Environment

At Manchester Airport, our goal is to be one of Europe's leading airports when it comes to managing and caring for our local environment.

Over the years, our environmental innovation has resulted in strategies, processes and technologies that are now standard practice at most of the UK’s major airports.

We recognise that growth needs to be managed to strike the right balance between the social and environmental impact of the airport and the benefits we bring to the area.

Read on to discover more about the environmental effects of airport operations and our initiatives to limit their impact.

Environment Plan
We recognise that the forecast growth of the aviation sector, including Manchester Airport, has the potential to cause significant environmental impacts. Our Environment Plan describes these in detail and sets out stringent targets to achieve our environmental policies.

As our impacts on the local environment cannot increase in line with airport growth, we will strive to reduce their scale and nature in real terms, wherever possible.

For complete information, download our full Environment Plan. 

The Environment Plan is one of four action plans which support our Master Plan to 2030. The Master Plan describes our vision to be simply better in everything we do, and be internationally recognised as a leading 21st century airport.

The three other action plans are:

Flying Matters
Flying Matters represents a broad coalition of all those interested in supporting sustainable growth in aviation including, but not limited to, the business community, trades unions, tourism and a wide range of air transport users in addition to the aviation sector including the Manchester Airport Group.

Reporting
We are committed to openly reporting our progress against a number of environmental performance indicators. The indicators not only help raise awareness of issues and areas for improvement, but also measure the level of our impact and the progress we are making.   

Reporting

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