Manchester: Aircraft Movements, Flight Logs & Daily Heads Up

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Movements for Friday 21st August 2026 – data from FR24/Flightaware

Cancellations – easyJet 5 (U22051/U22201/U22202/U24645/U24646) = Total 5

Diversions – easyJet 1 (U22194) to BHX, Ruanair 1 (RK1265) to BHXTUI 3 (BY439, BY2553, BY2573) all to EMA – Total 6


Arrivals – 342
Departures – 342
Total Movements – 691

Notes: The press reported 7 diversions however, for accuracy of these records, 1 was on Saturday morning

For comparison the highest daily movement that I have recorded since 1st August 2021 was 702 on Monday 20th July 2026.


Movements per operator: Aer Lingus 6, Aer Lingus Regional 18, Air Canada 2, Air France 8, Air Ocean Maroc 1, Air Transat 2, ASL/Fedex 1, Atlantic Air Solutions 2, Aurigny 4, British Airways 14, Brussels 4, Buzz/Ryanair 4, Cathay Pacific 2, Corendon 2, DAS Private Jet2 1, easyJet 141, Egyptair 2, Emirates 6, Ethiopian 2, Etihad 4, Eurowings 8, Excellent Air 1, Finnair 4, Gama Aviation 2, Gulf Air 2, Hainan 2, Helvetic/Swiss 2, Icelandair 2, Indigo 2, ITA Airways/easyJet 2, Jet2 98, Juneyao Air 2, KLM 12, Lauda Europe/Ryanair 2, Loganair 14, Lufthansa 4, Lufthansa City 6, Luxair 2, Malta Air/Ryanair 7, NetJets Europe 3, NetJets UK 2, Norwegian 10, Pegasus 5, Qatar 6, Royal Air Maroc 2, Ryanair 154, SAS 10, Saudia 2, Silver Aviation 1, Singapore 2, SunExpress 10, Swiss 4, TAP Express 2, TUI 54, Turkish 8, Virgin Atlantic 8, VistaJet 2, Vueling 4, Wamos/Virgin 2

Air Transport Movements: 676
Miscellaneous Movements: 15
Total Movements: 691

Expected Air Transport Movements according to ACL Report - 699
 
Movements for Saturday 22nd August 2026 – data from FR24/Flightaware

Cancellations – easyJet 5 (U2721/U2722/U22052/U22201/U22202) = Total 5

Diversions – Jet2 1 (LS1024 diverted to LBA) = Total 1


Arrivals – 327
Departures – 324
Total Movements – 651

Notes:

For comparison the highest daily movement that I have recorded since 1st August 2021 was 702 on Monday 20th July 2026.


Movements per operator: Aegean 2, Aer Lingus 6, Aer Lingus Regional 16, Air France 6, Air Transat 2, airBaltic/Swiss 2, AirX 2, ASL Private Jet Services 2, Astonjet 1, Aurigny 4, Biman Bangladesh 2, British Airways 10, Brussels 3, Buzz/Ryanair 2, Cathay Pacific 2, Corendon 4, easyJet 111, Egyptair 4, Emirates 6, Ethiopian 2, Etihad 4, Finnair 4, Gulf Air 2, Hainan 2, Helvetic/Swiss 2, Iberia Express 2, Indigo 2, ITA Airways/easyJet 2, Jet2 105, Juneyao Air 2, KLM 10, Kuwait 2, Lauda Europe/Ryanair 4, Loganair 12, Lufthansa 4, Lufthansa City 5, Luminair 2, Malta Air/Ryanair 5, NetJets UK 1, Pakistan International 2, Pegasus 5, Platoon Aviation 2, Qatar 6, Ryanair 155, SAS 8, Saudia 2, Silver Aviation 1, Singapore 2, Smartwings 1, SunExpress 12, Swiss 2, TAP Express 4, Titan Airways 1, TUI 60, Turkish 8, Virgin Atlantic 8, VistaJet 3, Vueling 4, Wamos/Virgin 2, Private 2

Air Transport Movements: 633
Miscellaneous Movements: 18
Total Movements: 651

Expected Air Transport Movements according to ACL Report - 640
 
Movements for Sunday 23rd August 2026 – data from FR24/Flightaware

Cancellations – Cathay Pacific 1 (CX216), easyJet 3 (U291/U292/U22202), SAS 2 (SK4607/SK4610) = Total 6

Diversions – 0


Arrivals – 352
Departures – 345
Total Movements – 697

Notes:

For comparison the highest daily movement that I have recorded since 1st August 2021 was 702 on Monday 20th July 2026.


Movements per operator: Aer Lingus 6, Aer Lingus Regional 18, Air Algerie 2, Air Canada 2, Air France 6, Air Transat 2, Aurigny 4, AV8Jet 1, British Airways 10, Brussels 1, Buzz/Ryanair 2, Cathay Pacific 3, Corendon 2, DAS Private Jets 1, easyJet 138, Egyptair 4, Emirates 6, Ethiopian 2, Etihad 4, Eurowings 6, Finnair 4, Flexjet 2, Gulf Air 2, Hainan 2, Helvetic/Swiss 6, Icelandair 2, Indigo 2, ITA Airways/easyJet 2, Jet2 107, Juneyao Air 2, KLM 12, Loganair 16, Lufthansa 4, Lufthansa City 7, Luminair 2, Luxair 2, Luxaviation 1, Malta Air/Ryanair 4, NetJets Europe 2, Norwegian 4, Pegasus 4, Qatar 6, REVA Air Ambulance 1, Royal Air Maroc 2, Ryanair 165, SAS 4, Saudia 2, Silver Aviation 2, Singapore 2, Smartwings 1, SunExpress 10, TAP Express 4, Titan Airways 1, TUI 57, Turkish 8, United Kingdom Government 2, Virgin Atlantic 8, VistaJet 1, Vueling 4, Wamos/Virgin 2, ZondaJet 2, Private 4

Air Transport Movements: 674
Miscellaneous Movements: 23
Total Movements: 697

Expected Air Transport Movements according to ACL Report - 677
 

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