Different Types of UK Airport

Different Types of UK AirportLO 3 Understand the diametrical types of UK airport, their ownership and characteristicsTitle UK airports map out of major airports in the UKFor P5 Describe different types of UK airports and their ownership.RegionalThese provoke short hooking plan international helpings, and long haul, charter and domestics services is unattached as well.Eg Liverpool john Lennon (LPL)Operate/ owner the peel group, groupMajor International airportsProvide a verity if international services. both long and short haul also have chart and domestic services.Eg. Manchester (MAN)Operator/owner Manchester airport group (MAG) privateLocalSome domestic services, sometimes short-haul services as well as charter and general aviation servicesEg, BlackpoolOwner Balfour Beatty, publicOperator squires gate airport operation Ltd.3. For P6 Compare the operating characteristics of different types of airports.Regional airportsLiverpool john Lennon (LPL)route networklong and short haul , point to point, domestic servicenumber and type of airlines8 airlines which offers low cost scheduled service, charternumber of passengers4 million passengers in 2014cargo tones40,000 tones in 2015 (Airportwatch.org.uk, 2016)passenger facilities and services, e.g. car parks, shops, restaurants, executive lounges, hotelshave a variety of parking service only available through pre-bookingrestaurants, shops, and lounges are also at the airport to suite everyone needs, terminal passenger 4,458,500operational facilities and servicesrunway 7,497 ft of pave run way with two handlers(Liverpool John Lennon Airport, 2016).Major International airportsManchester (MAN)route networklong haul, short haulnumber and type of airlinesapproximately 70 airlines, low cost scheduled, full service, charter, cargonumber of passengersapproximately 23 million passengerscargo tons250,000 tones by 2015passenger facilities and servicesoffers adequate parkin opposite either short stay or long stay, shops rest aurant hotels, lounges are available to meet every passengers needoperational facilities and servicestwo runways and cardinal terminals, three handling agents(En.wikipedia.org, 2016)Local airportBlackpool airportroute networkshort haul, domesticnumber and type of airlinesone airline for passengers and a pearly service to oil platformslow cost airline, domestic, chartered servicenumber of passengers33,494passenger facilities and servicesone new lounges no hotelscar rental is available from the air portoperational facilities and servicestwo terminals and must give a 24-hour notice for handlingscale and location of general aviation operationstwo training schools located between the British Army camps and Squires Gate and at Weeton and Kirkham.Offers helicopter operations and also the center of private clubs(Anon, 2016)For M2 Discuss wherefore an airline might base its operation from a particular airport.EasyJet bases its operation from Manchester airport (MAN) because this airport o ffers a vast range of services and have tie to major cities and holiday destination. Also the airport facilities example the three terminals is another factor of why EasyJet uses this airport (En.wikipedia.org,2016).Due to the fact that Manchester airport is very popular and it have won different award siding with this airport is good for business because when the airport grows EasyJet will somewhat benefits from this. (Manchesterairport.co.uk ,2016)ReferencesAirportwatch.org.uk. (2016). AirportWatch Liverpool Airport. online Available at http//www.airportwatch.org.uk/uk-airports/liverpool-airport/ Accessed 21 Dec. 2016.Anon, (2016). Home. online Available at http//blackpoolairport.com/ Accessed 21 Dec. 2016.En.wikipedia.org. (2016). Domestic airport. online Available at https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_airportRegional_airport Accessed 20 Dec. 2016.En.wikipedia.org. (2016). Manchester Airport. online Available at https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Airport Accessed 21 Dec . 2016.Liverpool John Lennon Airport. (2016). Cite a Website Cite This For Me. online Available at https//www.liverpoolairport.com/ Accessed 21 Dec. 2016.Manchesterairport.co.uk. (2016). About Us Manchester Airport. online Available at http//www.manchesterairport.co.uk/about-us/ Accessed 21 Dec. 2016.