There are two lounges operated by the airport in T2, “1903” and “Escape” lounges. Both are believed to be better than Aspire, operated by Swissport. There was an interesting article earlier in the year which I quoted in the MAN T1 Aspire Lounge thread which has since been moved to the Airline Lounges forum.

I am re-quoting it here.

Virgin Atlantic scraps its Manchester Clubhouse … to become a oneworld lounge instead? [Head for points]

“The question now is how the lounge space that was earmarked for Virgin Atlantic will be used.

According to X account SPD Travels, the same account that initially flagged the news, it is to be taken over by an airline alliance. Assuming this is correct (and we haven’t been able to verify this independently) you have three suspects, all of which are credible – Star Alliance, SkyTeam and oneworld.

According to aviation analytics firm Cirium, the alliance flying the most seats into Manchester is Star Alliance, with 122,875 for July 2024.

With the most seats from Manchester, it would make sense for Star Alliance to operate its own lounge, purely from a capacity perspective. It has the customers to make it a worthwhile investment and also has the highest number of individual airlines operating from the airport (12). Long haul carriers include Singapore Airlines, Air Canada and Ethiopian.”