operations, airport congestion, energy security, flight cancellations, European travel disruption, summer holiday travel and the wider economics of commercial aviation. Other aircraft parked in the background reinforce the sense of a busy working airfield and a live airport environment.
EasyJet Airbus at Manchester Airport being fuelled on the apron, useful as a concept for possible je
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_9735,Chorlton,Manchester,Metrolink,tram,stop,sign,Airport,Didsbury,transport,light,rail,direction,wayfinding,public,transit,directional,Greater,England
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5HA4M - Chorlton Manchester Metrolink tram stop directional sign, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Chorlton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. A yellow Metrolink wayfinding sign at Chorlton directs passengers towards East Didsbury and Manchester Airport and indicates the route into Manchester. The image records the signage and accessibility information used on Greater Manchester's light-rail network and the transport choices available in a busy south Manchester suburb. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Chorlton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,drop,Ryanair check in,airport baggage,low cost airline,European,budget,travel,passenger,airport departure,hall,passengers,hold luggage,airline check in,desks,aviation,UK airport travel,busy airport terminal,budget airline passengers,flight departure process,queue,airport,no frills,airline,budget holiday travel,airport self service kiosks,automated baggage processing,airline ancillary charges,passenger journey,airport congestion,summer travel demand,regional airport departures,short haul flights,mass market aviation,affordable overseas travel,online flight check in,luggage allowance,EES
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDKYX4 - Passengers queue with suitcases at the Ryanair check-in and bag-drop area in Terminal 3 at Manchester Airport, England. Yellow Ryanair-branded barriers organise the waiting lines while travellers use self-service kiosks and staffed baggage counters before proceeding towards airport security. Overhead screens identify the bag-drop desks and departure zone within the brightly lit terminal hall.
The scene illustrates the practical passenger journey associated with low-cost air travel. Many Ryanair customers check in online before arriving at the airport, but those travelling with hold luggage must still print or attach baggage tags and deliver their cases at the designated bag-drop area. Self-service technology can speed up processing, although queues may develop during busy holiday periods when several short-haul flights are scheduled close together.
Ryanair operates an extensive network of low-fare services linking Manchester with cities, resorts and regional airports across Europe. Its business model combines comparatively low headline fares with optional charges for checked baggage, larger cabin bags, reserved seating, priority boarding, refreshments and other extras. This has helped make international air travel accessible to a mass market while also generating debate about ancillary fees, luggage rules, passenger comfort and the environmental impact of frequent flying.
Manchester Airport directs Ryanair passengers through Terminal 3, with the departures entrance formerly known as Terminal 1 Departures A. The airline also offers an evening bag-drop option for eligible early-morning services, allowing some passengers to leave checked luggage before the day of departure.
The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Ryanair, low-cost airlines, airport queues, baggage handling, self-service check-in, holiday travel, European aviation, passenger experience, regional airports, airline pricing and the continuing growth of budget flying.
Terminal 3, Manchester Airport, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Manchester Airport,easyJet,airport apron,aircraft stands,ground handling,low cost airline,Airbus aircraft,regional airport,aircraft,airport,apron,ground,handling,airline,operations,planes,aviation,Greater,Manchester,travel,transport,infrastructure,vehicles,2026,Cheshire,2050,air transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FEJD49 - . Several easyJet aircraft stand on the apron at Manchester Airport amid baggage vehicles, service equipment and airport operations, capturing the busy ground-handling environment of a major UK international airport. Manchester Airport is one of the UK's largest airports outside London and a major base for easyJet. The apron view shows the operational side of air travel: aircraft stands, baggage and ground-service vehicles, service roads and the tightly controlled space between terminal and runway. easyJet's orange-and-white Airbus fleet has become a defining visual feature of short-haul European aviation, reflecting the expansion of low-cost flying since the 1990s. Manchester's role as a regional hub gives passengers across northern England direct access to European leisure and business destinations without travelling through London, while also placing the airport at the centre of debates about tourism, jobs, airport expansion, emissions and the future of aviation. easyJet's concentrated orange branding makes the airline identifiable even at distance, allowing airline presence and route competition to be read directly from the working apron without passengers or terminal signage. Manchester Airport is one of the UK's busiest airports outside London and a major base for easyJet, whose orange-tailed Airbus aircraft are a familiar part of the apron. The apron is the working zone between terminal and runway where aircraft are parked, fuelled, catered, loaded, cleaned and prepared for the next sector. Ground vehicles, baggage equipment and tightly controlled stand markings reveal the labour and logistics hidden behind a passenger's relatively simple departure. A busy cluster of aircraft can therefore illustrate airline capacity, holiday travel and route competition, but also the infrastructure and operational choreography required to keep a major regional airport moving safely.
