Manchester (MAN, ICAO EGCC) serves Manchester, United Kingdom and is a destination reached by travellers flying from across Africa. Our catalogue links 0 direct destinations out of MAN and 1 African origin into it, served by 1 carrier.
At a glance
1 catalogued corridor touch Manchester (MAN / EGCC) in the United Kingdom: 0 outbound and 1 inbound, flown by 1 carrier. 0 of those corridors carry a cached USD quote in our weekly fare cache; the rest are catalogued on schedule evidence alone. The mix runs 0 sectors under four hours, 0 of four to seven and 1 beyond seven.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| IATA / ICAO | MAN / EGCC |
| City | Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Direct destinations (catalogued) | 0 |
| Reached from (African origins) | 1 |
| Coordinates | 53.354, -2.275 |
The route mix at MAN splits into 0 short sectors under four hours, 0 medium sectors of four to seven hours and 1 long-haul sector beyond seven — a profile that tells you what the terminal is actually built around. 1 of the corridors here is flagged in our data as labour-migration or diaspora routes, where checked-baggage terms drive booking decisions more than schedule does.
Two codes, two uses. MAN is the IATA code you will see on a ticket, a baggage tag and a departure board, while EGCC is the ICAO code used in flight plans, NOTAMs and air-traffic filing. They are not interchangeable: IATA codes are reused across the world’s smaller fields and are the ones that cause mis-booking, which is why every corridor on this site is keyed on the pair of codes rather than a city name.
Airlines serving MAN
1 carrier appears on the MAN corridors covered here; for the 1 we hold details on, checked-baggage baselines are 23 kg, and 1 of them belong to a global alliance (Oneworld 1). That list is built from the 1 corridors this site catalogues through MAN, so it is our coverage rather than the airport’s full published schedule.
These carriers operate the MAN corridors catalogued on this site.
| Airline | Alliance | Checked baggage | Hajj/Umrah charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Airways (BA) | Oneworld | 23 kg | No |
Alliance spread decides how easily a disruption at MAN gets fixed. With 1 Oneworld carrier on these corridors, a passenger stuck here can sometimes be reflowed onto a partner without a new ticket — but only within the same alliance, and only when the original ticket permits it. Between alliances, re-accommodation is a commercial favour rather than an entitlement.
One limit on this list. It is built from the corridors this site catalogues through MAN, so it is a view of the routes we cover rather than the airport’s full published schedule. A carrier serving Manchester on a route outside our catalogue will not appear above. Where an alliance or baggage cell is blank we hold no recorded value — read that as unknown, not as zero.
Top routes into MAN
Johannesburg to Manchester (JNB–MAN) heads the MAN list below, at about 3 flights a week on BA.
The USD market-low column is the cheapest fare our weekly cache recorded on the corridor across all carriers.
| Route | Carriers | Freq/wk | Block (h) | Market low (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (JNB) → Manchester (MAN) | BA | ~3 | ~11.7 | — |
Schedule concentration is the number worth noticing: the three busiest corridors account for about 100% of the roughly 3 weekly departures our catalogue records at MAN. A concentrated airport recovers well on its trunk routes — several rotations a day means a cancellation is a wait, not a lost day — and badly on its thin ones, where the next flight can be days away.
Block times across these corridors run from about 11.7 h to 11.7 h. That range is the practical reason a single connecting-time rule does not work at MAN: a short regional inbound and a long-haul outbound have very different delay profiles, and a tight self-built connection between them is where most missed onward flights on this site’s corridors happen. On separate tickets there is no protection at all.
Passenger compensation rights at MAN
3 compensation bands apply at MAN under UK261 — £220, £350 and £520 by great-circle distance — on any departure from Manchester. An arrival from Africa is covered only where the operating carrier is UK-licensed. Compensation, where any is due, is payable only when the disruption sits inside the airline’s control — weather, air-traffic control and security events are excluded; duty of care is owed regardless of cause.
