Manchester does not need another airport. As has already been mentioned there are plenty of existing opportunities on the airport site for further expansion, and the airport itself has arguably struggled over recent years to get a strong foothold into the longhaul and low-cost markets, though this is beginning to change. Spill-over capacity from when MAN does reach full capacity, which is still some time away, can come in the form of LPL & BLK as has already been stated. Also consider the fact, and sorry to call anything north of Watford Gap the north, that there are two struggling airports in the form of Sheffield which is on the brink of closure and Humberside which is just keeping its head above the water. There is already capacity which can be found from existing UK airports, and when the time is right, this capacity will be reached not by launching new airports but expanding existing ones.