Manchester Airport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,Edinburgh,tram stops,trams,Ltd,City of Edinburgh Council,city,transport,integrated,new,extension,tramstop,Urbos 3,tram,CAF,low-floor access,low floor access,Urbos3,wrapped advertisement,wrapped advertisements,centre,ticket,machine,machines,ticketing,electric,cables,overhead,live,passenger,Airport,route,rails,tracks,EH6 4UD,EH6,Leithers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE0X89 - . CAF Urbos 3 tram at the Edinburgh trams extension to Annfield, Newhaven, west of Leith, Edinburgh city centre, Lothians , Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD. Photographed on 22 July 2023, this summer image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Annfield, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Scotland, Edinburgh, tram stops, trams, Ltd, City of Edinburgh Council, transport, integrated, new, extension, tramstop, Urbos 3, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
Annfield, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,boarding,boarded,Jet2,Jet2holidays,friendly,low fares,low,cost,flights,aircraft,being,Budapest Ferihegy International Airport,GDRTR,holidays,British,trust,trustworthy,city,break,short-haul,short,haul,compensation,strike,strikes,flight,charter,airline,Dart Group,Europe,Leeds Bradford,airport,jet fuel supplies,prices,shortage,Iran war,higher fares
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R0MMD8 - A Jet2 aircraft is parked on a UK airport apron at dusk, with mobile stairs, apron markings and ground service equipment visible around the aircraft. The image works well as an editorial concept for possible jet fuel shortages, reduced fuel supplies, rising aviation fuel prices and the risk of higher air fares for UK and EU travellers during the summer holiday season. It is especially relevant to news and feature coverage linked to the continuing Middle East conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel, and the wider threat to oil and refined-product flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The International Energy Agency said in April 2026 that attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East and restrictions to tanker movements through Hormuz had led to the largest oil supply disruption in history, tightening product markets and pushing up prices. IATA's Jet Fuel Price Monitor says the global average jet fuel price rose to 181.22 US dollars per barrel last week, while IATA also notes that fuel is one of the largest airline operating costs, commonly accounting for around 25 to 30 per cent of total operating expenses. That makes the photograph commercially useful for stories about airline resilience, fuel hedging, flight cancellations, route cuts, aviation energy security, passenger disruption, holiday travel, package holidays and the vulnerability of European air travel to external energy shocks. Jet2 says it is the UK's third largest airline, adding relevance for stories about mainstream leisure aviation and consumer travel costs. The image should not imply that this specific Jet2 flight had been cancelled, delayed or left short of fuel, because it simply shows a normal aircraft on stand. However, it is a strong documentary illustration of the wider economic pressure on airlines when fuel becomes harder to source or substantially more expensive, creating the potential for higher fares, operational changes and pressure on lower-margin routes.
Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, Budapest, 1185 Hungary
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,terminal,England,UK,airport,transport,M90 1QX,infrastructure,scamchester,airports,Manchester airport,welcomes,you,passengers,passenger,Ringway,of MAG,greater Manchester,entrance,door,doors,entry,gateway,to,the,world,MAN,MCR,billboard,sign,Terminal 1,Terminal One,outdoors,travel,hotpix.org.uk,datahack,cyber incident,breach
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH4D - . Welcome to Manchester International Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX. Photographed on 27 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include terminal, airport, transport, M90 1QX, infrastructure, doorway, scamchester, airports, Manchester airport, welcomes, you, passengers, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,terminal,England,UK,airport,transport,M90 1QX,infrastructure,staff,at,checking,in,bag,drop,terminal2,2,uniform,uniforms,desk,desks,waiting,airports,employee,Jet2 staff,Jet2 employees,red,fleece,fleeces,check-in,check in,counter,Manchester Airport,terminal two,terminal 2,customer service,customer services
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH4T - Jet2 plc (formerly Dart Group plc) is a British multinational airline company based in Leeds, England.
Its head office is located in the Low Fare Finder House on the grounds of Leeds Bradford Airport, England. Subsidiary Jet2.com has its head office in the same building.
The company's name for most of its existence was derived from the type of aircraft that it first flew, the Handley Page Dart Herald. After selling off other units, the company rebranded as Jet2 in 2020. The stock ticker symbol also changed to Jet2 to reflect the name change
In 2002, four Boeing 737 aircraft were purchased with two becoming 737 QC (Quick change) aircraft and two as passenger aircraft. From February 2003, the Jet2 low-cost airline began flying from Leeds Bradford Airport to mainland Europe destinations. Fowler-Welch and Coolchain merged to become Fowler-Welch Coolchain Ltd in 2003. Eight Boeing 737-300 aircraft (of which five were passenger aircraft) were purchased in 2003 to bring the total to 12. In 2004, six more Boeing 737-300 passenger aircraft were purchased, and routes from Belfast International Airport started in April and from Manchester Airport in December. In 2005, routes began from Newcastle Airport in October and two Boeing 757-200 aircraft were purchased. In 2006, six more Boeing 757-200 passenger aircraft were bought and the Channel Express Portsmouth distribution base was sold to Ferryspeed C.I. Ltd in June. A package holiday company, Jet2holidays, was formed in January 2007.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH51 - Jet2 plc (formerly Dart Group plc) is a British multinational airline company based in Leeds, England.
Its head office is located in the Low Fare Finder House on the grounds of Leeds Bradford Airport, England. Subsidiary Jet2.com has its head office in the same building.
The company's name for most of its existence was derived from the type of aircraft that it first flew, the Handley Page Dart Herald. After selling off other units, the company rebranded as Jet2 in 2020. The stock ticker symbol also changed to Jet2 to reflect the name change
In 2002, four Boeing 737 aircraft were purchased with two becoming 737 QC (Quick change) aircraft and two as passenger aircraft. From February 2003, the Jet2 low-cost airline began flying from Leeds Bradford Airport to mainland Europe destinations. Fowler-Welch and Coolchain merged to become Fowler-Welch Coolchain Ltd in 2003. Eight Boeing 737-300 aircraft (of which five were passenger aircraft) were purchased in 2003 to bring the total to 12. In 2004, six more Boeing 737-300 passenger aircraft were purchased, and routes from Belfast International Airport started in April and from Manchester Airport in December. In 2005, routes began from Newcastle Airport in October and two Boeing 757-200 aircraft were purchased. In 2006, six more Boeing 757-200 passenger aircraft were bought and the Channel Express Portsmouth distribution base was sold to Ferryspeed C.I. Ltd in June. A package holiday company, Jet2holidays, was formed in January 2007.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH59 - . Checkin machines, Aer LIngus Departures at Manchester International Airport, terminal 2, England, UK, M90 1QX. Photographed on 27 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include airport, transport, M90 1QX, infrastructure, machine, machines, Procon Checkin reader, Procon, Checkin, reader, check-in, check in, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH6K - . A Royal Celebration shortbread 150g at £11.99, Manchester International Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX. Photographed on 27 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include terminal, airport, transport, M90 1QX, infrastructure, airports, Royal, Celebration, coronation, 150g, £11.99, shop, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYKTE8 - . Airport departures display, in gates area, Manchester International Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX - free wifi. Photographed on 27 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include M90, International, airports, missed, flight, Airport, departures, display, gates, area, passenger, free, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGHK0 - Frankfurt Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is Germany's main international airport by passenger numbers and is located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa, including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic. The airport covers an area of 2,300 hectares (5,683 acres) of land and features two passenger terminals with capacity for approximately 65 million passengers per year
four runways
and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities.
Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 6th busiest in Europe after Istanbul Airport, LondonHeathrow, ParisCharles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Adolfo Suárez MadridBarajas Airport. The airport is also the 13th busiest worldwide by total number of passengers in 2016, with 60.786 million passengers using the airport in 2016. In 2017, Frankfurt Airport handled 64.5 million passengers and nearly 70 million in 2018. It also had a freight throughput of 2.076 million metric tonnes in 2015 and is the busiest airport in Europe by cargo traffic. As of 2022, Frankfurt Airport serves 330 destinations in 5 continents, making it the airport with the most direct routes in the world
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RKGHK3 - Lufthansa operate up to four return flights daily between Manchester and Franfurt
Deutsche Lufthansa AG commonly shortened to Lufthansa, serves as the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it stands as the second-largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried, after the ultra low-cost carrier Ryanair. Lufthansa is also one of the five founding members of Star Alliance, which is the world's largest airline alliance, formed in 1997.
Besides its own services, and owning subsidiary passenger airlines Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings (referred to in English by Lufthansa as its Passenger Airline Group), Deutsche Lufthansa AG owns several aviation-related companies, such as Lufthansa Technik and LSG Sky Chefs, as part of the Lufthansa Group. In total, the group has over 700 aircraft, making it one of the largest airline fleets in the world.
Lufthansa's registered office and corporate headquarters are in Cologne. The main operations base, called Lufthansa Aviation Center, is at Lufthansa's primary hub at Frankfurt Airport, and its secondary hub is at Munich Airport where a secondary Flight Operations Centre is maintained.
The company was founded as Luftag in 1953 by staff of the former Deutsche Luft Hansa that had been politically connected to the government of Nazi Germany and dissolved after World War II. Luftag continued the traditional branding of the German flag carrier by acquiring the Luft Hansa name and logo.
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK27W5 - Travelex is a foreign exchange company founded by Lloyd Dorfman and headquartered in Peterborough. Its main businesses are foreign currency exchange, issuing prepaid credit cards for use by travellers, supplying central banks with foreign currency and global remittance. Travelex operates more than 1,100 stores and 900 ATMs in over 20 countries.
History
Travelex was founded as Express Exchange by Dorfman and opened its first branch in central London in 1976. By 1978 the company had four central London stores.
The company experienced growth in the 1980s, opening its first international store in 1984 in Rotterdam, and its first store at Heathrow Terminal 4 in 1986. Express Exchange subsequently became Travellers Exchange Corporation or Travelex when abbreviated
On 31 December 2019, Travelex took its UK and international websites and mobile apps offline following a reported cyber incident an action that also affected a number of large corporate third parties to whom Travelex provided a white-labelled travel money service including the online travel money services of supermarket chains such as ASDA, Tesco and Sainsbury's.
On 7 January 2020, it was claimed that the company was being held to ransom by hackers. The cyber criminals reportedly demanded £4.6 million ($6 million) in ransom from Travelex after infecting its network with Sodinokibi ransomware, having claimed to have copied more than 5GB of customer personal data
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ringway,international,terminal,one,1,air,airport,Manchester international airport,North West England,UK,M90 1QX,M90,flags,British,GB,store,history,at,the,Best of British,outlet,gift,gifts,souvenir,last,minute,Routemaster,bus,telephone box,red,royal family,Harry Potter,merchandise,English,tea,Scottish,whisky
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK27X1 - . Made at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX in 2023, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. At the centre of the view is Union Jack flags at the Best of British outlet shop - at Manchester international airport, North West England, UK, M90 1QX. Other connected aspects include specialist shop, changing streetscape, local history, contemporary social history, changing land use, commercial frontage, local enterprise, regional identity, documentary photography, place identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, customer footfall, shopfront economy, and archival record. Current relevance extends to footfall and consumer spending, particularly through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Small period details of period objects and surrounding context at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The surrounding story also includes small business, historical comparison, high-street commerce, everyday life, street-level business, independent retail, visual archive, and retail property. Details involving British, outlet, international, flags, and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate footfall and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the real-world context of Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX. The image also provides a reference for independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX. The frame retains details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK2804 - Pret A Manger /ˈprɛt ə ˈmɒ̃ʒeɪ/ (prêt à manger is French for ready to eat) is an international sandwich shop franchise chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as Pret, founded in 1983. As of December 2022, Pret had 434 shops in the UK, including 273 in London, plus three Veggie Prets, which focus exclusively on vegetarian and vegan options. It also has shops in France, the US, Hong Kong and several other countries. Around 90% of all Pret shops worldwide donate their unsold fresh food to local charities, giving more than 16,000 sandwiches, wraps, salads and baguettes every day to homeless shelters and charities.
Two university friends, Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalfe, purchased the original Pret after bancrupcy.
In 1995, Metcalfe and Beecham set up The Pret Foundation, to help alleviate poverty in the UK. The Pret Foundation received donations from collection boxes in shops, funding a fleet of electric vans that deliver unsold food to homeless shelters at the end of each day, including FareShare, The Felix Project and City Harvest. The Pret Foundation has awarded over £7 million to over 100 charities across the UK, tackling homelessness, hunger and poverty.
The first shop outside London was opened on Broad Street, New York, in 2000, and by 2016, there were 74 Pret shops across the United States. In 2001, McDonald's bought a 33% non-controlling stake in the company, which they sold in 2008 to the private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital.
