Air
The Island's airport, Ronaldsway, is located near Castletown, 9 miles to the south of Douglas. In 2007, Ronaldsway handled in excess of 750,000 passengers. A phased programme of improvements to facilities is underway and the airport is equipped to international standards of navigational/electronic aids and passenger facilities. A runway extension, which will enable the airport to handle larger aircraft, is now under construction.
The main operator of scheduled passenger and freight services are Flybe and Manx2.com. Other scheduled passenger and freight services are flown by Aer Arann, Blue Islands, Loganair and VLM.
Frequent flights are provided to and from London (Gatwick, City and Luton), Manchester, Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin, Birmingham, Blackpool, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Newcastle, East Midlands, Bristol, Gloucester, Jersey and Guernsey. Onward international flight connections can be accessed from most of the above destinations. There are also some direct flights, mainly in peak holiday times, to destinations such as Faro, Madeira and Cyprus.
Holiday, Royal Mail, Datapost and newspaper charter flights complete a busy air transport environment, supplemented by frequent air taxi and private executive movements.