Flights departing Manchester (MAN) are covered by UK261 for any airline; arrivals into MAN from Africa are covered only when the operating carrier is UK-licensed.
| Regime | When it applies | Remedy for a long delay / cancellation |
|---|---|---|
| UK261 | Any flight departing MAN, any airline; arrivals into MAN only when the operating carrier is UK-licensed. | £220, £350 or £520 by distance, mirroring EU261, for a 3 h+ delay or cancellation within the airline’s control, plus care. |
| Montreal Convention 1999 | Any international itinerary — baggage and delay losses. | Compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage (up to 1,519 SDR per passenger) and for provable losses caused by delay (up to 6,303 SDR), limits in force since 28 December 2024. |
Corridors and typical fares from MAN
0 of the 1 MAN corridors carry a cached USD quote, so most pricing here is planning-band rather than observed. Fares are quoted in USD across the whole site so corridors from different African markets stay comparable. Sector length drives the shape: 0 run under four hours, 0 four to seven and 1 beyond seven.
Most MAN corridors here serve diaspora and long-haul family travellers. The mix is 1 long-haul route (over 7 h). 1 are labour-migration or diaspora corridors where extra-baggage allowances matter. As rough planning ranges (editorial estimates, not observed fares): intra-Africa $400–900, Gulf hubs $500–1,200, long-haul $800–2,200; each per-route guide below shows the cached fare with the date it was found.
The shape of the fare curve follows the sector length. The 0 short corridors under four hours from MAN price like regional traffic and move mostly with the day of the week; the 1 long-haul corridor beyond seven hours move with season and school holidays, and can double between the cheapest and dearest month in our own cache. Mixing the two on one average would be meaningless, which is why every corridor page carries its own floor.
Direct flights to MAN — 1 route
1 catalogued route is listed below for MAN, reaching 1 country, led by South Africa. Our catalogue records 0 departure and 1 arrival corridor at MAN, each linking to a corridor guide with carriers, frequency, block time and any cached fare. The list is this site’s catalogue, not the airport’s timetable.
These are guides, not booking screens. Behind each link sit the operating carriers, an estimated weekly frequency, the scheduled nonstop block time, the great-circle distance that would determine an EU261 or UK261 band where either regulation reaches the corridor, and any cached fare evidence we hold. Price is the last of those to matter, not the first.
What you are looking at is our coverage of Manchester, not its published schedule. Corridors enter the catalogue on audience relevance — diaspora, pilgrimage, intra-Africa and business demand — which means a seasonal or thin regional service can operate here without appearing above. Absence from this list is an editorial boundary, not a claim that a route does not exist.
FAQ
5 questions below answer what travellers ask most often about this page’s subject, drawn from the same route, carrier, airport and fare data as everything above. Where a figure is missing from our data, the answer says so rather than estimating.
How is MAN airport connected? MAN (Manchester) is reachable on 1 direct route in our catalogue — see the full route list above.
What are the IATA and ICAO codes for MAN airport? The IATA code is MAN and the ICAO code is EGCC. The airport serves Manchester, United Kingdom.
How can I check fares and schedules for routes through MAN? Each route in the list above links to a guide with live USD fares, weekly frequency and the airlines that operate it.
Which airlines fly from MAN? Carriers on MAN corridors catalogued here: British Airways. See the airlines table above for alliance and baggage.
Can I claim compensation for a disrupted flight at MAN? Yes, on departures from MAN: UK261 pays £220–£520 by distance for a 3 h+ delay or cancellation within the airline’s control. Arrivals from Africa qualify only when the operating carrier is UK-licensed.
Sources
3 primary sources cited on this page are regulator and government material, not secondary summaries. Each is listed with what it actually governs, so a claim on this page can be checked against the instrument it comes from. Where a value is missing from our own data we leave the cell blank rather than estimate it.
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UK261 — UK Civil Aviation Authority — the UK regulator’s passenger pages, which set out the UK261 amounts and the complaint escalation route after the airline’s own reply.
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Montreal Convention 1999 — ICAO — the ICAO treaty collection, the source for the Montreal Convention 1999 baggage and delay liability limits.
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AirHelp — flight-compensation claims — a commercial claims service, cited as the industry explainer alongside the regulator rather than instead of it.
The sourcing rule here is simple: a regulator’s own text for anything with legal effect, and a commercial explainer only as a secondary reading beside it. Amounts stay denominated as the instrument denominates them — euro, pound, Canadian dollar, SDR — even though every fare on this site is quoted in USD, because a converted tariff is a moving number pretending to be a fixed one.
Related
- Flights to United Kingdom — country landing page: 13 catalogued corridors from African airports, carriers, visa row and the USD fare floor we have on file.