Pret a Manger Staff Union
In response to labour issues within the company, the Pret a Manger Staff Union was established in 2012 as an independent union with its principal demand being made around calls for a Living Wage. Andrej Stopa, the founder of the union, was later sacked from his Pret branch.
Failure to list ingredients on packaging
In late 2015, a 17-year-old girl collapsed and needed emergency medical care after a life-threatening reaction to sesame, which was present in a Pret product
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK282M - Sixt has installed a life-sized replica of a Mercedes Benz and 4 3D puppets as part of a new marketing campaign in Manchester.
The Mission Impossible-influenced installation targets the 11m passengers who go through Terminal One every year, with the tagline: It's a deal. It's a steal.
Spanning 42 metres and almost 5 metres high, the permanent advertising display took 5 nights to hang from the airport's rotunda.
The car itself is a 162kg aluminium replica, with 3D printed wheels.
Per Vögerl, Managing Director of SIXT UK: We chose Manchester for our latest permanent installation because it's a vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
At SIXT we stand for creative and exceptional airport advertising. We try to stick in people's minds by advertising at extraordinary locations at airports, said Per Vögerl, Managing Director of SIXT UK.
We chose Manchester for our latest permanent installation because it's a vibrant and cosmopolitan city which is full of cultural, social and economic potential.
The idea for the display came from its lead creative agency Jung von Matt/SPREE.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK2879 - Sixt has installed a life-sized replica of a Mercedes Benz and 4 3D puppets as part of a new marketing campaign in Manchester.
The Mission Impossible-influenced installation targets the 11m passengers who go through Terminal One every year, with the tagline: It's a deal. It's a steal.
Spanning 42 metres and almost 5 metres high, the permanent advertising display took 5 nights to hang from the airport's rotunda.
The car itself is a 162kg aluminium replica, with 3D printed wheels.
Per Vögerl, Managing Director of SIXT UK: We chose Manchester for our latest permanent installation because it's a vibrant and cosmopolitan city.
At SIXT we stand for creative and exceptional airport advertising. We try to stick in people's minds by advertising at extraordinary locations at airports, said Per Vögerl, Managing Director of SIXT UK.
We chose Manchester for our latest permanent installation because it's a vibrant and cosmopolitan city which is full of cultural, social and economic potential.
The idea for the display came from its lead creative agency Jung von Matt/SPREE.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28BC - . Photographed at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows Lufthansa Star Alliance airline - LH941 flight to Frankfurt, Please wait at Gate 23. The broader subject matter reaches into historical comparison, period detail, visual archive, community identity, street-level business, social history, local enterprise, small business, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing land use, shopfront economy, local character, local history, and specialist retailer. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and business rates, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX, details that may look very different after conservation work. The surrounding story also includes customer footfall, high-street commerce, archival record, specialist shop, town-centre trading, changing streetscape, independent retail, and before-and-after reference. Details involving Alliance, Lufthansa, Please, Frankfurt, and LH941 make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX. The scene further reflects online shopping and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX. The scene captures a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28BJ - Emirates (Arabic: طَيَران الإمارات DMG: Ṭayarān Al-Imārāt) is one of two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates (the other being Etihad). Based in Garhoud, Dubai, the airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which is owned by the government of Dubai's Investment Corporation of Dubai. As of 2019, it was also the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 3,600 flights per week from its hub at Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport. It operates to more than 150 cities in 80 countries across all continents (except Antarctica) through its fleet of nearly 300 aircraft. Cargo activities are undertaken by Emirates SkyCargo.
Emirates is the world's fourth-largest airline by scheduled revenue passenger-kilometers flown, and the second-largest in terms of freight tonne-kilometers flown.
During the mid-1980s, Gulf Air began to cut back its services to Dubai. As a result, Emirates was conceived on 15 March 1985, with backing from Dubai's royal family, with Pakistan International Airlines giving two of the airline's first aircraft. With $10 million in start-up capital, it was required to operate independently of government subsidy. Pakistan International Airlines provided free training facilities to Emirates' cabin crew at Karachi airport. The airline was headed by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the airline's present chairman. In the years following its founding, the airline expanded both its fleet and its destinations. In October 2008, Emirates moved all operations at Dubai International Airport to Terminal 3.
Emirates operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft, and is one of the few airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet (excluding Emirates Executive). As of December 2021, Emirates is the largest Airbus A380 operator with 119 aircraft in service, and with one aircraft having been retired. Since its introduction, the Airbus A380 has become an integral part of the Emirates fleet, especially on long-haul, high-density routes
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28EP - An easyJet Airbus A320 passenger aircraft stands on a wet airport apron beside a terminal building, with boarding stairs, baggage equipment, service vehicles and ground-handling machinery positioned around the airliner. The company's distinctive orange-and-white branding is prominent across the fuselage, engine and upright tail fin. Tall airport floodlights and a softly coloured pink and grey winter sky form the background of this busy operational aviation scene.
The photograph became particularly topical in July 2026 after the board of easyJet indicated that it was minded to recommend the financial terms of a possible £5.7 billion cash takeover proposal from Apollo Global Management. The US private equity firm's proposed £7.15-per-share offer exceeded a rival £6.90-per-share approach from Castlelake, creating a bidding contest for one of Britain's best-known low-cost airlines.
The easyJet board described Apollo's proposal as offering a superior cash value and an attractive combination of shareholder value, strategic alignment and long-term stewardship. However, the announcement concerned a possible offer rather than a completed acquisition or unconditional agreement. Apollo remained subject to due diligence, definitive transaction documentation, regulatory considerations and the requirements of the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.
