A Manchester mandate: cheap flights for holidays

What awaits you in Manchester is far more than its reputation for good television shows, live music or scientific facts: but in order to savour all the sites and attractions, you need to save up those pennies. These cheap flight deals should help you get more holiday bang for your buck: over at Flybe.com, we spotted a number of extraordinary deals. For a return ticket to Manchester from Edinburgh in Scotland, on the 17th of September, tickets are available from just £37.99. Flights from Exeter to Manchester on the 30th of September can be purchased from just £36.99.

The aptly named website Cheapflights.co.uk has details of a number of reduced ticket prices to Manchester offered by a range of travel service providers. For example, pay from just £68 return, including taxes, to fly out from London's Heathrow airport on the 8th of November, returning from Manchester a week later. Similarly, on the 25th of October, you can make the same return journey from as little as £72 including taxes.

You might want to fly in to Manchester from an international destination. If so, take a look at lastminute.com's website, where cheap deals can be found right up to your desired departure date. Right now, you can buy a return ticket from Munich to Manchester from as little as £91, leaving on the 3rd of October and returning on the 9th. Likewise, but a bit further afield is Hong Kong, where you can fly to Manchester with a return ticket, from £572 on the 23rd of September.