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Civil aviation is a key sector in the regional economy, with real potential to grow. The economic effect of Manchester Airport is forecast to reach some £4.8 billion nationally and £1.6 billion in the North West by 2015. (Vision for Sustainability, 2007)
Manchester Airport has grown rapidly during the past decade. The site has more than 270 companies, hotels restaurants and a public transport interchange. Even though it has developed into a vibrant and extremely busy international airport, with direct flights to America, Europe and Asia, many local people, environmentalists and activists belonging to various Green groups, like Manchester Friends of the Earth, are deeply apprehensive about further expansion plans. They feel that further expansion will be extremely unfair on the surrounding area and will, because of the following reasons, lead to a number of undesirable consequences.
Manchester Airport is already the largest airport outside London and handles more than 20 million passengers every year.
The construction of the second runway, in the late nineties, devoured 100 acres of green belt land. Current expansion plans involve another 300 acres of agricultural land in two stages. This could lead to significant damage to the local habitat, and to change of climate.
The plan allows for a 30% increase in flights by 2015 and a further 10 million passengers per year by 2030. The region's transport infrastructure will not be able to cope with this level of growth and (that) it will lead to unacceptable levels of congestion and delays on the road networks. (Sherriff and Abbas, 2006)
Take offs and landings will increase from 59 to 76 per hour resulting in enormous increase in noise levels. (Kirby, 2006)
Such a massive increase in the volume of air traffic will also have catastrophic consequences for the environment. It will become practically impossible to meet the EU's pollution reduction targets. (Sherriff and Abbas, 2006)
As an overwhelming portion of the traffic at Manchester Airport is away traffic, prospects of an anticipated tourist boom are extremely unlikely. (Friends of the Earth, 2005)
A number of years have passed since the construction of the second runway and the anticipated increase in jobs is yet to happen. (Friends of the Earth, 2005)
While the positive economic impact of the airport, (apart from direct employment provided in the airport), is open to interpretation and debate, emission of carbon and other greenhouse gases and the difference in noise levels are there for people to see and measure. However, the fact that close to two million passengers pass through the airport every month is an indication of its vital importance to the lives of people in the North West region.
3. Airport Management Policies
The Manchester Airport Group (MAG) is the second largest airport management company in the UK and is owned by the ten local authorities of the Greater Manchester area.

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