The prospective takeover also attracted attention because of European Union rules governing the ownership and effective control of airlines operating within the European aviation market. The image illustrates commercial aviation, corporate consolidation, foreign private equity investment, airport employment, international tourism and the changing ownership landscape affecting major British travel businesses.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ringway,international,terminal,one,1,airport,packages,holiday,you,Jet2holidays,4070E1,B738,Jet2.com,operator,cheap,flights,route,routes,British,tour,all inclusive,ATOL,licenses,licence,Dart Group,PLC,ABTA,protected,airline,M90,airplane,accident,incident,shortage,risk,cancellations,Iran war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NK28M5 - A Jet2holidays aircraft is pictured at Manchester Airport, Ringway, with the airport control tower rising behind it on the apron in daylight. The image works well as an editorial illustration of UK and EU aviation fuel supply risk, rising jet fuel prices and the possibility of higher air fares if Middle East conflict continues to disrupt oil and refined-product markets. It is especially relevant to coverage of the continuing conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel, and the wider threat to tanker traffic and petroleum flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The International Energy Agency said in April 2026 that attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East and restrictions to tanker movements through Hormuz had led to the largest oil supply disruption in history, tightening product markets and pushing prices sharply higher. IATA's Jet Fuel Price Monitor says the global average jet fuel price rose to 181.22 US dollars per barrel last week, while IATA also notes that fuel is one of the largest airline operating costs, commonly accounting for around 25 to 30 per cent of total operating expenses. That makes the photograph commercially useful for stories about aviation energy security, airline resilience, fuel hedging, higher holiday prices, package holidays, flight disruption risk, possible route cuts and the vulnerability of European leisure travel to external energy shocks. Jet2.com says it is the UK's third largest airline, adding extra relevance for mainstream consumer travel coverage. Care is needed not to imply that this specific aircraft was delayed, cancelled or affected by a local shortage, because the image simply shows a normal airport operating scene. Even so, it is a strong documentary image of the environment in which global energy-market pressure can feed through into airline economics, summer ticket prices, airport operations and the wider travel industry.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,airport trolleys,Trolley,Pay Station,airport,hire,hire cost,expensive,not enough,grabbing a baggage trolley,grab a,UK airport,UK,arrival,difficult to find,non-refundable hire,non-refundable,nonrefundable,hired,wheel,wheels,Luggage trolleys cost,Luggage trolley cost,cost,price,sign,station,adequate,enough,costs,expenses,pay stations,exit,baggage,reclaim,MAG,Manchester Airports Group
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRRK9 - Heading through the airport as you start your holiday can be a stressful experience and being forced to drag multiple cases behind you is a sure-fire way to make it all the more miserable. Sadly, this could be the fate that awaits at many UK airports.
Forget to stock up with change before heading to the terminal and you could be met by a collection of locked luggage trolleys refusing to surrender themselves to your bags until you feed them gold
Bristol and Luton take the title of most expensive airports for luggage trolleys with a non-refundable charge of £2, but you will be able to save yourself around 43p by using an old €2 coin instead.
If you do turn up at the airport without any shrapnel, just hope you're departing from Birmingham or Luton, where travellers are given option of paying by card even if the former does add a 40p admin fee to your £1 outlay.
It's not all a big money-grab, though. While many airports charge for the trolley, you will get the money back supermarket style when you return it. Even better, though, others including Heathrow still provide trolleys for free without even the need for a deposit.
Manchester Airport, Ringway, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KJK - Etihad Airways (Arabic: شَرِكَة ٱلْاِتِّحَاد لِلطَّيْرَان, romanized: sharikat al-ittiḥād li-ṭ-ṭayarān) is one of two flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates (the other being Emirates). Its head office is in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, near Abu Dhabi International Airport. Etihad commenced operations in November 2003.[2] It is the second-largest airline in the UAE after Emirates. The name Etihad is Arabic for 'Union'.
The airline operates more than 1,000 flights per week to over 120 passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America, with a fleet of 102 Airbus and Boeing aircraft as of February 2020. In 2015, Etihad carried 14.8 million passengers, a 22.3% increase from the previous year, delivering revenues of US$9.02 billion and net profits of US$103 million. Its main base is Abu Dhabi International Airport.
In addition to its core activity of passenger transportation, Etihad also operates Etihad Holidays and Etihad Cargo. Etihad established its airline alliance, Etihad Airways Partners, in October 2015 which was disbanded in 2018 after several of its members fell into financial difficulties. Etihad Airways holds minority equity investments in the participating airlines, as well as having had a stake in Virgin Australia, until its insolvency in April 2020 with no return on investment. Booking for these airlines was consolidated under one network.
The emirate of Abu Dhabi was a joint-owner of Gulf Air along with Bahrain, Qatar, and the Sultanate of Oman. Abu Dhabi International Airport was one of Gulf Air's bases and hubs from the 1970s until September 2005, when Abu Dhabi withdrew from the airline, leaving it an Oman and Bahrain-owned airline until the former's exit in 2007 to focus on Oman Air.
In July 2003, future UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who wanted an airline for Abu Dhabi, issued a Royal (Amiri) Decree that established Etihad Airways as the second flag carrier of the UAE
Abu-Dhabi airport, UAE, Middle East
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RGKEYR - Frankfurt am Main Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic. The airport covers an area of 2,300 hectares (5,683 acres) of land and features two passenger terminals with a capacity of approximately 65 million passengers per year, four runways and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities.
Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany as well as the 4th busiest in Europe after London Heathrow Airport, ParisCharles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The airport is also the 13th busiest worldwide by total number of passengers in 2016,[6] with 60.786 million passengers using the airport in 2016. In 2017 Frankfurt Airport handled 64.500 million passengers and in 2018 nearly 70 million. It also had a freight throughput of 2.076 million metric tonnes in 2015 and is the busiest airport in Europe by cargo traffic. As of summer 2017, Frankfurt Airport serves more than 300 destinations in 5 continents, making it the airport with the most direct routes in the world.
