Manchester Airport celebrates St Andrew’s Day with free lounge passes

Celebrating: Manchester airport is offering free lounge passes

Travelling through Manchester airport on St Andrew’s Day? Here’s a treat if you are called Andrew or Andrea – you can get into the airport’s Escape Lounge for free.

The offer is to mark St Andrew’s Day on November 30 and to thank the half a million Scottish passengers who fly through Manchester airport each year. With rail, air and coach connections to a range of Scottish cities, the Northern hub is an easy choice for people North of the border to connect to its 210 global destinations including Los Angeles, Mumbai and San Francisco.

All anyone called Andrew or Andrea need to do, is present their passport and valid boarding card at one of the three lounges in each terminal to gain complimentary access that day.

Tricia Williams, Chief Operating Officer at Manchester Airport said: “We thank the 500,000 people from Scotland who chose to fly from Manchester each year. With codeshares with domestic airlines to a host of Scottish airports, rail connections to both Glasgow and Edinburgh, plus coach services as far as Dundee, we offer a seamless travel experience to the world here from Manchester.

“The Escape Lounges offer something for every type of passenger – be that business or leisure – and we look forward to welcoming Andrews and Andreas on November 30.”

More than half a million people from Scotland fly from Manchester Airport each year, with the most popular destinations for Scots being Orlando, Cancun, Houston, New York and Barbados.

The Escape Lounges at Manchester Airport are normally charged from £21 and offer guests a wide range complimentary food and drinks, free Wi-Fi and a selection of newspapers and magazines to read.

See www.manchesterairport.co.uk