Capital of The North
Well I 'm Mancunian in excile however to my mind and as a matter of history both Manchester and Birmingham claims are spurious.
Canterbury is the second city and York is the primary northern city.
Its not about size but diocesan ranking (We are still A Christian Country and have a STATE religion after all)
Manchester claim claim to be Englands second financial city after London with some justification and i think Birmingham may have a larger population and what remains of the manufacturing industries.
But anyways what has this to do with airlines and airports?