The southern side of the airport ground was home to the Rhein-Main Air Base, which was a major air base for the United States from 1947 until 2005, when the air base was closed and the property was acquired by Fraport. In 2017, passengers at the airport increased by 6.1% to 64,500,386 compared to 2016. The airport celebrated its 80th anniversary in July 2016
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RGKEYT - Bayer AG is a German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, where its illuminated corporate logo, the Bayer cross, is a landmark, Bayer's areas of business include human and veterinary pharmaceuticals
stock-photo/gotonysmith-Consumer.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>consumer healthcare products
agricultural chemicals and biotechnology products
and high-value polymers. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Werner Baumann has been CEO since 2016.
Founded in Barmen in 1863 as a dyestuffs factory, Bayer's first and best-known product was aspirin. In 1898 Bayer trademarked the name heroin for the drug diacetylmorphine and marketed it as a cough suppressant and non-addictive substitute for morphine until 1910. Bayer also introduced phenobarbital
prontosil, the first widely used antibiotic and the subject of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Medicine
the antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin)
and Yaz (drospirenone) birth control pills.
In 1925 Bayer was one of six chemical companies that merged to form IG Farben, the world's largest chemical and pharmaceutical company. The Allied Control Council seized IG Farben after World War II, because of its role in the Nazi war effort and involvement in the Holocaust, which included using slave labour from concentration camps. It was split into its six constituent companies in 1951, then split again into three: BASF, Bayer and Hoechst.
Bayer played a key role in the Wirtschaftswunder in post-war West Germany, quickly regaining its position as one of the world's largest chemical and pharmaceutical corporations. In 2006 the company acquired Schering, in 2014 it acquired Merck & Co.'s consumer business, with brands such as Claritin, Coppertone and Dr. Scholl's, and in 2018 it acquired Monsanto, a leading producer of genetically engineered crops, for $63 billion. Bayer CropScience develops genetically modified crops and pesticides.
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM66K - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Jet2 holiday charter Flight, Manchester Airport, being loaded, North West England. The broader subject matter reaches into before-and-after reference, historical comparison, archival record, documentary photography, contemporary social history, conservation interest, everyday life, urban fabric, heritage asset, changing streetscape, architectural character, local history, visual archive, and historic streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by energy retrofit, embodied carbon and the continuing question of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. The image fixes signage and branding within Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes heritage landmark, historic townscape, period building, community identity, built heritage, adaptive reuse, period detail, and place identity. Elements such as Flight, Airport, being, Manchester, and loaded add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the real-world context of Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX. The scene further reflects adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the specific setting of Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX.
Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P0N - . Photographed at Princes St, Edinburgh,Scotland,UK in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is West End of Princes St with trams/buses, summer 2015,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK. The frame also records themes of social history, changing land use, place identity, roadside transit, local history, period detail, community identity, bus route infrastructure, before-and-after reference, visual archive, contemporary social history, passenger transport, local character, and bus infrastructure. For current editorial use, local connectivity and passenger information provide additional context, especially through the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial use and occupation at Princes St, Edinburgh,Scotland,UK, details that may look very different after altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes transport accessibility, public transport stop, regional identity, local bus network, documentary photography, archival record, historical comparison, and public-transport wayfinding. Elements such as summer, buses, Princes, Edinburgh, and trams add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Princes St, Edinburgh,Scotland,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to local connectivity and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare within the specific setting of Princes St, Edinburgh,Scotland,UK. The location additionally provides evidence of accessibility and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare as part of the longer story of Princes St, Edinburgh,Scotland,UK.
Princes St, Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0H - Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Transport for Edinburgh. It is a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) line between York Place in New Town and Edinburgh Airport, with 15 stops.
Construction began in June 2008, but the opening was delayed. The scheme was costed at £375 million in 2003, but by May 2008, when contracts were signed, the cost had risen to £521 million. After extra interest payments are factored in, the final cost is expected to top £1 billion. The line opened on 31 May 2014.
Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M2E - Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Transport for Edinburgh. It is a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) line between York Place in New Town and Edinburgh Airport, with 15 stops.
Construction began in June 2008, but the opening was delayed. The scheme was costed at £375 million in 2003, but by May 2008, when contracts were signed, the cost had risen to £521 million. After extra interest payments are factored in, the final cost is expected to top £1 billion. The line opened on 31 May 2014.
Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Forty-Six Forty-six is a Wedderburn-Etherington number, an enneagonal number and a centered triangular number. It is the sum of the totient function for the first twelve integers. 46 is the largest even integer that can't be expressed as a sum of two abundant numbers.
46 is the 13th semiprime. 46 is the third semiprime with a semiprime aliquot sum. The aliquot sequence of 46 is (46,26,16,15,9,4,3,1,0).
Since it is possible to find sequences of 46 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 46 is an Erd\u0151s\u2013Woods number.
Its the atomic number of palladium, number of human chromosomes and the (decimal) value of the ASCII code for the period (full stop).
The number of mountains in the 46 peaks of the Adirondack mountain range. People who have climbed all of them are called 'forty-sixers'
there is also an unofficial 47th peak. Sweden uses 46 as its direct dial code.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7768887780 - 'Two types of purfume...
View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Twenty-three is the ninth prime number, the smallest odd prime that is not a twin prime. Twenty-three is also the fifth factorial prime, the third Woodall prime. It is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n \u2212 1.
Twenty-three is the sum of three other, consecutive, prime numbers
5, 7 and 11. It is the first prime number showing this characteristic.
The fifth Sophie Germain prime and the fourth safe prime, 23 is the next to last member of the first Cunningham chain of the first kind to have five terms (2, 5, 11, 23, 47). Since 14! + 1 is a multiple of 23 but 23 is not one more than a multiple 14, 23 is a Pillai prime. 23 is the smallest odd prime to be a highly cototient number, as the solution to x \u2212 \u03c6(x) for the integers 95, 119, 143, 529.
Twenty-three is the aliquot sum of two integers
the discrete semiprimes 57 and 85 and is the base of the 23-aliquot tree.
23 is the first prime P for which unique factorization of cyclotomic integers based on the Pth root of unity breaks down.
The sum of the first 23 primes is 874, which is divisible by 23, a property shared by few other numbers.
