The UK Government has granted Manchester Airport permission to construct a second runway. The new 3,050m (1,000ft) runway will open in early 2000 .
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Flying Colours is to lease an Airbus A320 from Air France, and carry out charter flights from Glasgow, UK, beginning on 1 May. The start-up airline is due to begin operations from Manchester and London Gatwick airports during the first quarter of this year, with a fleet of four leased Boeing 757-200s (Flight International, 24-30 April, 1996).
Source: Flight International