In the list of fortunate numbers, 23 occurs twice, since adding 23 to either the fifth or eighth primorial gives a prime number (namely 2333 and 9699713).
23 also has the distinction of being one of two integers that cannot be expressed as the sum of fewer than 9 cubes of integers (the other is 239). See Waring's problem.
23 is a Wedderburn\u2013Etherington number. The codewords in the perfect (non-extended) binary Golay code are of size 23.
23 is the atomic number of vanadium. Normal human sex cells have 23 chromosomes. Other human cells have 46 chromosomes, arranged in 23 pairs. 23 is the width of the Arecibo message, sent to space in search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Psalm 23, also known as the Shepherd Psalm, is possibly the most quoted and best known Psalm. In Islam, the Qur'an was revealed in a total of 23 years to Muhammad.
The Ancient Chinese believed that numbers conveyed sexuality with even numbers representing femininity and odd representing masculinity. Prime numbers were considered the most masculine and special status was conferred on 23 as it contained not only two consecutive prime numbers (2 and 3) but also the only even prime number.
In Monty Python's Life of Brian there are 23 crosses on Calvary.
23 Skidoo are a British band playing a fusion of industrial, post-punk, alternative dance, rock, and world music. The group was named after an early 20th-century American slang phrase that later made appearances in the works of Aleister Crowley, William S. Burroughs, and filmmaker Julian Biggs.
Formed in 1979 by Fritz Catlin, Johnny Turnbull and Sam Mills, and later augmented by Alex Turnbull and Tom Heslop, 23 Skidoo had interests in martial arts, Burundi and Kodo drumming, Fela Kuti, The Last Poets, William S. Burroughs, as well as the emerging confluence of industrial, post-punk and funk, heard in artists such as A Certain Ratio, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group and This Heat.
Their first 7', 'Ethics' was released in 1980, followed by 'The Gospel Comes To New Guinea' &
'Last Words' 12' single which was co-produced by Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson from Cabaret Voltaire at their studio,The Western Works in Sheffield.
A Peel Session was recorded on September 16, 1981. Their debut album, Seven Songs, was released in 1982 and is said to evoke the claustrophobic humidity of an African forest.The album went straight to number 1 in the Independent charts.'Seven Songs,which was recorded and mixed in 3 days,was co-produced by Tony,Terry and David aka Genesis P-Orridge and Peter Christopherson of Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV and engineer Ken Thomas.
Anything from this band pretty much sums up 23 for me.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCD4 - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCD8 - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCDB - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCDE - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCDP - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BFBCET - The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, formerly the Marriott Liverpool South Hotel, is an airport hotel near to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, serving the English city of Liverpool. Today a member of the Crowne Plaza chain owned by the InterContinental Hotels Group, the Grade II* listed Art Deco hotel building has an unusual history.
The building was constructed in the 1930s, as the terminal building for the airport, then known as Speke Aerodrome. It is still sometimes seen on early television news footage, with its terraces packed with fans waiting to greet the Beatles on their return from tour. The airport terminal was moved to a more modern building at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 1986, and the original building was left derelict for over a decade. During this time, the building was featured on the cover art of the single Don't Go Away, by Oasis. However it has since been renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opening for business in 2001. The adaption involved adding two new bedroom wings on the frontage of the hotel, but the airside aspect has been preserved intact.
The former apron of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including BAe Jetstream 41 prototype G-JMAC, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 G-BEJD, Bristol Britannia 308F G-ANCF and Percival Prince G-AMLZ, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group. Additionally, the group looks after a replica de Havilland Dragon Rapide that is displayed in front of the hotel entrance
Liverpool Airport Speke Aerodrome, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L24 8QD
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4838927608 - 'Porcelain Gods - 'Paul Weller' - Play this track here.
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I remember discovering this on the Stanley Road album when Weller was being confirmed in Q etc as 'The Guvnor'. His Style Council days were thankfully by then behind him. This is pretty much a perfect album. Collaborations from Steve Winwood, Noel Gallagher and Steve Cradock of OCS (that's Ocean Colour Scene, not Office Cleaning Services in case you were wondering) pepper the album and (hope you like the link), the classic cover was designed by Peter Blake, designer of The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album.
Paul Weller was actually born 'John William Weller' 25th May 1958, in Sheerwater, near Woking, Surrey. Weller was born into a working-class family. His father worked in the building trade as a scaffolder and a bricklayer, and his mother worked as a cleaner. Weller was brought up in Stanley Road, Woking in a Victorian council house, which had an outside toilet but neither hot running water nor central heating.
Woking is the town in which the Martians first land in H. G. Wells' science fiction novel The War of the Worlds. If you have ever been there you will realise why.
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The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool, England is situated on the junction of Hope Street and Hardman Street, diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Locally it is referred to as the Philharmonic Pub or simply the Phil. Designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas for the brewers Robert Cain &
Company, it opened in 1898. The exterior is in the Art Nouveau style.
As requested here is a shot of the famous Adament urinals. These can be visited by women by request. No trip to Liverpool is complete without a visit here. The architect of the Phil, and other pubs was Walter Thomas.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0N86 - . Styal Cotton Mill NT ( National Trust ) near Manchester Airport, Lancashire / Cheshire at dusk. Photographed on 22 November 2009. The recorded location is Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, South Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. The historical context is that factories, mills, engines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered Britain's industrial expansion
Their machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions, regional industries and the later shift from heavy industry to heritage, housing or new commercial uses. Looking at the subject's development, modern airports are complex transport hubs built around passenger handling, air traffic control, security, ground operations and international connectivity
Aircraft images can also become historical records as particular models are retired and airline fleets modernise. From a heritage perspective, museums and heritage attractions turn surviving objects and places into interpreted public history
Displays, reconstructed rooms and preserved machinery can place everyday artefacts within broader stories of work, domestic life, conflict, design and technological change. The subject remains topical in 2026 because industrial heritage is increasingly tied to regeneration, tourism, conservation and skills education, particularly in former manufacturing towns seeking new uses for historic sites
Preserved machinery and redundant industrial buildings also provide evidence for debates about adaptive reuse and local identity. For the 2026 context, air travel is again a major part of the UK leisure economy, while the sector continues to face scrutiny over carbon emissions and sustainable aviation
Older jets and airline branding provide useful context for stories about fleet renewal, tourism and aviation's environmental impact. Additional high-relevance terminology includes industrial archaeology and engineering history.
Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, South Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3891090214 - 'Departing for security, belt, boot and everything else search.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3891017922 - 'Camerons was closed at the time and this nice bright sign was slining out into point street. The second in two days on a 'take away' theme.
One day I may have the chance to 'Chill out with Slush' .
Note that a Smokie is not a reference to that English rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe in the 1970s.
Some of the glowing reviews I found for the place included.......
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Great wee family run chip shop in the pedestrian area of stornoway.
Glass fronted shop so it\u2019s not difficult to miss.
Food is great, fish &
chips is highly recommended, though it\u2019s advisable to order in earlier so you don\u2019t have to queue as at dinner times the queue is often out the door!
All the usual chips, burgers, sausages, chicken and pies etc and they also do great onion rings.
Chips with gravy or curry sauce is a favourite at lunch times as is a cheeky chips (chips with a battered pork sausage)
Friendly staff and quick service unless your order has to be made right away.
Always busy at lunch times with school children (between 1 and 2)
They also sell fresh milk in pint bottles, soft drinks, water and do a great soft serve ice cream which is highly recommended.
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..... so there you have it :-)
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY947 - Monarch Aircraft taxi-ing into Manchester terminal 2 , Lancashire, UK
Manchester Airport, is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England. In 2012 it was third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers, and the 21st busiest airport in Europe.
Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC), is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England. In 2012 it was third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers, and the 21st busiest airport in Europe.
Manchester Airport is the largest outside the London region with over double the passengers of its nearest non-London rival, Edinburgh Airport. A Category 10 airport, Manchester Airport provides flights to over 200 destinations more than any other airport in the United Kingdom.
The airport comprises three terminals, a goods terminal and is the only British airport other than London Heathrow to operate two runways over 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in length. The airport covers an area of 6 square kilometres (1,500 acres).
Ringway , Manchester Airport , Manchester, Lancashire, UK M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH5E - Interior of the modern departures hall at Manchester Airport Terminal 2 in Ringway, Greater Manchester. Large illuminated lettering reading Manchester Airport Departures spans the entrance as passengers walk towards flight information screens, check-in facilities and airport security. The polished floor, silver columns, open concourse and modern architectural design reflect the major redevelopment of the airport's principal international passenger terminal.
The photograph has strong editorial relevance following July 2026 research showing that the average cost of dropping passengers close to terminals at the United Kingdom's busiest airports had increased by around one third compared with the previous summer. The average charge across the airports surveyed rose by £1.70 to approximately £7, adding to the expenses faced by families and other travellers before they have even reached the departures hall.
Manchester Airport charged £5.50 for a stay of up to five minutes in its terminal drop-off zones, equivalent to £1.10 per minute, and £6.50 for up to ten minutes. Motorists must pay online by midnight on the following day. A free alternative is available on Thorley Lane near JetParks, although passengers must transfer to their terminal using a complimentary shuttle bus.
Airport operators say forecourt charges help control congestion, manage limited kerbside space and encourage travellers to use public transport or more distant drop-off facilities. Consumer groups argue that rapidly increasing fees place additional pressure on holiday budgets, especially for families carrying luggage, passengers requiring assistance and people travelling at times when suitable public transport is unavailable.
The image can illustrate airport charges, passenger expenses, holiday travel costs, aviation infrastructure, Manchester tourism, terminal investment, airport access, consumer affairs and the growing cost of beginning an overseas journey.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PY19E4 - Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an international airport in Ringway, Manchester, England, 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km
8.6 mi) south-west of Manchester city centre. In 2019, it was the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom in terms of passenger numbers and the busiest of those not serving London. The airport comprises three passenger terminals and a cargo terminal. It covers an area of 560 hectares (1,400 acres) and has flights to 199 destinations, placing the airport thirteenth globally for total destinations served
Officially opened on 25 June 1938, it was initially known as Ringway Airport, a name still in local use. In World War II, as RAF Ringway, it was a base for the Royal Air Force. The airport is owned and managed by the Manchester Airport Holdings (trading as MAG), a holding company owned by the Australian finance house IFM Investors and the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester, with Manchester City Council owning the largest stake. Ringway, after which the airport was named, is a village with a few buildings and a church at the western edge of the airport.
After the airport handled a record 27.8 million passengers in 2017, it underwent major expansion to double the size of Terminal 2, the first elements opening in 2019. The £1 billion expansion will be completed in 2024 and enable Terminal 2 to handle 35 million passengers. Capacity exists for up to 50 million passengers annually with two runways
[10] however, this potential figure is limited by the airport's restriction to 61 aircraft movements per hour as well as existing terminal sizes to process arrivals and departures effectively.
Manchester international airport, North West England, UK, M90 1QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF8334 - Frankfurt Airport (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, IATA Code FRA) has Solari boards throughout terminal 1 of the airport, still in use as of April 2019. Each row ends with a pair of green and red lights which flash to indicate that flight is boarding. They indicate each flight's destination, its flight number and carrier, and its departure gate and time.
Platform split-flap displays are used across the Deutsche Bahn network, though mostly being replaced by liquid crystal displays.
Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt am Main Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) (Flughafen Frankfurt am Main also known as Rhein-Main-Flughafen) is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. It is operated by Fraport and serves as the main hub for Lufthansa including Lufthansa CityLine and Lufthansa Cargo as well as Condor and AeroLogic.
Frankfurt Airport, 60547 Frankfurt, Germany
